The following definitions apply to this chapter:
GARAGE SALE: A sale of new or used personal property, not more than three (3) consecutive days in duration and conducted not more frequently than once every six (6) months at the same location.
PAWNBROKER: A person who engages in the business of lending or advancing money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his or her possession.
PRECIOUS METALS: Gold, silver, platinum and their alloys.
SECONDHAND GOODS: Articles of personal property, other than operable motor vehicles, previously possessed and used by a person other than their current possessor.
SECONDHAND PRECIOUS METALS DEALER: A person who engages in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or trading old or used precious metal or secondhand goods containing any precious metal. The following shall not be considered secondhand precious metals dealers:
A. Persons who in the ordinary course of business buy or sell uncast precious metals primarily for use in any manufacturing or photographic developing process, jewelry manufacture or repair, or dental restoration or repair.
B. Persons who in the ordinary course of business accept or receive secondhand goods containing precious metals as consideration for the sale of new merchandise and who subsequently dispose of such secondhand goods in the same form as they existed at the time of their receipt.
SECONDHAND STOREKEEPER: A person who engages in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or trading secondhand goods; provided however the following shall not be considered secondhand storekeepers:
A. Persons who sponsor or conduct garage sales;
B. Charitable donation centers with appropriate exemption from federal and/or state income taxation and the employees and operators thereof;
C. Persons engaged exclusively in buying, selling, exchanging or trading used clothing. (Ord. 681 §1, 2009)