No pawnbroker shall carry on any other business or vocation, directly or indirectly, in the same building or in any building adjoining the place or building in which he or she is licensed to carry on the business of pawnbroker, loanbroker or keeper of a loan office. No pawnbroker shall permit any other business of any character whatsoever to be conducted in the same building where the business of the pawnbroker is conducted, provided that nothing in this section shall be taken to preclude a pawnbroker from selling or disposing of unredeemed and repossessed pledges from his or her place of business.
(`83 Code, § 5-603)