5.32.020 Requirements – Duties.
   (A)   Provisions supplemental to business license regulations. The provisions of § 5.42.080(A) shall apply to pawnbrokers.
   (B)   Separate location. A pawnbroker permit shall be required for each separate location or place of business wherein pawnbroker activity is being conducted.
   (C)   Reports. On each day before the hour of 10:00 a.m., every pawnbroker shall make out and deliver to the Police Department a full, true and complete report of all goods or property received on deposit, pledged or purchased during the period preceding the filing of such report. The Police Chief shall file all such reports and the same shall be open to inspection only by members of the Police Department or upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The report shall contain the following information:
      (1)   The name and place of business of the person preparing the report;
      (2)   The date and hour of preparation;
      (3)   The date and time of day each article was received on deposit, pledged or purchased;
      (4)   The name and address of the person from whom such article was received, purchased, pledged or deposited, a statement whether such person was under the age of 18 years and a description of him or her as required by the Chief of Police and identification evidenced by a motor vehicles operator’s license, motor vehicle license, work badge number and personal signature;
      (5)   The number of the pawn ticket, the amount loaned or the amount paid for the purchase of each article;
      (6)   In event any article received, purchased, deposited or pledged has engraved thereon any number, word or initial or contains any settings of any kind, such report shall include such number, word or initial and shall indicate the kind of settings and the number of each;
      (7)   In addition to the positive identification mentioned in subdivision (4), the pawnbroker shall require the person from whom he or she receives for deposit or pledge or purchases an article to furnish a plain impression print of his or her right thumb, or right index finger in the event of amputation, upon the face of the original report form;
      (8)   A complete description of each article, including color, the manufacturer’s name, model number, serial number, identification mark and any peculiarities of the article.
   (D)   Records. Every pawnbroker shall maintain a complete record of all goods, wares or merchandise purchased, received, deposited or pledged, which record shall contain all of the matters required to be shown in the report referred to in division (C). The records and all goods, wares or merchandise purchased, received, deposited or pledged shall be open and available at all times during normal business hours to the inspection of the Police Chief or his or her authorized representative. Each such record shall be kept for at least one year from and after the date of the transaction to which it refers.
   (E)   Sign. Each pawnbroker shall maintain a sign on the premises stating "Licensed Pawnbroker." The sign shall be printed and of sufficient size so as to be easily read from the sidewalk in front of the pawnshop. When the pawnshop is located in an office building, the sign shall be placed at the door to such office.
(`78 Code, § 5.32.020.)