For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(a) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s authorized representative.
(b) ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT means electronic apparatus normally used or sold for use by individuals for entertainment purposes, including, but not limited to, televisions, radios, tape players, recorders or decks, phonograph equipment, and antenna receiving systems.
(c) ELECTRONIC REPAIR means the repairing, servicing, or maintaining of electronic equipment, including the pick-up and delivery of electronic equipment from locations within the city for the purpose of repairing, servicing or maintenance.
(d) LICENSE means an electronic repair license.
(e) LICENSEE means a person licensed to engage in the electronic repair business under the provisions of this article.
(f) PERSON means any individual, assumed name entity, partnership, joint-venture, association or corporation.
(g) PICK-UP AND DELIVERY CHARGE means the fee charged by a licensee for the removal of electronic equipment from the home of a customer for the purposes of repair, transportation to the service dealer’s place of business and return to the home of the customer.
(h) SERVICE CHARGE means the total of fees charged by a service dealer for his transportation to and from the premises of a customer and the first 30 minutes of examination and repair of one piece of electronic equipment which he performs on the premises of the customer. Any other term used to describe a service charge shall include these items. (Ord. Nos. 13966; 16476; 17226)
(a) No person shall own, maintain, conduct, operate, or engage in an electronic repair business, or hold himself out as being able to do so within the city, without first obtaining an electronic repair license from the director. Should such person maintain more than one electronic repair establishment, a duplicate license shall be required for each additional establishment operating under the same trade name. A separate license shall be required for establishments operating under different trade names. The license issued to an electronic repair establishment shall authorize the establishment and all its bona fide employees to engage in the business of electronic repair.
(b) A licensee shall register with the director the trade name of his electronic repair establishment. (Ord. Nos. 13966; 17393)
The annual fee for an electronic repair license is $126. The fee for issuing a duplicate license for additional establishments or for a lost, destroyed, or mutilated license is $0. The fee is payable to the director upon issuance of a license. No refund of license fees shall be made. (Ord. Nos. 13966; 15970; 16476; 18411; 18876; 19300; 29879; 31332; 32556)
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