For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. All discarded materials, such as metal, glass, wood or other material that may be used again in some form.
JUNK DEALER. Any person who is in the business of buying, selling or dealing in junk.
PAWNBROKER. Any person who, as a business or employee of a business, lends money in exchange for personal property to an individual that can later be sold if the loan is not repaid by an agreed upon time.
SECONDHAND DEALER. Any person or business that engages in the purchase, sale, trade, consignment or exchange of secondhand goods other than junk.
(1) This does not apply to the bona fide trade in of a secondhand good, such as an appliance or car, on the purchase of a newly manufactured item as long as no cash is paid to the owner of the secondhand good.
(2) This does not apply to businesses who only receive 100% of their goods by donation and who sell them for a charitable purpose.
SECONDHAND GOODS. A secondhand or used good is a piece of personal property that is being purchased by or otherwise transferred to a second or later end user.
(Prior Code, § 5.04.010) (Ord. 2019-13, passed 10-7-2019)