§ 7-220 PENALTIES.

   (A)   Every person, firm, or corporation, their guests or employees, who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this article, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. If the violation is by an owner or major stockholder or managing partner of the pawnshop and the violation is knowingly committed by the owner, major stockholder, or managing partner of the pawnshop, then the license of the pawnshop may be suspended at the discretion of the court.

   (B)   The provision of division (A) of this section shall not apply to violations of § 7-219(F) which shall be prosecuted under the state criminal statutes.

   (C)   Any contract of pawn the making or collecting of which violates any provision of this article, except as a result of accidental or bona fide error of computation, shall be void, and the licensee shall have no right to collect, receive or retain any interest or fee whatsoever with respect to such pawn.

(G.S. § 66-396) (Am. Ord. passed 4-20-99)

§ 7-221 LICENSE RENEWAL.

   Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, any person, firm, or corporation licensed as a pawnbroker on or before October 1, 1989, shall continue in force until the natural expiration thereof and all other provisions of this article shall apply to such license. Such pawnbroker shall be eligible for renewal of his license upon its expiration or subsequent renewals, provided such license complies with the requirements for renewal that were in effect immediately prior to October 1, 1989.

(G.S. § 66-398) (Am. Ord. passed 4-20-99)

§ 7-222 BOND.

   Every person, firm, or corporation licensed under this article shall, at the time of receiving the license, file with the city or county issuing the license a bond payable to such city in the sum of $5,000, to be executed by the licensee, and by two responsible sureties or a surety company licensed to do such business in this state, to be approved by the city, which shall be for the faithful performance of the requirements and obligations pertaining to the business so licensed. The city may sue for forfeiture of the bond upon a breach thereof. Any person who obtains a judgment against a pawnbroker and upon which judgment execution is returned unsatisfied may maintain an action in his or her own name upon the bond, to satisfy the judgment.

(G.S. § 66-399) (Am. Ord. passed 4-20-99)

ARTICLE VII: PEDDLERS, ITINERANT MERCHANTS AND CHARITABLE SOLICITATIONS

Section

Division 1: Purposes and Definitions

   7-245   Purposes

   7-246   Definitions

Division 2: Licenses Required

   7-247   Itinerant merchant’s license required

   7-248   Peddler’s license required

   7-249   Charitable solicitor’s license required

Division 3: Application for Licenses, Issuance, Denials and Appeals

   7-250   Application for a license

   7-251   Issuance of a license

   7-252   Appeal from denial

Division 4: Exhibit, Transferability and Duration of Licenses

   7-253   Possession and exhibition

   7-254   License cannot be transferred

   7-255   Duration and renewals

Division 5: Revocation, Appeals, and Enforcement

   7-256   Revocation; appeal

   7-257   Enforcement

   7-258   Conflicts

DIVISION 1: PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS

§ 7-245 PURPOSES.

   (A)   The purposes of this article are to promote public health, safety and welfare by regulating and licensing certain house to house canvassing thereby protecting the privacy and safety of the residents of the city.

   (B)   The City Council does hereby find that the house to house canvassing has caused residents of the city reasonable concerns about their privacy and safety in their personal residences.

(Ord. passed 11-19-96; Am. Ord. passed 9-19-06)