PAWNBROKER: | Every person, firm, association or corporation engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of loaning or advancing money, check or draft for money, for himself or for another, upon deposit or purchase of personal property, personal security, pawns, pledges, bailment or other valuable thing, or who deals in purchasing articles of personal property or other valuable thing on condition of reselling or agreeing to resell such articles to the vendors or their assigns at a stipulated price, or who loans money secured by chattel mortgage or personal property, having possession of the property, or any portion or part thereof mortgaged or who advertises by use of pawnbroker’s sign, or by advertising “unredeemed pledges”, or by any other expression designating pawnbroker’s business, shall, for all intents and purposes under this chapter, be declared to be a pawnbroker within the meaning of this chapter: provided, however, that a dealer whose primary business involves the sale of new and used firearms and related items shall be excluded from the definition of Pawnbroker. |
PAWNSHOP: | Any room, store or place in which any such business of “pawnbroker” as defined herein is engaged in, carried on or conducted. |
SECONDHAND DEALER: | Any person, firm, association or corporation who buys, accepts as trade, or otherwise deals in secondhand tools, goods, wares, merchandise or other articles and things usually found in a secondhand store, other than recording media. The following are specifically excluded from the definition of secondhand dealer: |
A. Dealers in new merchandise who do not pay in cash for used property, but allow their patrons an exchange value when making a sale of new goods of the same type. | |
B. Dealers in antique goods who do not purchase electronic equipment, tools, guns, coins or precious jewelry. | |
C. Any person, firm, association or corporation that accepts or receives, as donation only, and does not pay in cash for any property, clothing, furniture, or any other valuable thing. | |
D. Dealers whose primary business involves the sale of new and used firearms and related items. | |
SECONDHAND STORE: | Any room, store or place in which any such business of “secondhand dealer” as defined herein is engaged in, carried on or conducted. (Ord. 628, 6-1-2021) |