The following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them for the purpose of the regulations in this Chapter:
ANTIQUE DEALER. Any dealer primarily engaged in the buying and selling of rare collectible objects, including but not limited to pieces of furniture or works of art that have high value because of the item’s considerable age.
DEALER. Any reference made in this Chapter to pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, itinerant dealer or scrap metal buyer, and any principal, employee, agent, or servant thereof, engaged in or conducting business.
ENGAGED IN OR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. The purchase, sale, barter, pawn, or exchange of any item as defined in this Chapter, including the advertising thereof.
INTERNET-BASED PROPERTY TRACKING SYSTEM. An internet service company employed by the City used as a repository of searchable property transactions as required by this Chapter.
ITINERANT DEALER. Any person or entity as defined herein who engages or has engaged in any temporary or transient business conducted in a shop, room, hotel room, motel room or other premises used for any duration less than 30 consecutive days or used on a temporary basis.
PAWNBROKER. Any person or entity who shall in any manner lend or advance money or other things
for profit on the pledge or possession of personal property, or other valuable things, other than securities or written evidence of indebtedness, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property or other valuable things on condition of selling the same back to the seller at a stipulated price.
SCRAP METAL DEALER. Any person or entity engaged in the business of buying or selling scrap metals or reusable materials.
SECONDHAND DEALER. Any person or entity engaged in the business of buying or selling secondhand goods. This definition shall include the use of any automated or camera-enabled kiosk used to purchase secondhand goods from a seller without the buyer’s physical presence.
SECONDHAND GOODS. Tangible personal property previously owned by another person, whether used or not, which property, in its present state, possesses utility for the purpose for which it was originally intended.
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Items including, but not limited to:
(1) Collectable coins, jewelry or items made in whole or in part of gold, silver, platinum, copper, or other precious metals.
(2) Items containing or consisting of precious or semiprecious gemstones or other polished stones used for decoration or jewelry.
(3) Articles with serial numbers, model numbers, or other identifying marks, including, but not limited to, appliances, tools, radios, stereo equipment, radar detectors, televisions, cellular phones, video equipment, computers, computer equipment and accessories, digital music recorders and players, and cameras, but not including clothes washers, clothes dryers, and refrigerators.
(4) Musical instruments.
(5) Rifles, shotguns, handguns, and other firearms.
(6) Commercially recorded movies or music tapes, discs, record albums, computer software, and video game cartridges; and
(7) Any other item of value except books, textbooks, and other print media.
TRANSACTION. Any purchase, sale, barter, pawn, or exchange of any item.
(Ord. - -, passed - -2023)