(a) No secondhand dealer shall transact or engage in business within the city unless and until such secondhand dealer has obtained a license as follows.
(1) Any secondhand dealer desiring a license shall make written application to the chief of police upon forms provided by the police department.
(2) The application must be signed and sworn to by the applicant before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
(3) Secondhand dealers shall pay an annual license fee in the amount of $25 to the city tax assessor-collector.
(4) Upon approval of the application by the chief of police and the payment of the license fee, the city tax assessor-collector shall issue a license to the applicant.
(b) All secondhand dealers licenses shall expire one year from date of issuance. Upon expiration, licenses shall be renewed for another year by the payment of the annual license fee of $25 to the city tax assessor-collector.
(1964 Code, § 22-2) (Ord. 9175, § 3, passed 8-21-1984)