A. Requirement--Fee. No person shall engage in, conduct, manage, or carry on the business of a pawnbroker, junk dealer, junk collector, rubbish collector, or secondhand dealer, or deal in secondhand merchandise, either as a business or as a part of any other business, without first applying for and receiving a permit therefor from the Chief of Police. The permit shall be issued by the Chief of Police, but only after having filed an application for a permit to engage in, conduct, manage, or carry on the business of a pawnbroker, junk dealer, junk collector, rubbish collector, or secondhand dealer, or deal in secondhand merchandise, either as a business or as a part of any other business. The initial application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars to be paid to the City Treasurer to cover the cost of investigation for each permit applied for pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and a renewal fee of twenty-five dollars. A copy of said application shall be promptly sent by the Chief of Police to the Business Registration Division.
B. Application Form. The form on which application shall be made for a permit hereto shall require the following information:
1. Name of the applicant and complete physical description;
2. Residence and business address of the applicant;
3. A statement as to whether or not the applicant holds or has held a permit from any state, municipality, governing body or licensing authority; a list of such permits and a statement of the time, place and by whom issued; a statement as to whether any state, municipality, governing body or licensing authority has ever refused to issue or to renew a permit to the applicant and if so, a full and accurate statement as to the reasons for any such revocation;
4. A statement as to whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of any crime, misdemeanor or violation of any municipal ordinance and if so, the nature of the offense and the punishment or penalty assessed therefor;
5. A photograph of the applicant taken within sixty days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application which picture shall be two inches by two inches showing the head and shoulders of the applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner;
6. Applicant shall submit to being fingerprinted and shall submit the names of at least two reliable property owners of the county of Orange, state of California, who will certify as to the applicant's good moral character and business responsibility, or in lieu of the names of reference, any other available evidence as to the good moral character and business responsibility of the applicant, that will enable an investigator to properly evaluate such moral character and business responsibility, except that this requirement is waived with respect to an application for renewal of a permit where a person has made a previous application under this chapter and has complied with this requirement.
(Ord. 2411 § 9 (part), 1982; Ord. 2065 § 2 (part), 1975).