(a) No dealer shall conduct business in the City unless the dealer has obtained a valid certificate of registration therefor from the Police Department, a sample of which appears at the end of this chapter as Appendix I.
(b) A dealer shall apply to the Police Department for a certificate of registration, paying a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to cover the reasonable cost of processing and issuing the certificate, and providing the following information:
(1) The name, address and thumbprint of the applicant;
(2) The name and address under which the applicant does business; and
(3) The names, addresses and thumbprints of all agents or employees of the dealer. Within twenty-four hours after hiring a new employee, the dealer shall forward to the Police Department the name, address and thumbprint of the new employee.
(c) Upon receipt of the application for registration provided for in subsection (b)hereof, the Police Department shall issue a certificate of registration in accordance with this section.
(d) Upon receipt of the certificate from the Police Department, the dealer shall post it in a conspicuous place in the dealer's place of business.
(e) Not less than ten days before a dealer changes the name or address under which he or she does business, the dealer shall notify the Police Department of the change.
(Ord. 415. Passed 9-8-81.)