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§ 111.16 LABEL REQUIRED.
   Licensees must attach a label to every item at the time it is pawned, purchased or received in inventory from any reportable transaction. Permanently recorded on this label must be the number or name that identifies the transaction in the shop's records, the transaction date, the name of the item and the description or the model and serial number of the item as reported to the Sheriff's Department, whichever is applicable, and the date the item is out of pawn or can be sold, if applicable. Labels shall not be re-used.
(Prior Code, § 1802.160) (Ord. 7504, passed 11-16-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 111.17 PROHIBITED ACTS.
   (A)   No person under the age of 18 years may pawn or sell or attempt to pawn or sell goods with any licensee, nor may any licensee receive any goods from a person under the age of 18 years.
   (B)   No licensee may receive any goods from a person of unsound mind or an intoxicated person.
   (C)   No licensee may receive any goods, unless the seller presents identification in the form of a valid driver's license, a valid State of Minnesota identification card, or current valid photo driver's license or identification card issued by the state of residency of the person from whom the item was received.
   (D)   No licensee may receive any item of property that possesses an altered or obliterated serial number or operation identification number or any item of property that has had its serial number removed.
   (E)   No person may pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property not his or her own; nor shall any person pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit the property of another, whether with permission or without; nor shall any person pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property in which another has a security interest with any licensee.
   (F)   No person seeking to pawn, pledge, sell, consign, leave, or deposit any article of property with any licensee shall give a false or fictitious name; nor give a false date of birth; nor give a false or out-of- date address of residence or telephone number; nor present a false or altered identification, or the identification of another, to any licensee.
(Prior Code, § 1802.170) (Ord. 7504, passed 11-16-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 111.18 DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION.
   Any license under this chapter may be denied, suspended, or revoked for 1 or more of the following reasons:
   (A)   The proposed use does not comply with the city Zoning Regulations, as set forth in Chapter 159;
   (B)   The proposed use does not comply with any health, building, building maintenance, or other provisions of this code of ordinances or state law;
   (C)   The applicant or licensee has failed to comply with 1 or more provisions of this chapter;
   (D)   The applicant is not a citizen of the United States or a resident alien, or upon whom it is impractical or impossible to conduct a background or financial investigation due to the unavailability of information;
   (E)   Fraud, misrepresentation, or bribery in security or renewing a license;
   (F)   Fraud, misrepresentation, or false statements made in the application and investigation for, or the course of, the applicant's business;
   (G)   Violation within the preceding 5 years of any law relating to theft, damage, or trespass to property, sale of a controlled substance, or operation of a business; or
   (H)   The owner of the premises licensed or to be licensed would not qualify for a license under the terms of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 1802.180) (Ord. 7504, passed 11-16-2004)
§ 111.19 BUSINESS AT ONLY 1 PLACE.
   A license under this chapter authorizes the licensee to carry on its business only at the permanent place of business designated in the license. However, upon written request, the Sheriff's license inspector may approve an off-site locked and secured storage facility. The licensees shall permit inspection of the facility in accordance with § 111.15. All provisions of this chapter regarding recordkeeping and reporting apply to the facility and its contents. Property shall be stored in compliance with all provisions of the city code. The licensee must either own the building in which the business is conducted, and any off-site storage facility, or have a lease on the business premises which extends for more than 6 months.
(Prior Code, § 1802.190) (Ord. 7504, passed 11-16-2004)