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Longview, TX Code of Ordinances
City of Longview, Texas Code of Ordinances
Charter
Chapter 1 General Provisions
Chapters 2 - 3 Reserved
Chapter 4 Administration
Chapters 5 - 6 Reserved
Chapter 7 Aircraft
Chapters 8 - 9 Reserved
Chapter 10 Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 11 Ambulances and Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 12 Reserved
Chapter 13 Animals and Fowl
Chapters 14 - 15 Reserved
Chapter 16 Bicycles
Chapters 17 - 18 Reserved
Chapter 19 Buildings and Structures
Chapter 20 Business Regulations
Chapter 21 Reserved
Chapter 22 Cemeteries
Chapters 23 - 24 Reserved
Chapter 25 City-Owned Facilities
Chapters 26 - 27 Reserved
Chapter 28 Court
Chapters 29 - 30 Reserved
Chapter 31 Discrimination
Chapter 32 Reserved
Chapter 33 Economic Development
Chapter 34 Elections
Chapters 35 - 36 Reserved
Chapter 37 Reserved
Chapters 38 - 39 Reserved
Chapter 40 Fire Prevention
Chapters 41 - 42 Reserved
Chapter 43 Reserved
Chapters 44 - 45 Reserved
Chapter 46 Food and Food Establishments
Chapters 47 - 48 Reserved
Chapter 49 Garbage, Trash and Weeds
Chapters 50 - 57 Reserved
Chapter 58 Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapters 59 - 60 Reserved
Chapter 61 Oil and Gas Wells
Chapters 62 - 63 Reserved
Chapter 64 Repealed in its Entirety
Chapters 65 - 66 Reserved
Chapter 67 Outdoor Vendors and Solicitors
Chapters 68 - 69 Reserved
Chapter 70 Police
Chapters 71 - 72 Reserved
Chapter 73 Reserved
Chapters 74 - 75 Reserved
Chapter 76 Precious Metals and Gems
Chapters 77 - 78 Reserved
Chapter 79 Public Amusements
Chapters 80 Reserved
Chapter 81 Public Recreational Facilities
Chapter 82 Railroads
Chapters 83 - 84 Reserved
Chapter 85 Reserved
Chapters 86 - 87 Reserved
Chapter 88 Smoking
Chapters 89 - 90 Reserved
Chapter 91 Reserved
Chapter 92 Reserved
Chapter 93 Reserved
Chapter 94 Taxation
Chapter 95 Telecommunications and Cable Television Regulations
Chapter 96 Reserved
Chapter 97 Traffic
Chapters 98 - 99 Reserved
Chapter 100 Trailers, Mobile Homes and Trailer Parks
Chapters 101 - 102 Reserved
Chapter 103 Vehicles for Hire
Chapters 104 - 105 Reserved
Chapter 106 Reserved
UDC to Appendix A: Unified Development Code
Sec. 70-61. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
   Applicant shall mean a person who has applied for a license required under this article and whose application for said license is pending.
   Business machines shall mean computers; associated computer equipment such as modems, disk drives, and the like; word processors; dictating machines; typewriters; adding machines; calculators; check-writing devices; cash registers; addressing machines; letter sorters or folding devices; photostatic copying machines; fax machines; and any other similar item of computing, recording, copying, or accounting equipment generally used in the ordinary course of business.
   Crafted precious metals shall mean jewelry, silverware, art objects or any other thing or object made in whole or in part of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, or their alloys, excluding coins, commemorative medallions or bullion or bars of such metals.
   Licensee shall mean a person in whose name a license has been issued under this article.
   Person shall mean any individual, association, partnership, company, corporation or group.
   Power tools shall mean tools powered by electrical current or by liquid or gaseous fuels, including but not limited to welding equipment and pneumatic equipment.
   Purchase shall mean a transaction in which a person takes title to regulated property in exchange for valuable consideration.
   Secondhand dealer shall mean any person who, in the usual and ordinary course of business, engages in the purchase, sale, barter, consignment, or trade of used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise, but does not include persons who accept the trade of a used product for a like product that is new or has been remanufactured. For the purposes of this article, secondhand dealers shall include:
   (1)   any business conducted by an established dealer of used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise in a permanent location within the city; or
   (2)   any temporary or transient business where the dealer conducts business within the city limits for the sale of used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise for more than 30 days in one calendar year.
For the purposes of this article, any person who in the usual and ordinary course of business engages in the purchase, sale, barter, consignment, or trade of new goods as well as used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise, shall be considered a secondhand dealer.
   Used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise shall mean any item of personal property, which is not purchased or sold by a dealer as new or which is acquired by a dealer after having been used or purchased by another. Used or secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise shall include the following:
   (1)   all gold, silver or platinum jewelry; gold or silver flatware; gold, silver and antique coins and paper money; fur coats or jackets; working musical instruments, amplifiers and mixers, save and except such items as shall be regulated in accordance with city code Sections 76-1 - 76-8;
   (2)   all firearms;
   (3)   microwaves and air conditioner window units;
   (4)   stereo systems and units; computers; televisions; radar detectors; scanners; video recorders and players; cordless and cellular telephones; and video game systems;
   (5)   powered dirt bikes and all terrain vehicles; major brands of fishing rods and reels; boat motors and trollers; depth finders; bicycles with 20 inch wheels and larger; and golf clubs;
   (6)   camcorders; major brand cameras which are 35 millimeter and larger;
   (7)   all functional power tools and pneumatic tools;
   (8)   commercial and industrial electronic test equipment;
   (9)   power lawn mowers; power trimmers; power edgers; leaf and grass blowers; and chain saws.
This term shall not be construed to include goods, wares, or merchandise which are purchased or sold as new by the original manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or retail business.
(Ord. No. 2900, § 2, 2-24-00)