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)