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The Mayor, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police, may at any time revoke or suspend any license granted under the authority of this chapter for failure to comply with the terms of this chapter.
In case of the refusal to issue a license or the revocation of or suspension of a license by the Mayor, the applicant or licensee may appeal from such order to a Board of Appeals composed of the City Solicitor, Director of Public Safety and the Director of Public Service or any member of such departments who may be designated by such Director or any of them. Notice of such appeal shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Mayor within ten days from the making of such order, refusal or revocation. The Board of Appeals shall fix the time of hearing of such appeal, at which hearing all parties interested shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, and the Board of Appeals may sustain, disapprove or modify such order and its decision shall be final.
(Ord. 4574. Passed 5-2-38.)
(a) No secondhand dealer shall purchase any goods, articles or things whatsoever from any minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
(b) The hours of operation for secondhand dealers shall be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Saturday.
(Ord. 73-06. Passed 5-15-06.)
(a) Every dealer in scrap iron, metal, and waste materials shall maintain a book of records, in which he shall keep an accurate and complete record of all articles purchased or received by him in the course of his daily business. Said records shall contain the name, description, and residence of the person from whom said articles were purchased or received and the date and hour when such purchases or change were made.
(b) All scrap iron, metal, journal brasses, and other railroad metals, other than purchases and sales under Ohio R.C. 4973.13 to 4973.16, inclusive shall be held by the dealer for a period of 72-business hours after being purchased or acquired.
(c) Such records shall be open for inspection by the representative of any law enforcement agency at all business hours.
(Ord. 73-06. Passed 5-15-06.)
(a) Every dealer in secondhand articles shall keep a book in which shall be legibly written in English, at the time of every purchase or sale, a description of every article so purchased or sold; the numbers and any monograms, inscriptions or other marks of identification that may appear on the article; a description of the articles or pieces, any monogram, inscription or marks of identification thereon, the name, residence and general description of the persons from whom such purchase was made or to whom sold, and the day and hour of the purchase or sale. The holder of a Federal license to smelt precious metals shall not be held by reason thereof to be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(b) In case of a purchase or sale of a pawnbroker ticket or other evidence of a pledged article, or a redemption or sale of a pledged article, there shall be written in the book at the time of such purchase, sale or redemption:
(1) The name and address of the person, copartnership or corporation who issued the ticket or other evidence.
(2) The name and address of the pledger as it appears upon the pawn ticket or other evidence.
(3) The day and hour of such purchase, sale or redemption, as the case may be.
(4) The name, residence and general description of the person from whom or to whom the redeemed article is purchased or sold as the case may be.
(c) The book shall be at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any police officer, to the Mayor or any person designated by him. Such book shall be substantially bound and of a size not less than six inches in length and breadth. In addition to the book, every person so licensed at the time of such purchase shall fill out on a blank to be furnished by the Police Department, such information as may be called for by the blank form, and shall be signed by the seller in his own handwriting, his name, age and address. No entry in the book or on the blank form shall be erased, obliterated, altered or defaced.
(Ord. 73-06. Passed 5-15-06.)
(Ord. 73-06. Passed 5-15-06.)
Every licensed secondhand dealer shall on every weekday make out a report on a blank furnished by the Police Department which is substantially as follows:
DAILY REPORT OF SECONDHAND DEALER No. TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE CITY OF LORAIN, OHIO. Articles purchased and description Date and hour of purchase M 19 Residence Street No. Occupation Age Weight Build White Colored Complexion Height Eyes Mustache Whiskers Description of clothing Defects Signature of person selling to dealer |
The above report shall be furnished to the Police Department by 6:00 p.m. of the following day.
A legible and correct copy of the filled blank shall be required to be kept by the secondhand dealer, containing all the particulars of all the purchases made on the preceding day, and the dealer shall deliver the original filled blank to the Chief of Police or his authorized representative, properly filled and signed by the seller in accordance with the provisions of Section 735.09 or the filled blank shall, if the Chief of Police so elects, be mailed to such address as the Chief of Police may in writing designate or the Detective Bureau may pick up same.
(Ord. 4574. Passed 5-2-38.)
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