(a) Applicants for a Permit under this article shall file with the Sheriff an application form which includes: the dealer's full name, and any aliases, address, age, date of birth, sex and fingerprints; the name, address and telephone number of the applicant's employer, if any; and the location of the dealer's place of business. Upon filing this application and the payment of a two hundred dollar ($200) application fee, the dealer shall be issued a Permit by the Sheriff, provided that the applicant has no conviction of any felony crime or crime of moral turpitude which includes but is not limited to: burglary, larceny, receiving stolen goods, embezzlement, or fraudulent conversion within the seven (7) years immediately preceding the date of the filing of the application. The Permit shall be denied if the applicant has been denied a Permit or has had a Permit revoked under any ordinance similar in substance to the provisions of this article.
(b) Before a Permit may be issued, the dealer must have all weighing devices and scales used in his/her business inspected and approved by a technician with the Virginia Office of Weights and Measures. Documentation of such approval must be presented to the Sheriff. The scales must be certified at the location where business will be conducted and shall not be removed from the permitted location.
(c) If the business of the dealer is not operated without interruption, with Saturdays, Sundays and recognized holidays excepted, the dealer shall notify the Sheriff of all closings and re-openings of such business. The business of a dealer shall be conducted only from the fixed and permanent location specified in his/her application for a Permit.
(d) The Permit required under this article shall be valid for one (1) year from the date issued and may be renewed in the same manner as such Permit was initially obtained, with an annual Permit fee of two hundred dollars ($200). No Permit shall be transferable.
(e) At the time of obtaining a Permit, each dealer shall enter into a recognizance to the County of Loudoun secured by a corporate surety authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), conditioned upon due observance of the terms of this article. In lieu of a bond, a dealer may cause to be issued by a bank authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia a letter of credit in favor of the county in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). A single bond upon an employer or principal may be written or a single letter of credit issued to cover all employees and all transactions occurring at a single location.
(f) The application shall state thereon that, "it is unlawful for any person to make a false statement on this application." Any false statement made on the application form will void the application and constitute a violation of this article.
(g) Permits will not be issued to any person or entity seeking to operate as an itinerant dealer.
(h) The permit issued under this article shall be posted conspicuously in the place of business named therein.
(Ord. 15-09. Passed 12-9-15.)