(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of junk dealers, junk collector, pawnbroker, pawnshop or secondhand dealer, auctioneer, or auction house as defined by § 110.01 of this title unless licensed therefor by the City Clerk.
(B) Applications for such licenses shall be made to the City Clerk, upon blanks furnished by him for that purpose and shall be submitted by him to the Chief of Police who may cause an investigation to be made of the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business of a junk dealer, junk collector, pawnbroker, pawnshop or secondhand dealer, auctioneer, or auction house, and report his findings to the City Clerk before such license is acted upon and the following fee shall be paid to the City Clerk:
(1) If the applicant has a fixed place of business within the city, the fee shall be as provided for under § 110.20 of this title.
(2) If an applicant for an auctioneer or auction house license does not have a fixed place of business within the city, the fee shall be $50 per annum.
(3) If an applicant for a secondhand dealer license does not have a fixed place of business within the city, the fee shall be $100 per day.
(C) Such license shall expire on April 30 each year, unless sooner revoked or expired, and shall neither be assigned nor transferred, but it may be revoked at any time by the Committee on Administration after notice and hearing for just cause. No junk collector shall call out, or shout any words to indicate his business in any street, lane, or alley within the city limits. No rags or junk of any kind or description shall be sorted within the sanitary limits of the city, by any person, firm, or corporation, without first securing a permit from the Board of Health of the city.
(D) Prior to issuance of a license, a criminal record check may be completed upon every owner, manager, and/or employee of a pawnbroker, pawnshop or secondhand dealer. The applicant shall be required to provide a certified copy of a complete criminal record of each individual with the license application. The certified copy shall be obtained from the Criminal Records Division of the State Police, Department of Safety of the State of New Hampshire, and/or from the appropriate out-of-state agency or agencies if not a resident of New Hampshire for the ten years preceding the application. No license shall be issued to any firm, corporation, owner, or person, to include employees, directly or indirectly involved in the purchase of secondhand articles, who or which has been previously convicted within the preceding ten years of any theft related offenses to include but not be limited to: theft, burglary, receiving stolen property, or fraud in this state or any state or territory of the United States.
(E) Every pawnshop, pawnbroker or secondhand dealer that purchases an item in which a transaction record must be prepared pursuant to § 114.03 shall pay to the City of Manchester a fee of $1 per transaction due in full the second Tuesday of every month, for the preceding month.
(F) Exclusions. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation whose business is the retail buying, selling, buy-back, exchanging, dealing in or dealing with furs, fur coats, books, magazines, used furniture, used clothing, or use motor vehicles/motorcycles by legally recognized vehicle dealerships, shall be exempt from the requirements of divisions (D) and (E) above.
(Ord. passed 3-7-95; Am. Ord. passed 6-5-12; Am. Ord. passed 2-4-20) Penalty, see § 10.99
Cross-reference:
Business license fees, see § 110.20
Business license fees, see § 110.20