(a) Application for a license under this chapter shall state fully both of the following:
(1) The name and address of the person, or corporation, and of every member of the firm, partnership or association, authorized to do business thereunder, and the location of the office or place of business in which the business is conducted, and, in the case of a corporation, the date and place of its incorporation, the name and address of its manager, the names and addresses of its directors and the name and address of the agent as provided in Ohio R.C. 4727.03;
(2) The particular type of license for which the applicant is applying under Section 860.02(b)(1) or (2).
(b) The application must be made by the person who is to carry on the business and must contain references from at least two residents of the City as to the character of the applicant. The Chief of Police shall cause notice of the filing of such application to be published in a newspaper at least twice, after which the Chief may grant the application and issue the license.
(c) Such license shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in the office where the business is transacted. No person so licensed shall transact or solicit business under any other name. Not more than one office or place of business shall be maintained under the same license, except as provided under subsection (e) hereof. But in case of removal, the Chief of Police shall, on application, endorse thereon a transfer to the new place of business, and, from the time of such endorsement, the new place so designated shall be deemed the place designated in the license.
(d) A person licensed under this chapter shall post a conspicuous notice in its place of business visible to all patrons, in a form and at places designated by rule of the Chief of Police, that the licensee has no right to retain goods stolen from the true owner and that the owner may recover the goods or their value from the licensee in an action at law.
(e) The Chief of Police may issue to a person licensed under this chapter a temporary exhibition permit for a term that coincides with that of the license of the licensee. A person issued a permit under this subsection may engage in the business of purchasing articles made of or containing gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals or jewels from the public at a bona fide auction, convention, exhibition, fair or show, the primary purpose of which is to display, trade and sell articles made of or containing precious metals or jewels, for a period not to exceed seven days for any one auction, convention, exhibition, fair or show.
The Chief shall determine the application procedures for and the form of the temporary exhibition permit described in this subsection, provided that a temporary permit shall state fully the name and permanent business address of the licensee to whom it is issued.
The holder of a temporary exhibition permit shall, when participating in any auction, convention, fair or show, conspicuously display his or her permit at the location at which he or she transacts business.
A permit holder who wishes to participate in an auction, convention, exhibition, fair or show shall, at least two weeks prior to its scheduled opening, submit to the Chief his or her name, the location of the auction, convention, exhibition, fair or show, and his or her permanent business address as it appears on his or her permit issued under this subsection.
(f) Every licensee under this chapter shall execute and file a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a surety to the satisfaction of the Director of Law. The condition of such bond shall be that the licensee will conform to the requirements of this chapter and general law in the operation of his or her business.
(Ord. 1986-116. Passed 1-7-87.)