In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Marion and their properties, the procedures herein are established to provide for fingerprinting and criminal history checks on all applicants for pawnbroker licenses. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a pawnbroker license may be denied for those persons convicted of any crime against a person, or crimes against property where intent is an element, or any drug or gambling related offense.
(a) The city manager, or designee, shall conduct an investigation of any person applying for a pawnbroker license and it shall be a precondition of a pawnbroker license that an applicant for a pawnbroker license shall, upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identification including a birth certificate, social security number and driver's license, if available, so that the city manager, or designee, may cause a thorough search to be made of local and state criminal records to determine if the applicant has a history of criminal convictions or the crimes enumerated above by the use of the Division of Criminal Information Network (DCI).
(b) The Marion Police Department shall provide the findings from the use of the DCI to the city manager or designee, provided that all necessary agreements with the State Bureau of Investigations Division of Criminal Information have been executed.
(c) An evaluation of any crime for purposes of issuing a pawnbroker license will take into account the nature and the circumstances of the offense and the time frame of the offense as it relates to the pawnbroker license.
(d) Prior to denial or termination of a pawnbroker license based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received from the Marion police department, the city manager shall verify the existence of a record by either obtaining a certified public record or by submitting a fingerprint card of the individual to the criminal information and identification section for verification that the CHRI record belongs to the individual.
(Ord. No. O-11-09-20-3, 3, 9-20-11)