(a) Every applicant for a license shall have reached 18 years of age prior to making application in writing to the Chief of Police, which application shall set forth the name under which the business is to be conducted, the name, address and social security number of every person owning or having an interest in the business, the name, address and social security number of each officer and director of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation, the name, address and social security number of any person to be employed in the business, the location where the business is to be conducted, and the type of articles to be purchased, sold, or exchanged. The application must be made by the person who is to conduct the business and must contain references from at least two residents of the City, County or State as to the character of the applicant.
(b) The City shall, at its expense, perform background checks of the applicant's criminal record and that of each employee from each court of record in Butler County, Ohio and if the applicant or an employee does not reside in Butler County, Ohio, their criminal record from each court of record in the county in which he/she resides in addition to the records of Butler County. The applicant and each employee shall sign the necessary authorization for these background checks on a form prescribed by the City. If the number of background checks to be performed at the time of the application exceeds five, the applicant shall pay fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each additional background check required by this division. Each county checked for each person constitutes one background check.
(c) No license shall be issued to any applicant if the applicant, any of the persons owning or having an interest in the business, any corporate officer or director, or any employee of the business has been convicted of any felony or any crime involving fraud, theft, receiving or possessing stolen property, or any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any reasonably comparable provision of state law or municipal ordinance in the ten years immediately preceding the date of the license application. Upon receipt of positive recommendation from the Chief of Police or his designee, and payment of the license fee, the Division of Police shall issue the swap shop/second-hand dealer's license. At the same time, the Director of Finance shall issue the swap shop/second-hand dealer's employee(s) the identification required by § 835.051.
(d) The renewal procedure shall be the same as that for the original licensure.
(e) Any licensee who wishes to renew the swap shop/second-hand dealer's license but who fails to do so on or before the thirty-first day of January of each calendar year shall reapply for licensure in the same manner and pursuant to the same requirements as for initial licensure unless the licensee, on or before the twenty-eighth day of February of the calendar year pays a late renewal penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in addition to the regular renewal fee.
(f) Any licensee who fails to renew the license on or before the twenty-eighth day of February is prohibited from acting as a swap shop/second-hand dealer until the license is renewed or a new license is issued under this section. Any licensee who renews a license between the first day of March and the thirty-first day of December is not relieved from complying with this section. The Division of Police may refuse to issue to or renew the license of any licensee who violates this section.
(Ord. O2009-100, passed - -2009)