JUNK DEALER. A person, firm or corporation having a fixed place of business in the city and engaged in conducting, managing or carrying on the business of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in either wholesale or retail any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, paper, metal or other articles commonly known as junk.
SECONDHAND DEALER. Any person, copartnership, firm or corporation whose principal business is primarily that of engaging in buying, selling, trading, taking in pawn, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auctioning, or auctioning secondhand, tangible personal property. A SECONDHAND DEALER also includes any person who engages in the business of buying or selling secondhand tangible personal property in excess of 20% of the gross sales and purchases of goods or merchandise sold or purchased in the regular course of business. A SECONDHAND DEALER, as used in this chapter, shall not include any person who performs the services of auctioneer for a fee or salary.
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. Shall be defined as provided in Cal. Business and Professions Code § 21627.
(`83 Code, § 5.56.010) (Ord. 82-56 § 1, 1982)