For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ENGAGED IN OR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. The purchase, sale, barter or exchange of any item set forth in the definition of SECONDHAND DEALER in this section, including advertising therefor, and including such business conducted by an established dealer in a permanent location.
GEM. Any item containing or having any precious or semiprecious stones customarily used in jewelry or ornamentation.
JUNK/SCRAP. Manufactured articles or parts that have been discarded or are useful only as material for reprocessing or recycling.
PAWNBROKER/PAWNSHOP. Any person engaged in the business of lending money on the security of pledged goods or engaged in the business of purchasing tangible personal property on condition that it may be redeemed or repurchased by the seller for a fixed price within a fixed period of time. For the purposes of this subchapter, PAWNBROKERS, PAWN SHOPS, or the like may be referred to as SECONDHAND DEALERS.
PRECIOUS METAL. Any item containing as part of its composition, in any degree, gold, silver, platinum or pewter.
SECONDHAND DEALER. An individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, association or any other legal entity, however organized, engaged in or conducting business in the city for purchasing, trading, bartering or exchanging multiple secondhand personal property items that differ in nature, gold, silver and other precious metals.
SECONDHAND GOODS and USED PERSONAL GOODS. Any item of personal property or object of value, such as gold, silver, jewelry and other precious metals, which is not purchased or sold as new. SECONDHAND GOODS and USED PERSONAL GOODS do not include property purchased by one licensed, established merchant in the normal course of business from another licensed, established merchant. SECONDHAND GOODS and USED PERSONAL GOODS include, but are not limited to, the following items:
(1) Jewelry of any kind and/or any metal, precious or semiprecious in nature;
(2) Gold, silver and/or other precious metals in whatever identifiable form, except for numismatic coins or bullions;
(3) Any type of gem or precious stone, including diamonds;
(4) Office supplies;
(5) Furniture fixtures;
(6) Electronic equipment such as televisions, radios and stereos; and/or
(7) Appliances.
(2000 Code, § 5.50.010) (Am. Ord. 2014-05-0493O, passed 5-27-2014)