For the purpose of this chapter the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SECONDHAND GOODS DEALER.
A person, corporation, business, partnership or other entity who is engaged in the business of buying, bartering, trading, exchanging and selling any items, goods, commodities or appliances which have previously been sold, exchanged, given away or had title transferred from a person, firm or corporation that first acquired the same.
(1) A SECONDHAND GOODS DEALER
does not include a pawnbroker, which means a person, a business or entity engaged in the business of receiving personal property in pledge or exchange or as security for money or other things advanced to the owner or pledger.
(2) A SECONDHAND GOODS DEALER
does not include any business where the primary source of business income and its primary business purpose is the sale of motor vehicles of any kind, tractors, farm implements, riding lawnmowers, 4-wheelers, snowmobiles or properties of a similar nature to those listed.
(3) Exceptions:
(a) The provisions hereof shall not apply to, nor shall any license be required of, any business that is operated as a non-profit organization or operated under the auspices of any religious, fraternal or charitable non-profit organization, including but not limited to Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, and Goodwill.
(b) The provisions hereof shall not apply to, nor shall any license by required of, any business operated as a retail business where the primary operation is the initial sale of items, but also takes similar items as trade-in and resells them.
(Ord. 2013-15, passed 10-15-2013; Am. Ord. 2013-20, passed 11-6-2013)
(A) License required. No secondhand goods dealer can operate in the city limits of Paris, Illinois without first receiving a license to do so issued by the city.
(B) Application. Application for a license to operate as a secondhand goods dealer shall be made to the city and shall include such information as the city authorities require.
(C) Fees. The fee for the license shall be $25 for the first license, $15 for additional licenses under the same ownership and the license shall expire on December 31 in each year that it is issued.
(Ord. 2013-15, passed 10-15-2013; Am. Ord. 2013-20, passed 11-6-2013)
(A) A secondhand goods dealer may display items for sale outside the building of the business between 8:00 a.m. and the close of business for each day provided the display does not interfere or create a hazard for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(B) At the close of business on each day, the display shall be returned to inside the building. If the items to be sold are of such in nature as to not be stored in the building, then at the close of business each day they shall be stored in an area with a fence of such nature as to be out of sight from the public way.
(Ord. 2013-15, passed 10-15-2013; Am. Ord. 2013-20, passed 11-6-2013)
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