JEWELRY: Any tangible article of personal property ordinarily wearable on the person consisting in whole or in part of gold, silver, platinum, aluminum, lead, brass, copper, pewter, alexandrite, diamonds, emeralds, garnets, opals, rubies, pearls, jade, and such other metals, minerals or gems customarily regarded as precious or semiprecious.
MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC: Individuals, partnerships, corporations or other associations.
PRECIOUS METAL AND GEM DEALER: Any person, corporation, partnership or association which engages in any transaction of buying, selling or receiving secondhand jewelry, sterling silverware or gold or silver coins or bullion to or from the public within the city of Payette.
"Precious metal and gem dealer" does not include a business which smelts, refines, assays or manufactures precious metals, gems or valuable articles and has no retail operation open to the public.
SECONDHAND: Previously owned by a member of the general public immediately prior to the transaction at hand. It does not mean previously owned by a wholesaler, retailer or by a secondhand dealer licensed. (Ord. 1347, 2011)