(A) Before any license shall issue hereunder, the fee therefor, as herein fixed, shall be paid to the Village Clerk and application in writing to the Chief of Police for such a license shall be made by the person or parties desiring the same on application forms available from the Chief of Police. Said application shall state the name or names of the person or parties desiring such license, the period of time for which it is desired, the particular business or use for which said license is to issue and the place where the same is to be carried on. The license shall be valid for one year and shall be renewed annually using the same forms and subject to the same review process.
(B) There shall be the following classes of secondhand dealers licenses:
(1) Class A secondhand dealer's license. For all merchants that purchase or sell, keep or store, secondhand electronic consumer goods, gold, jewelry, tools, coins or currency.
(2) Class B secondhand dealer's license. For all merchants that purchase or sell, keep or store, secondhand goods or junk other than electronic consumer goods, gold, jewelry, or coins or currency.
(C) The application for a Class A license shall also include a requirement that the applicant have his or her fingerprints on file with the Police Department and consent to a criminal background check for the following offenses, conviction for which shall disqualify the applicant from receiving a Class A license:
(1) Article 16 - Theft and related offenses;
(2) Article 16A - Retail theft;
(3) Article 16C - Unlawful sale of household appliances;
(4) Article 16F - Wireless service theft;
(5) Article 16G - Financial identity theft and asset forfeiture law;
(6) Article 16H - Illinois financial crime law;
(7) Article 16J - Online property offenses;
(8) Article 16K - Theft of motor fuel;
(9) Article 17 - Deception;
(10) Article 17b - WIC fraud;
(11) Article 18 - Robbery;
(12) Article 19 - Burglary;
(13) Article 29a - Commercial bribery;
(14) Article 29b - Money laundering.
(‘81 Code, § 5-29.02) (Ord. 1930-#-2, passed 4-7-30; Am. Ord. 2010-57, passed 10-18-10)