(A) License requirement. It shall be unlawful for an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust, association, or other legal entity to engage in the business of secondhand goods or used personal property, gold, silver, and/or any other precious metals dealer as defined in this chapter, without first obtaining a license therefor, as hereinafter provided. A separate license shall be required for each location, place, or premises used for the conduct of the business of a secondhand dealer.
(B) License not transferable. The privilege by the above-described license is a personal privilege and shall not be transferable to another individual or entity, nor shall there be any abatement of the fee for such license by reason of the fact that the license holder shall have exercised the privilege for any period less than it was granted.
(C) License fee. An annual license fee is to be paid to the village in the amount established by ordinance.
(D) Place of business; license restrictions. Any license issued under the provisions of this subchapter shall designate the place in which the secondhand dealer shall carry on such business, and such business shall not be carried on or conducted in any other place than that designated in or by such license.
(E) Exhibition of license.
(1) The license issued under this subchapter shall be posted conspicuously in the place of business named therein.
(2) In the event that such person or persons applying for said license shall desire to do business in more than one place within the village, separate licenses shall be issued for each place of business, and shall be posted conspicuously in each place of business. A separate fee will be charged for each additional license issued. A separate license application will be needed for each additional place of business.
(F) Location change during unexpired term of license. In the event that a secondhand dealer should move either his main or satellite licensed dealership from the existing location to a new location before the expiration of his current license, he shall be permitted to secure a transfer license at a fee amount as established by ordinance per unexpired license to be valid until his existing license should expire.
(G) Application for license. Applicants for a license under this subchapter, whether a person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity, shall file a written sworn application signed by the applicant, if an individual; by all partners, if a partnership; by all members of a joint venture or association; and by the president of a corporation, with the Village Clerk, showing:
(1) The name or names of the person or persons having the management or supervision of the applicant's business;
(2) The local address or addresses of such person or persons while engaged in the business;
(3) The permanent address or addresses of such persons;
(4) The capacity in which such person or persons will act; that is, whether as proprietor, agent, or otherwise;
(5) If a corporation other than an Illinois corporation, the laws of the state that the same is incorporated under;
(6) The place or places in the village where it is proposed that the applicant's business be conducted;
(7) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising done or proposed to be done in order to attract customers;
(8) Credentials from the person, firm, or corporation, for which the applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as such representative;
(9) Whether or not the person or persons having management or supervision of the applicant's business has been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor, or violation of any municipal ordinance; the nature of such offense; and the punishments assessed therefor;
(10) The place or places, other than the permanent place of business of the applicant, where the applicant, within the six months prior to the current application, conducted a previous business in secondhand or used personal goods, stating the nature thereof and giving the street address of any building or office in which such business was conducted; and
(11) Such other information as may be required by the village from time to time.
(Ord. 87-0-030, passed 5-26-87) Penalty, see § 117.99