The intent and purpose of this chapter is to regulate pawnbrokers as necessary to advance the public welfare, health, and safety; to limit the licensing of pawnbrokers to those persons who already have an established business within the corporate limits of the City other than as a pawnbroker; to limit the operation of a pawnbroker to accepting for pawn one category of goods sold in the course of business so that such service shall always be ancillary to the existing established business; to provide for the taking of fingerprints and the making of reports to enforcement officers; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 2008-02. Passed 6-3-08.)