(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of pawnbroker or secondhand dealer, without first obtaining a license from the city finance office. The application for such license shall contain all pertinent information required by the city finance office and provisions of the city ordinances relating to licensure. Any person applying for a pawnbroker’s license or a secondhand dealer’s license, must, before his or her application will be considered, come to the City Police Department and furnish adequate identification. No license under this chapter shall be issued to any person who has been convicted of a felony; no license under this chapter shall be issued to any corporation, one or more officers or directors of which have been convicted of a felony.
(B) The annual license fee for a pawnbroker’s license shall be $100, payable in advance.
(C) The annual license fee for secondhand dealers shall be $25, payable in advance.
(D) Any person having a business which encompasses more than one of the two designated categories set forth in this chapter, and all businesses being conducted on one premises, shall obtain all appropriate licenses, but the total fee for licenses for the single premises shall not exceed $100.
(E) The term of the license shall be one year.
(Prior Code, § 6.02.01) (Ord. 591, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 111.99