§ 5.3.3.010. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this article shall have the following meanings:

A.

"Customer" means any person or entity who deposits, pledges, sells, trades, barters, consigns, or exchanges personal property, secondhand goods, wares, merchandise, or other valuable things to an operator as set forth in this section.

B.

The term "Operator" includes the following:

1.

"Pawnbroker" which means any person or entity who loans money on deposit, pledge of personal property or any valuable thing, or who deals in the purchasing of personal property, or valuable things, on condition of selling the same back at a stipulated price, whether he does the same for himself or as an agent of some person or firm or corporation, who by any means, method, or device loans money for personal property when the same is deposited for security or is deposited for any other purpose; and

2.

"Secondhand Dealer" or "Valuable Article Dealer" which means any person or entity who, within the City, as a business; engages in the purchase, sale, trade, barter, consignment, recycling, or exchange of secondhand goods, wares or merchandise; or any person who keeps any store, shop, room, or place where secondhand goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind or description are bought, sold, traded, bartered, consigned, recycled, or exchanged is defined as a secondhand dealer or valuable article dealer within the meaning of this chapter; provided, however, that this chapter shall not apply to bona fide trade or turn-ins of secondhand goods, wares or merchandise or other goods where no cash is transferred or paid by the merchant.

(Ord. 3168, 2017).