§ 19-62. Permit and permit fee.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of a pawnbroker, junk dealer or secondhand dealer within the corporate limits of the city without having first obtained a permit from the office of the chief of police. Each such permit shall authorize the conduct of said business at one (1) location only. The fee for the permit shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00), and the permit shall be valid for a period not longer than one year and all such permits shall expire on December 31 of each year. The fee shall not be prorated. The permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at the place of business stated on the permit, and any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be sufficient grounds for revocation of the permit. Where the permittee is a nonprofit charitable organization, a permit shall be required but the fee shall be waived. A permittee who possesses a valid permit, but has remained closed to business for a period of four (4) or more consecutive days, shall not reopen for business until he has first given the office of the chief of police written notice of his intention so to reopen; but said permittee shall not otherwise be required to obtain another permit.

    (b)

    The chief of police shall have authority to revoke or suspend any permit issued hereunder for violation of this article or for indictment or information for commission of any penal law of the State or United States.

(Ord. No. 82-41, § 3, 5-6-82; Ord. No. 83-5, § 4, 2-3-83)