§ 5.46.010. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases are defined, and certain provisions shall be construed as herein set out, unless it shall be apparent from their context that a different meaning is intended:

"Automobile wrecking establishment" means and includes any establishment, building or other place where the business is carried on of wrecking old or used automobiles or other motor vehicles, and adding or employing the accessories and parts thereof in equipping, repairing, or rebuilding motor vehicles, or storing, selling, or otherwise disposing of, such accessories or parts.

"Exchange dealer" means and includes every person who engages in or conducts the business of accepting secondhand articles in full or partial payment for any other article or articles carried as stock in trade by such person, and shall include the acceptance of any article in full or partial payment for any rebuilt or remanufactured article of similar or different nature. This definition shall not apply to dealers whose principal or primary business is retailing or wholesaling new merchandise.

"Pawnbroker" means and includes every person, firm or corporation, other than banks, trust companies or bond brokers who may otherwise be regulated by law and authorized to deal in commercial papers, shares of stock, bonds and other certificates of value, who keeps a loan or pawn office or engages in or carries on the business of receiving jewelry, precious stones, valuables, firearms, clothing, or personal property, or any other article or articles in pledge for loans or as security, or in pawn for the repayment of moneys, and exacts an interest for such loans.

"Scrap collector" means and includes any person who goes from place to place for the purpose of engaging in or carrying on the business of collecting, buying or selling, either at wholesale or retail, any old rags, bottles, sacks, cans, papers, metals, or any other worn out or discarded material. All such materials are hereinafter referred to as "scrap."

"Scrap dealer" means and includes any person having a fixed place of business and who is engaged in carrying on the business of buying or selling, either at wholesale or retail, any old rags, bottles, sacks, cans, papers, metals, or any other worn out or discarded material. All such materials are hereinafter referred to as "scrap."

"Secondhand automobile or aircraft parts dealer" means and includes any person operating, maintaining or carrying on the business of buying and selling or exchanging secondhand, used, government surplus, salvaged, reclaimed, or renewed automobile, or aircraft parts or accessories.

"Secondhand dealer" means and includes every person who engages in, or conducts the business of buying, selling or exchanging, whether as a separate business or in connection with other businesses, secondhand or rebuilt typewriters, adding and calculating machines, secondhand bicycles, bicycle accessories, motorcycles, motorcycle accessories, scales, clothing, tools, harnesses, surgical, dental or drawing instruments, firearms, pianos or other musical instruments, furniture, household furnishings, books, used and reclaimed army goods, merchandise, or any other secondhand article or articles or things, excepting, however, secondhand jewelry dealers, secondhand automobile or aircraft parts dealers, scrap collectors and secondhand automobile or aircraft parts dealers, scrap collectors and scrap dealers as herein defined, nor shall it pertain to automobile wrecking establishments as herein defined; and provided, further, that nothing in this chapter shall be understood to include as secondhand dealers persons who engage in the business of selling no other secondhand goods or articles than those used and reclaimed, rebuilt or remanufactured, articles or goods which are purchased by such dealer direct from bona fide wholesale dealers, jobbers or manufacturers, or from distributing agents of the United States Army or Navy.

(Ord. No. 13136, § 1, 10-16-2012; Prior code §§ 5-9.01, 5-9.01(a)—5-9.01(f), 5-9.01(i), 5-9.01(j))