It is unlawful for any person to engage in, or carry on, or conduct, or to permit
to be carried on, engaged in or conducted, within the city, the business of any pawnbroker,
whether as a separate business or in connection with any other business, or to advertise
the same by means of signs or notices on buildings or windows, or by distribution
of printed circulars or by public display, or otherwise in any manner whatsoever,
unless there exists a valid permit therefor, granted and existing in compliance with
the provisions of Chapter 5.02. Both the application for such a permit and the issued permit shall set forth the
exact nature of the business to be carried on. In addition, the application shall
set forth the requirements specified in Section 5.02.020, and such application shall be accompanied by the signatures of three resident freeholders,
certifying to the good moral character and reputation of the person or persons making
such application. At the time of filing such application, the applicant and all persons
to be directly or indirectly interested in the permit if granted, including all members
of any firm or partnership, shall be fingerprinted at the request of the Police Department,
and if any such person has been convicted of a felony or any crime involving theft,
obtaining money or property by false pretenses, receiving stolen property, extortion,
embezzlement, or has violated any provision of this chapter or any other law regulating
pawnbrokers, the application for such permit may be denied. Normally, approximately
thirty (30) days are required to process the application subsequent to the taking
of fingerprints. The investigating official referred to in Section 5.02.030, to whom the application shall be referred, shall be the Chief of Police. In addition
to the grounds set forth in Section 5.02.080, any permit may be revoked upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police establishing
the fact that such permittee has, or has had, in his or her possession any stolen
article without there having been made a record of such article as hereinafter in
this chapter provided.
