A. License Required. Except as provided otherwise in Section 5.32.030, no person shall engage in the business of dealing in metal or nonmetal junk; secondhand property, or engage in the business of a pawnbroker in the city, without first obtaining a license therefor.

B. Requirements in Addition to General Provisions. In addition to the general requirements, there is the additional requirement that the applicant(s) or manager(s) or owner(s) of the applicant have not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude or intent to defraud within ten years from the date of application, and, furthermore, have not within ten years from the date of application been released from a penal institution or from active supervision or parole as a result of the conviction of any of the aforementioned crimes.

C. Fixed Place of Business. No person may operate as a pawnbroker or secondhand dealer unless the person maintains a fixed place of business in the city. No person shall engage in any such business in more than one place, or maintain more than one shop or store for the same, by virtue of one license.

D. The annual license fee for pawnbrokers shall be the sum of two hundred fifty dollars. The annual license fee for secondhand dealers shall be the sum of fifty dollars. (Ord. 1050-84 § 2, 1984.)