Every Person conducting, engaging in, or carrying on the business of pawnbroker or junk or secondhand dealer or collector shall possess a valid, existing and unrevoked license therefor. Such license or licenses shall be issued by the Director of Finance of the City upon the payment of a tax as presently designated, or as may in the future be amended, in Section 5.38.010 of the master tax schedule in CVMC 5.07.030; provided, however, that said Director of Finance shall not issue any such license without the consent in writing first having been had and obtained from the Chief of Police and presentation of the police permit, as required pursuant to the provisions of CVMC 5.38.020 et seq. Nothing in this section or this chapter contained shall be deemed or construed to apply to the loaning of money on Personal property or Personal security by any bank authorized to do so under the laws of the state. (Ord. 3299 § 1 (Att. A), 2014; Ord. 2408 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1560 § 1, 1974; Ord. 1462 § 1, 1973; Ord. 1294 § 1; Ord. 1009 § 1; prior code § 18.62).