5.38.030 License – Permit prerequisite – Investigation fee – Application – Contents required.
A. No license shall be issued to any pawnbroker, junk or secondhand dealer in the City as defined herein pursuant to the provisions contained in CVMC 5.38.010 without the written approval and a permit therefor having been obtained from the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall charge a nonrefundable required fee(s), or the required renewal fee(s), to cover the cost of investigating the Applicant. Such licenses, when issued, shall expire two years from the date of issance and may be renewed only by filing a written request for renewal, accompanied by the license fee and copy of the license to be renewed. Every Person wishing to engage in the business of pawnbroker or junk or secondhand dealer shall file an application for a permit, signed by the Applicant, with the Chief of Police, and the application shall show the following information:
1. Permanent home address and full local address of Applicant;
2. A brief description of the nature of the business and goods to be sold;
3. A photograph of the Applicant, taken within 60 days immediately prior to the date of the filing of the application, which picture shall be two inches by two inches, showing the head and shoulders of the Applicant in a clear and distinguishing manner;
4. The fingerprints of the Applicant;
5. A statement as to whether or not the Applicant has ever been convicted of any offense involving stolen property, and, if so, the details in general of such convictions, and specifying the particular crimes or misdemeanors involved and the dates and places of such convictions.
B. In the event that the Chief of Police, upon investigation, should determine that the issuance of such a permit to the Applicant would be detrimental to the public health, safety, and general welfare of the City, either because of the moral character of the Applicant or the creation of a policing problem as a result of the establishment of a pawnshop or junk or secondhand shop in a particular location, or showing that an increase in the number of pawnshops or junk or secondhand shops over and above the existing number within the City would be detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare, said findings shall be prepared in writing and delivered to the Applicant. The Applicant may, upon receipt of such notice of denial, appeal such denial to the City Council, within 10 days of the receipt of the denial, by filing a notice of appeal with the City Clerk of the City. The Council shall set the matter of the denial for hearing in the same manner as set forth in CVMC 5.38.210 and 5.38.220. (Ord. 3299 § 1 (Att. A), 2014; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2408 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1961 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1931 § 1, 1981; Ord. 1008 § 2; prior code § 17.2).