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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1170 r,.l i�,�} , ��,�.iv.`+ . T . , ., y � �� � Q �� , ��y7 �- �� � � � �� ORi�IN�'�NCE NQ. 1170 AN ORDINANCE OF �'r� CITY 0�' RENTOI�T, jjI�HINGTON, R�'GUL�TITdG AT�,TD LICENSING SECOILT�-H��TD DiALERS II`d 'i'HE CTTY OF RLT�TTON, T,`�j.ASHINGTON AND REPEALTNG CERT�III� �ORDIN�PJCE NQ. 439. TI-� CTTY COUi1TCIL OF THE CITY O.r RENTON �0 OR�l�IN aS FOLLO��1S: Section 1: Second Hand Dealer Defined: Any person who, • within the City of Renton, 'iTashington, shall as a business, engage in the purchase, sale, trade, barter or exchange of second-Yrand goods, other than "junk" as defined i�n this ordinance. Section II: Second Hand 1�ealerts License Fee: It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of seconcl-hand dealer wz.thout first procuring a license so to do, to be known as a Secon.d-Hand Dealer's License!" The fee for such second-hand dealer's license shall be, and the same is hereby fixed at Tuventy- f ive (�25.00} '�ollars per year. An.y person having more than one place of business vrhere second-hand goods are bought, sold, '�raded, bartered or exchanged, ' shall be required to procure a separ�.te license �or each and every such place of business. Section I2I: Second-�iand Dealers may change location. A second-hand dealer's license shall not be transferable from one person to another, but the licensee may, upon voritten application to the City Clerk, have his license transferred to a new location in ' the City and the change of address shall be noted on the license, together v,rith the date on which the chan�e was made. Section IV: Second-Nand Dealers to keep records : Every Second-Hand �ealer shall keep a book in which he shall at the ti�.ne of purchase of any second-hand goods, enter in the Engla.sh language, Umitten in in�, a full and accurate description of such goods so bought, together v,rith the name, apparent age, si�nature and residence of the vendor, and if the vendor shall be a minor, a statement of the fact, and also the amount paid and the date and hour o�' purchase, and said book, as well as every article �or thing �urchased, shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection. by the Chief of Police or any �olice Ofiicer of the City. Section V; Secor_c�hand goods to be ke�t ten (10) days : Second-Hand �oods��of� a�iy> �ird�and descriptian bought or received by a second-hand dealer, must be held at least, ten (10) days bePore they are sold or offered for sale, �xcept when the goods have been inspected by the members of the Police Department designated for that purpose and they have authorized the second-hand dealer to dispose of such goods within a less period than ten (10) days. Section VI: Daily Transcript of R�cord to be delivered to the Chief' of Police: Every second-hand dealer shall make out and deliver to the Chief' of Folice, at the hour of noon of each day, a copy of' the entries and transactions contained in the book of records relating to the business of the previous day. , . . . , ��r�----ZY . . � Section VII: Purchasing second-hand goods from minors ; In case second-hand goods are bought or received from any minor the second-hand dealer, his employee or agent, buying or receiv- ing such articles of value, shall demand and receive of' such minor a written authority Prom the person owning such articles, givin� full authority to such minor to sell the same, and such written authority shall be received and placed on file by the person receiving such goods and be a part of the record of such transaction. Section VIII: Any per�on who shall violate any pro- vision of this ordinance, shall be gui?ty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, sha11 be punished by a fine of not less than One dollar (�1.00) nor more than One hundred dollars ��100.00) or imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Section IX: This ,�rdinance shall be in �ull foree and effect five days from and after its passage, approval and legal publication. �.pproved this 20th day of October 1942. v%����.i��f�/.1-.���/ Niayor Passed this 20th day of October 19 . City Clerk Approved as to Porm: � �J City Attorney. Published: October 22, 1942.