§ 8-210. Definitions.

Automated reporting system. A computer-based system specified by the Chief of Police designed to record and transmit data and information electronically.

Employee.

(1)

Any owner or pawnbroker who, in the performance of his or her duties or the management of the business affairs of a pawnshop, comes into contact with members of the public; or

(2)

Any person working for an owner or pawnbroker; or

(3)

Any person who is employed on a part-time or full-time basis, either with or without remuneration, by a pawnshop.

Pawn or pledge. A bailment of personal property as security for any debt or engagement, redeemable upon certain terms and with the power of sale on default.

Pawnbroker. Any person, whether an owner or not, who works in a pawnshop on a regular basis and in a managerial capacity whereby he or she has charge of the business or daily operations of the pawnshop, and whose business or occupation it is to take or receive, by way of pledge, pawn, or exchange, any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any kind of personal property whatever, as security for the repayment of money lent thereon.

Pawnshop. Any business wherein a substantial part thereof is to take or receive, by way of pledge, pawn, consignment or exchange, any goods, wares, merchandise, or any kind of personal property whatever, as security for the repayment of money lent thereon.

(Ord. No. 04-2010, 4-12-2010; Ord. No. 20-2011, 10-3-2011)