Ordinance - #90-15 - 07/10/1990 - Laserfiche WebLink

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A bulk sale of property from a merchant, manufacturer or wholesaler having an established a place of business or of goods sold at open sale from bankrupt stock. Goods sold at farmer's market. SECTION 130.122. LICENSE REQUIRED No person, partnership, or corporation shall engage in or carry on the business of a Pawnbroker or Secondhand Goods Dealer, without a license issued by the City, for each and every separate office or place of business operated by such licensee in the City. The annual fee for such license shall be set by resolution. A license under this Chapter shall authorize the licensee to carry on its business only at the permanent place of business designated in the license. No license may be transferred to a different location or a different licensee. SECTION 130.123 APPLICATION PROCEDURE Every applicant for a license to maintain, operate, or conduct a Pawnbroker shop or Secondhand Goods Dealer shall file a completed application under oath with the City upon a form provided by the Office of the City Administrator and pay non-refundable application fee in an amount set by resolution. The application, once accepted, shall be referred to the Ramsey Police Department for investigation. Copies of this application shall be forwarded to such other City departments as the City Council shall deem investigation of the facts set forth in the application. The Chief of Police and such other department heads shall make a written recommendation to the City Council as to the issuance or non-issuance of the license within thirty days. The completed application form shall contain all information indicated, including: (a) (b) (c) (d) Name, place, date of birth, and street residence of the applicant. The business address and the name and address of the owner of the premises, and the exact legal description of the licensed premises. A statement as to whether, within the preceding five years, the applicant has been convicted of any law relating to theft, damage or trespass to property, sale of a controlled substance, or the operation of business; the nature of any such offense and the penalty assessed. Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation, or partnership. (a) If the applicant is a corporation, the state of the incorporation and the names and addresses of all officers and directors. The Application shall be accompanied by the Articles of Incorporation and Secretary of State's Certificate of good standing. (e) (f) (g) (b) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners shall be included. The Application shall be accompanied by the Partnership Agreement. The name of the manager or proprietor of the business. The names, residences and business addresses of three persons, residents of the State of Minnesota of good moral character, not related to the Applicant or financially interested in the licensee's premises who may be referred to as the Applicant's character or in the case where information is required of a manager, the manager's character. Each application shall be accompanied by a bond in the amount of $5,000.00 executed by a corporation authorized to do business in this State and conditioned that in conducting such business the licensee will observe all laws in relation to pawnbrokers, and will conduct business in conformity thereto, and that the licensee