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ORDINANCE NO. 4161
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING DIVISION 2, PAWNBROKERS
AND SECONDHAND GOODS DEALERS, OF ARTICLE II ,
SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, OF
CHAPTER 23 , LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS,
OF THE 1993 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA; AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A
NEW DIVISION 2, PAWNBROKERS, AND DIVISION 2.1,
SECONDHAND GOODS DEALERS, OF ARTICLE II,
SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND OCCUPATIONS, OF
CHAPTER 23 , LICENSES AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS,
OF THE 1993 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
WATERLOO, IOWA.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa:
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That Division 2, Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Goods Dealers, of
Article II, Specific Businesses and Occupations, of Chapter 23,
Licenses and Business Regulations, of the 1993 Code of Ordinances
of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, is hereby repealed in its entirety;
that a new Division 2, Pawnbrokers, and Division 2.1, Secondhand
Goods Dealers, of Article II, Specific Businesses and Occupations,
j of Chapter 23, Licenses and Business Regulations, of the 1993 Code
of Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, are hereby enacted in
lieu thereof as follows:
DIVISION 2. PAWNBROKERS
Sec. 23-18. Definitions.
(a) Pawnbroker. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the
context clearly indicates a different intent, a pawnbroker shall
mean any person who makes loans or advancements on pawn, pledge or
deposit of personal property, or who receives actual possession of
personal property as security for loans, with or without a
mortgage, or a bill of sale thereon, or who by advertisement, sign,
or otherwise holds himself or herself out as a pawnbroker, or
purchases merchandise outright.
(b) Secondhand goods dealer. Secondhand goods dealer shall
mean any person, partnership, firm or corporation whose business
includes selling, buying or receiving any tangible personal
property previously owned, used, rented or leased. No person,
partnership, firm, or corporation shall operate a secondhand goods
dealership on the same premises as that of a pawn business, nor
shall said secondhand goods dealership be operated under the
pawnbroker license.
Sec. 23-19. Exemption.
This division shall not apply to or include the following:
(a) The sale of secondhand goods where all of the following
are present:
( 1) The sale is held on property occupied as a dwelling
by the seller or owned, rented or leased by a charitable or
political organization; i.e. , yard sale, garage sale or moving
sale;
(2) The items offered for sale are owned by the occupant
or seller;
( 3) That no sale exceeds a period of ninety-six (96)
consecutive hours;
( 4) That no more than three ( 3) sales are held in any
twelve-month period;
(5) That none of the items offered for sale shall have
been purchased for resale or received on consignment for
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purpose of resale.
(b) The sale of secondhand books or magazines.
(c) The sale of goods at an auction held by a licensed
auctioneer.
(d) A bulk sale of property from a merchant, manufacturer or
wholesaler having an established place of business or of goods sold
at open sale from bankrupt stock.
(e) Goods sold .at the public market, i.e. , farmers market,
etc.
( f) Goods sold at a bona fide antique, used furniture or used
clothing store, i.e. , a business in which seventy-five (7 5) percent
of the business' revenue is derived through the sale of antiques,
used furniture or used clothes.
Sec. 23-20. Affidavit required.
Before any license required by this division shall be issued,
the applicant therefor shall file with the city clerk an affidavit
that the applicant will observe and carry out the requirements of
any provision of this Code or other city ordinance in force at the
time of application, or any provision of this Code or other city
ordinance passed thereafter and during the time the applicant' s
license is in force, in relation to pawnbrokers or their business.
Sec. 23-21. Application required.
Any applicant for pawnbroker' s license must complete, in
English, an application form provided by the city clerk with
photographic proof of identification and/or any other
identification required by the city clerk or police department.
The application form shall contain the following information:
(a) The full name, residential address, business address,
date and place of birth, and social security number of the
applicant, and where the applicant is a corporation or partnership,
the foregoing information of the officers or partners;
(b) Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation,
or partnership:
( 1) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and
addresses of all partners;
( 2) If the applicant is a corporation, the state of
incorporation and the names and addresses of all officers and
directors;
(c) If the applicant is a natural person, the application
shall be signed and sworn to be the person; if a corporation, by an
agent authorized to sign; if a partnership, by a partner;
(d) The name of the manager or proprietor of the business;
(e) Designation of location, including street and number,
where business is to be transacted, plus name and address of the
owner of premises;
( f) A statement by the applicant as to whether said applicant
has ever been convicted of any crime, except simple misdemeanor
traffic violations. If any person mentioned in this subsection has
an arrest record, a statement must be made providing the place and
court of said conviction, the specific charge under which the
conviction was obtained, and the sentence imposed as a result of
said conviction; e
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(g) A statement under penalty of perjury that the applicant
has truthfully and accurately reported all requested information in
the application; that he or she will comply with all of the laws of
the United States, the State of Iowa, and the City of Waterloo,
Iowa;
(h) Applicant shall provide the city clerk with any
additional information required by the clerk, involving the
application;
(i) The police department shall investigate the facts set
forth in the application and shall report to the city clerk its
findings thereon. The applicant shall furnish to the police
department such evidence as it may reasonably require in support of
the statements set forth in the application.
Sec. 23-22. Surety bond.
Before any license shall issue to any pawnbroker, the
applicant for said license shall file a bond with the city clerk
signed by a solvent surety company authorized to execute such bonds
under the laws of the State of Iowa and which is acceptable to the
City of Waterloo, in a penalty sum of two thousand dollars
( $2,000. 00) conditioned that they will comply with the conditions
and regulations contained in this ordinance, and that they will pay
all fines, costs, or penalties imposed for failure to do so.
Sec. 23-23. License required.
The annual license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) .
Upon full compliance with this ordinance and, if warranted,
the city clerk shall issue to the applicant, the business to be
transacted, the place or places where it is to be carried on, the
date of issue, and the time it will expire. All licenses shall be
numbered in the order in which they are issued, and the city clerk
shall keep a stub or duplicate thereof. No person shall, in any
manner, engage in, or carry on, in the City of Waterloo, any
business of pawnbroker without paying the fee and procuring a
license provided in this ordinance, nor shall any person carry on
said business in any manner contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance.
The license shall be sufficient for all clerks, agents, and/or
employees engaged or employed at each place named in the license.
Each clerk, agent, or employee of any pawnbroker shall be subject
to and bound by the provisions of this ordinance and liable to the
same penalties and to the same extent as his/her employer or
principal for any violation thereof .
The license provided for herein shall be valid only for the
location designated in the application, and shall be prominently
displayed therein at all times. Upon any change in any of the
information required to be submitted as part of the application,
licensee shall within three ( 3) days of such change notify the city
clerk of said change, in writing, and in the event of a change of
address for doing business, the license shall be returned to the
city clerk and an amended license issued designating the new
location. The amended license shall be valid for the length of
time remaining on the original license. All licenses issued under
this ordinance shall expire one ( 1) yearr after the original date of
issue.
Sec. 23-24. Records register required.
(a) On each item or article at the time of pawning or
purchasing said item or article, every pawnbroker shall be required
to keep a record register in which the dealer shall accurately,
intelligently and in ink legibly enter in the English language, the
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following:
( 1) The amount paid, advanced or loaned for the article;
( 2) A detailed, complete and accurate description of the
article, including identifying marks;
( 3) The article' s serial number and model number, if
any;
( 4) The name of the person from whom the article is
pawned or purchased, his/her signature, residence telephone
number, residence address, motor vehicle operator' s license
number and state from which issued or his/her social security
number, said person' s race and nationality;
(5) The date, time and place of the transaction;
( 6) The time and date when the article is to be redeemed
or brought back.
(b) Failing to keep records. Any person who shall fail to
keep such records, or fail to make the required entries therein, or
shall intentionally or knowingly make any false or unintelligible
entry, or any entry which the dealer has reason to believe is
untrue, or who shall fail to make the inquiries necessary to enable
the dealer to make such entries or any of them, or who shall fail
to produce the records when requested, or who shall destroy or
negligently permit such records to be destroyed or lost, shall be
guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
(c) Copies to be provided to police.
( 1) To each person selling or pawning any property to a
pawnbroker, the pawnbroker shall give a ticket for each item
upon which shall be printed or written: name of pawn shop,
date/time of purchase, whether bought or pawned, pawn number,
article, brand, model number, serial number, description
(including identifying marks) , customer name, address, city
and state, date of birth, social security number/driver's
license number/state, sex, race, hair, eyes, phone number, and
customer signature. Said ticket shall be numbered
sequentially, and reflecting the effective year; all tickets
shall be purchased from City at cost; any ticket not used
shall be retained for inspection by the appropriate city
official. All tickets shall be retained for three hundred
sixty-five ( 365) days from the issuing thereof.
(2) Each pawnbroker shall deliver said tickets to the
Police Department by Monday at 4:00 p.m. , or if said Monday is
a holiday, by 4:00 p.m. on the next business day.
Sec. 23-25. Inspection of register and property.
The pawnbroker shall at all times permit a duly authorized
officer of the City of Waterloo to inspect the entire premises
covered by the license, including all records that may have any
relationship to the operation of the pawn business.
No licensee, his or her agent, or employee shall refuse,
resist, or attempt to prevent the Chief of Police or his or her
designee from examining the licensed premises for the purpose of
discovering stolen property or any violation of this ordinance.
Sec. 23-26. Police order to hold property.
The police are authorized to seize property, with proper
seizure notice, or require the dealer to hold property which they
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have probable cause to believe is stolen property. A receipt will
be given to the pawnbroker for all property seized. If the police
have not seized or picked up the property within ten ( 10) days from
the date of notification to the pawnbroker, said pawnbroker may
dispose of the property as he/she deems appropriate.
Sec. 23-27. Holding period.
(a) Pawned items. Any item pawned shall not be sold,
transferred, altered, removed from the premises or otherwise
disposed of for forty-five ( 45) days from the date the item was
received by the pawnbroker. However, an individual may redeem said
item that he or she pawned during or after thirty ( 30) days at the
discretion of the pawnbroker. Failure to hold said items for the
required holding period shall be deemed a simple misdemeanor.
(b) Other than pawned items. Any item received by a
pawnbroker shall not be sold, transferred, altered, removed from
the premises or otherwise disposed of for thirty ( 30) days from the
date the item was received by the pawnbroker. This does not
include merchandise purchased from wholesale vendors, provided
there is proof of such purchase. Failure to hold said items for
the required holding period shall be deemed a simple misdemeanor.
Sec. 23-28. Prohibited acts.
(a) No person under the age of eighteen ( 18) years shall sell
or pawn any item with any pawnbroker, nor shall any pawnbroker
receive any items from a person under the age of eighteen (18)
years.
(b) No dealer shall receive any goods unless the seller
presents one ( 1) picture identification or two ( 2) forms of other
types of identification. Proper identification shall consist of,
but not be limited to, driver' s license, picture I.D. , medicard,
draft card and/or major credit card.
(c) No goods or merchandise shall be stored or continuously
displayed on any public street, alley or public parking area. Any
goods or merchandise stored or displayed outside a fully enclosed
building shall be done so in an orderly and clean fashion so as not
to create a nuisance, as defined in the Code of Iowa or Waterloo
Code of Ordinances, or stored or displayed in such a manner as to
provide a habitat or breeding area for rodents or insects. Goods
and merchandise stored or displayed outside, which are not designed
to be placed, freestanding, on the ground, shall be placed on racks
or shelves.
Sec. 23-29. Denial, suspension or revocation.
(a) Any license under this ordinance may be denied, suspended
or revoked for any of the following reasons:
(1) The proposed use is in conflict with the Waterloo
Zoning Ordinance;
( 2) The proposed use is in conflict with any health,
building, building maintenance or other provision of this Code
or state law;
( 3) Violation of any provision of this ordinance;
( 4) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made in
securing a license;
( 5) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made in
the course of the applicant' s business;
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( 6) Failure to cooperate with all reasonable requests of
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any official of the City of Waterloo.
(b) The city clerk shall, upon receipt of information
alleging that grounds exist to deny, suspend or revoke the
pawnbroker license of any applicant or licensee under this
ordinance, and after consultation with the legal department, report
the circumstances to the city council, which in such case shall
cause a notice to be sent by ordinary mail to the applicant or
licensee at the address noted in the application. Said notice
shall state that a denial, suspension, or revocation hearing has
been set before the city council, the grounds for the proposed
denial, suspension or revocation, the date and time of the hearing,
and the place where the hearing will be conducted. Upon such
hearing, if the city council shall determine that one ( 1) or more
of such grounds do exist, it may deny an application or suspend or
revoke an existing license. A suspension shall constitute a
minimum period of fourteen ( 14) calendar days during which period
the licensee may not conduct any business except for redemptions.
In the event such license is revoked, no pawnbroker license shall
be issued to the licensee for a period of one ( 1) year.
Sec. 23-30. Penalty for violation.
Every person, firm or corporation, their agents or employees,
who shall violate any of the provisions of this division shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined an amount not to exceed one hundred
dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days.
Each day a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
Sec. 23-31. Separability of provisions.
It is the intention of the council that each section,
paragraph, sentence, clause, and provisions of this division is
separable, and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid
for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of
this division nor any part thereof other than that affected by such
decision.
Secs. 23-32--23-35. Reserved.
DIVISION 2.1. SECONDHAND GOODS DEALERS
Sec. 23-35.1. Definitions.
( a) Pawnbroker. Unless otherwise expressly stated or the
context clearly indicates a different intent, a pawnbroker shall
mean any person who makes loans or advancements on pawn, pledge or
deposit of personal property, or who receives actual possession of
personal property as security for loans, with or without a
mortgage, or a bill of sale thereon, or who by advertisement, sign,
or otherwise holds himself or herself out as a pawnbroker, or
purchases merchandise outright.
(b) Secondhand goods dealer. Secondhand goods dealer shall
mean any person, partnership, firm or corporation whose business
includes selling, buying or receiving any tangible personal
property previously owned, used, rented or leased. No person,
partnership, firm, or corporation shall operate a secondhand goods
dealership on the same premises as that of a pawn business, nor
shall said secondhand goods dealership be operated under the
pawnbroker licensee.
Sec. 23-35.2. Exemption.
This division shall not apply to or include the following:
(a) The sale of secondhand goods where all of the following
are present:
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( 1) The sale is held on property occupied as a dwelling
by the seller or owned, rented or leased by a charitable or
political organization; i.e. , yard sale, garage sale or moving
sale;
( 2) The items offered for sale are owned by the occupant
or seller;
( 3) That no sale exceeds a period of ninety-six ( 96)
consecutive hours;
( 4) That no more than three ( 3) sales are held in any
twelve-month period;
( 5) That none of the items offered for sale shall have
been.- purchased for resale or received on consignment for
purpose of resale.
(b) The sale of secondhand books or magazines.
(c) The sale of goods at an auction held by a licensed
auctioneer.
(d) A bulk sale of property from a merchant, manufacturer or
wholesaler having an established place of business or of goods sold
at open sale from bankrupt stock.
(e) Goods sold at the public market, i.e. , farmers market,
etc.
(f) Goods sold at a bona fide antique, used furniture or used
clothing store, i.e. , a business in which seventy-five (75) percent
of the business' revenue is derived through the sale of antiques,
used furniture or used clothes.
Sec. 23-35.3. Affidavit required.
Before any license required by this division shall be issued,
the applicant therefor shall file with the city clerk an affidavit
that the applicant will observe and carry out the requirements of
any provision of this Code or other city ordinance in force at the
time of application, or any provision of this Code or other city
ordinance passed thereafter and during the time the applicant' s
license is in force, in relation to secondhand goods dealers or
their business.
Sec. 23-35. 4. Application required.
Any applicant for secondhand goods dealer' s license must
complete, in English, an application form provided by the city
clerk. The application form shall contain the following
information:
( a) The full name, residential address, business address,
date of birth, and social security number of the applicant, and.
where the applicant is a corporation or partnership, the foregoing
information of the officers or partners;
(b) Designation of location, including street and number,
where business is to be transacted, plus name and address of the
owner of premises;
(c) Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation,
or partnership:
(1) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and
addresses of all partners;
(2) If the applicant is a corporation, the state of
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incorporation and the names and addresses of all officers and
directors;
(d) If the applicant is a natural person, the application
shall be signed and sworn to be the person; if a corporation, by an
agent authorized to sign; if a partnership, by a partner;
(e) The name of the manager or proprietor of the business;
(f) A statement by the applicant as to whether said applicant
has ever been convicted of any crime, except simple misdemeanor
traffic violations. If any person mentioned in this subsection has
an arrest record, a statement must be made providing the place and
court of said conviction, the specific charge under which the
conviction was obtained, and the sentence imposed as a result of
said conviction;
(g) A statement under penalty of perjury that the applicant
has truthfully and accurately reported all requested information in
the application; that he or she will comply with all of the laws of
the United States, the State of Iowa, and the City of Waterloo,
Iowa;
(h) Applicant shall provide the city clerk with any
additional information required by the clerk, involving the
application;
(i) The police department shall investigate the facts set
forth in the application and shall report to the city clerk its
findings thereon. The applicant shall furnish to the police
department such evidence as it may reasonably require in support of
the statements set forth in the application.
Sec. 23-35. 5. Surety bond.
Before any license shall issue to any secondhand goods dealer,
the applicant for said license shall file a bond with the city
clerk signed by a solvent surety company authorized to execute such
bonds under the laws of the State of Iowa and which is acceptable
to the City of Waterloo, in a penalty sum of two thousand dollars
( $2,000.00) conditioned that they will comply with the conditions
and regulations contained in this ordinance, and that they will pay
all fines, costs, or penalties imposed for failure to do so.
Sec. 23-35.6. License required.
The annual license fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) .
Upon full compliance with this ordinance and, if warranted,
the city clerk shall issue to the applicant, the business to be
transacted, the place or places where it is to be carried on, the
date of issue, and the time it will expire. All licenses shall be
numbered in the order in which they are issued, and the city clerk
shall keep a stub or duplicate thereof. No person shall engage in,
or carry on, in the City of Waterloo, the business of a secondhand
goods dealer without paying the fee and procuring a license
provided in this ordinance, nor shall any person carry on said
business in any manner contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance.
The license shall be sufficient for all clerks, agents, and/or
employees engaged or employed at each place named in the license.
Each clerk, agent, or employee of any secondhand goods dealer shall
be subject to and bound by the provisions of this ordinance and
liable to the same penalties and to the same extent as his/her
employer or principal for any violation thereof.
The license provided for herein shall be valid only for the
location designated in the application, and shall be prominently
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displayed therein at all times. Upon any change in any of the
information required to be submitted as part of the application,
licensee shall within three ( 3) days of such change notify the city
clerk of said change, in writing, and in the event of a change of
address for doing business, the license shall be returned to the
city clerk and an amended license issued designating the new
location. The amended license shall be valid for the length of
time remaining on the original license. All licenses issued under
this ordinance shall expire one (1) year after the original date of
issue.
Sec. 23-35.7 . Firearms records register required.
(a) On each firearm, every secondhand goods dealer shall be
required to keep a record register in which the dealer shall
accurately, intelligently and legibly enter, in ink, in the English
language, at the time of purchasing or receiving any firearm:
( 1) The amount paid for the firearm;
( 2) A detailed, complete and accurate description of the
firearm, including identifying marks;
( 3) The firearm's serial number and model number, if
any;
( 4) The name of the person from whom the firearm is
purchased or received, his/her signature, residence telephone
number, residence address, motor vehicle operator' s license
and state from which issued or his/her social security number,
said person's race and nationality; and
(5) The date, time and place of the transaction.
(b) Failing to keep records. Any person who shall fail to
keep such records, or fail to make the required entries therein, or
shall intentionally or knowingly make any false or unintelligible
entry, or any entry which the dealer has reason to believe is
untrue, or who shall fail to make the inquiries necessary to enable
the dealer to make such entries or any of them, or who shall fail
to produce the records when requested, or who shall destroy or
negligently permit such records to be destroyed or lost, shall be
guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
(c) Copies to police. Any firearms transactions made in the
course of the secondhand goods dealer' s business shall require the
secondhand goods dealer to give the police a ticket upon which
shall be printed or written a copy of all entries required by this
ordinance to be made in the secondhand goods dealer's register with
reference to the transactions with such person, for which ticket no
charge shall be made by said secondhand goods dealer. The
secondhand goods dealer shall give to the police a ticket for each
item upon which shall be printed or written: name of secondhand
goods shop, date/time of purchase, article, brand, model
cnu Derr,
serial number, description (including identifying marks) ,
name, address, city and state, date of birth, social security
number/driver' s license number/state, sex, race, hair, eyes, phone
number, and customer signature. Said ticket shall be numbered
sequentially and reflecting the effective year, all tickets shall
be purchased from City at cost, and any ticket not used shall be
retained for inspection by the appropriate city official. All
tickets shall be retained for three hundred sixty-five ( 365) days
from the issuing thereof.
Sec. 23-35.8. Inspection of register and property.
The secondhand goods dealer shall at all times permit a duly
authorized officer of the City of Waterloo to inspect the entire
premises covered by the license, including all records that may
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have any relationship to the operation of the secondhand goods
business.
No licensee, his or her agent., or employee shall refuse,
resist, or attempt to prevent the Chief of Police or his or her
designee from examining the licensed premises for the purpose of
discovering stolen property or any violation of this ordinance.
Sec. 23-35.9. Holding period.
Any firearm received by a secondhand goods dealer shall not be
sold, transferred, altered, removed from the premises or otherwise
disposed of for thirty ( 30) days after the date of such report to
the police. This does not include merchandise purchased from
wholesale vendors, provided there is proof of such purchase.
Failure to hold said items for the required holding period shall be
deemed a simple misdemeanor.
Sec. 23-35.10. Police order to hold property.
The police are authorized to seize property, with proper
seizure notice, or require the dealer to hold property which they
have probable cause to believe is stolen property. A receipt will
be given to the secondhand goods dealer for all property seized.
If the police have not seized or picked up the property within ten
(10) days from the date of notification to the pawnbroker, said
pawnbroker may dispose of the property as he/she deems appropriate.
Sec. 23-35.11. Prohibited acts.
(a) No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall sell
any item with any secondhand goods dealer, nor shall any secondhand
goods dealer receive any items from a person under the age of
eighteen (18) years.
(b) No dealer shall receive any firearm unless the seller
presents one ( 1) picture identification or two ( 2) forms of other
types of identification. Proper identification shall consist of,
but not be limited to, driver's license, picture I.D. , medicard,
draft card and/or major credit card.
(c) No goods or merchandise shall be stored or continuously
displayed on any public street, alley or public parking area. Any
goods or merchandise stored or displayed outside a fully enclosed
building shall be done so in an orderly and clean fashion so as not
to create a nuisance, as defined in state or local law, or stored
or displayed in such a manner as to provide a habitat or breeding
area for rodents or insects. Goods and merchandise stored or
displayed outside, which are not designed to be placed,
freestanding, on the ground, shall be placed on racks or shelves.
Sec. 23-35.12. Denial, suspension or revocation.
(a) Any license under this ordinance may be denied, suspended
or revoked for any of the following reasons:
(1) The proposed use is in conflict with the Waterloo
Zoning Ordinance;
( 2) , The proposed use is in conflict with any health,
building, building maintenance or other provision of this Code
or state law;
( 3) Violation of any provision of this ordinance;
( 4) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made in
securing a license;
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( 5) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made in
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the course of the applicant' s business;
( 6) Failure to cooperate with all reasonable requests of
any official of the City of Waterloo.
(b) The city clerk shall, upon receipt of information
alleging that grounds exist to deny, suspend or revoke the
secondhand goods dealer license of any applicant or licensee under
this ordinance, and after consultation with the legal department,
report the circumstances to the city council, which in such case
shall cause a notice to be sent by ordinary mail to the applicant
or licensee at the address noted in the application. Said notice
shall state that a denial, suspension, or revocation hearing has
been set before the city council, the grounds for the proposed
denial, suspension or revocation, the date and time of the hearing,
and the place where the hearing will be conducted. Upon such
hearing, if the city council shall determine that one ( 1) or more
of such grounds do exist, it may deny an application or suspend or
revoke an existing license. A suspension shall constitute a
minimum period of fourteen ( 14) calendar days during which period
the licensee may not conduct any business except for redemptions.
In the event such license is revoked, no secondhand goods dealer
license shall issue to the licensee for a period of one ( 1) year.
Sec. 23-35.13. Penalty for violation.
Every person, firm or corporation, their agents or employees,
who shall violate any of the provisions of this division shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined an amount not to exceed one hundred
dollars ($100.00) or imprisoned not to exceed thirty (30) days.
Each day a violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
Sec. 23-35.14. Separability of provisions.
It is the intention of the council that each section,
paragraph, sentence, clause, and provisions of this division is
separable, and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid
for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of
this division nor any part thereof other than that affected by such
decision.
INTRODUCED: April 8, 1996
PASSED 1ST CONSIDERATION: April 8, 1996
PASSED 2ND CONSIDERATION: April 8, 1996
PASSED 3RD CONSIDERATION: April 8, 1996
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Waterloo, Iowa, on the 8th day of April, 1996, and approved by the
Mayor on the 10th day of April, 1996.
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ATTEST:
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Susan Fangman, y Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I, Susan Fangman, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do
hereby certify that the preceding is a true and complete copy of
Ordinance No. 4161, as passed and adopted by the Council of the
City of Waterloo, Iowa, on the 8th day of April, 1996.
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Ordinance No. 4161
Page 12
Witness my hand and seal of office this 10th day of April,
1996.
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Filed for record Oct 9 , 19 96 at ,
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Clerk Auditor
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.�, I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of OF IOWA, ssf legal city of WarPr1 nn
Black Hawk County,
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notice was published in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, a daily newspaper printed in
Waterloo,Black Hawk County,Iowa,once commencing on the 19
day of April 19 96 in the name of
said newspaper, and that the annexed rate of advertised is the regular legal rate of said
newspaper,and that the following is a correct bill for publishing said notice.
Printer's Bill$ 299.04
Signed
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day of
A.D., 19 5'6
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Notary
Public
Received of
the sum of
Dollars
in full for publication of the above notice.
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