§ 12-246. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

Junk dealer. The term "junk dealer" is used in its ordinary and usual accepted meaning and shall also mean and include any person engaged in any of the following:

Collecting, handling, buying and selling of scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead, scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys; secondhand mechanical and garden tools and utensils; used or secondhand plumbing fixtures, appliances, fittings, pipes and supplies; used or secondhand electrical fixtures, fittings, appliances and supplies; used or secondhand gas fixtures, fittings, appliances and supplies; used or secondhand water heaters, fixtures, fittings, pipes and supplies, used or secondhand doors, window sash or glass, mantels or parts thereof; used or secondhand automobiles purchased for the purpose of being dismantled, all automobile parts and accessories, and used or secondhand tires and tubes.

Pawnbroker. The term "pawnbroker" is used in its ordinary and usual trade acceptance meaning, and shall include any person who loans money secured by any personal property (as distinguished from real property) which is left as security with the person making the loan.

Secondhand dealer. The term "secondhand dealer" is used in its ordinary and usual trade acceptance meaning, and shall also mean and include any person engaged in any of the following:

Collecting, handling, buying, trading, selling or engaging in the sale or trafficking of any of the following:

Used or secondhand wearing apparel consisting of hats, shoes, overcoats, raincoats and any and all kinds of clothing; used or secondhand watches, jewelry, diamonds, luggage, musical instruments, shotguns, rifles, revolvers and all other kinds of firearms; and any and all kinds of used goods, wares and merchandise which are handled by secondhand dealers in the usual course of trade.

(Code 1965, § 14-50; Ord. No. 1442, § 1, 7-26-94)