Sponsor
Alderman Helding
Title
ORDINANCE NO. 1-07
To repeal and recreate Article XXV. Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, WI.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Article XXV Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
“ARTICLE XXV. PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND DEALERS
Sec. 22-891. Purpose.
The city council finds that use of services provided by pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers provides an opportunity for the commission of crimes and their concealment because such businesses have the ability to receive and transfer property stolen by others easily and quickly. The city council also finds that consumer protection regulation is warranted in transactions involving such businesses. The purpose of this chapter is to prevent those businesses from being used as facilities for the commission of crimes, and to assure that such businesses comply with basic consumer protection standards, thereby protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the city.
To help the police department better regulate current and future pawnbroker and
secondhand dealer businesses, decrease and stabilize costs associated with the regulation of the industry, and increase identification of criminal activities in the industry through the timely collection and sharing of transaction information, this chapter also implements and establishes the required use of an entity engaged in the business of providing a collective, searchable database of pawn transactions that is mutually agreeable to the Police Chief and the Public Safety and Licensing Committee.
Sec. 22-892. License Required.
(a) Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (c) below, no person shall carry
on or operate within the City of Racine a business as a pawnbroker or a business for the purchase or sale of secondhand articles or je...
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