§ 9-212. Inactive licenses  


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  • Any license to engage in the occupation of secondhand dealer which has been granted by the chief of police, pursuant to this article shall be deemed to have expired within six (6) months of the granting thereof, if the licensee has not actively engaged in said occupation. The licensee hereunder shall not be deemed to have been actively engaged in the occupation unless he shall have maintained a licensed place of business within the corporate limits of the city, which said premises shall have been opened and have been in continuous operation for at least ninety (90) days during said six-month period.

    Any permit to engage in the occupation of pawnbroker, which exists under the provisions of the previous ordinance as of the date of the adoption of this article, shall be deemed to have expired. A permittee under the previous ordinance shall be required to make application through the director of finance for a secondhand dealer's license, pursuant to section 9-210, within thirty (30) days of the adoption on this article should he desire to continue operating his business as a secondhand dealer.

(Ord. No. 81-16, § 2, 11-16-81)