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OP.DINANCE NO. 1677
AN ORDlNANCEOh' THE CIn, OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING .ARTICLE 12-OF CODIFIED I:>RUINANCE NO.5
OF 1'lm ern OF PALO ALTO. REGU""lATING
PAWNBROKERS AND ·SECONDBAND DEALERS
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The 'Counci"l ot t,be City otPalo.Alt,o d.oes ordain as follows:
· Se"t1on 1. Article ·12 or Codified Ord1nance No .. 5 hereby· is · --..ww .
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"ARTICLE 12·· -FAWNBROKE:Ps .AND SECONDHA.ND DEALERS ----.'
~SJ~q~ 12.01.· PAWNBRO~'PRQ.arnI~ ..
It shall be· unlawful for arlyoTle to carryon the
bu-:s1ness. of p8lmbroker wi thin: the City of Palo Al to~
nSjCC~ 12 .. 02. SECOND~.o D~ DEFINED.·:
•.. " r Sec'ondband' dealer t is def'ined tc be any Pcx's(:ln
pr;.nc1pally engated ,in conducting., mB.nag1ng or car:ry-
1~;on the business of buytng.l' selling or otberwlsle
deHling in secondhand goods·, wares and merchandise as
b.e~~1n def1ned. .
l4S·1-" 12' O~ SE~ONDHAND GOODS ~tl\'D'l:'Ct A-,.m, '!../"C"'O ..... u·' ,.:.-.-~ .... ~ ,'--. ...". Ij" :I aAl.~ ~"""" ,j.·,',I:.I ... ·l}vA-l-. _.~.~_;;).t:.. DEFINP..D v ~. , _.
Sec,ondhand good$~ wares a.nd merchandise shall not
.includ.e rags., bottlesj , other than milk or crea::o bottles»
sacks> other than cement sacks, barrels", cans~ shoes,
~clks ... la:npf:l.. stci.ves or bOlJsebold. or office furn1 tUN 1
wi1:h· the exception of sewing machines" musical .1n.6tr.l
msrlts" typewriters" portab.le. !"sc.1c;!!, &nd· t,;elevisions or an~' motorveb1cle:, trailer or· eeml-tra11er whi"~h has
beE·n registered in California l as required by law.
"s1::C ~ 12". 04. ~ REPORT OF P~CHASES ~y SECCNDH.~1) DEALERS ..
"'Every secondhand.' dealer" shallJ' O!l eacb day exce:;>t
Sw::daya8nd legal holidaY13, before the hO'(,lr or ten
o'cloGk ,,1n the morn111g,make ana deliver to the Chief of Police of the City of Palo Alto in wX"lting a full,
tn6:'and·complete reportj) In, ¢hro-nologlcal order~ of
~lJ:.deal1ngs .In t.iecondband goods" wares and merchandise
by. such: secondhand dealer wi thin. tbe C! ty or Palo Alto
dUI'1tig the twent~~four hours· nextprec.edins said. report ~ to~e~be:i;" :with the:· tUle ,of day.wben purchased Or re~
~e.1 \~dl 6.-co~ple~e @.,aor,1pt1on· of ~Bcb article pur
cbased or received, and a· description of the person or
p~.:r ~ona 1"rom wholI', pure-based orr-ece1 'led or wi "!l whom dec:lt~ an~~r also tbe:·tr'~e name of such oerson '01' :carsons as nearly as tbe>;same: ls.k:').oWI) to orean be ascertained
· by toe pe'rson~1ng sueh·report. rf~"'lY" sucb article
purcbssed or reee1vad: sball ha',e engraved or stamped
t'bereon any numbe1"'"word 0;1' initial.., or shall contain
a~:set:t1.ng Of. a:~ kind; the deaeript10:l o,f suoh article
at-all cO~'lta1n such number, word or !n1tial~ and shall
shew" tbe·'klnd of: setting or sett1nge and t'oenu.m.ber 01'"
eatb kind.·
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The report. required aere.1r~ sball be made 'upon a
torm to be f'urr.dshed,fr.ee·of cha.rge by tbe Chief' of
P(111ce.. Tbe Chief of J?ollce :3hall cause 'blank forms
t{t', be :pr1nted cont81ri1ng apa.le S wi t:b. the proper esp-·
. ~~o:nsf6rtbe furnishing of' the information required
.ri~i' th1soro1nance. .
, The ~Ch1er of Police, uponrece1pt or said report,
sba.ll file the same in' some secure pla{le in his otf1C'e"
arid saldreports sball be open to inspection only to .'
~mber$ of tbt:Pol~¢e Departmen.t of the City or Palo Alto ..
0:; any other law eAforeement agenc?:1 or 'by otbers upon an
Older. of a court of competent Jurisdiction made for that
pt rpose. ~ ,
•. t!SEC. 12.05. .ss:PORT ·.TO BE KEn...RY DEAT."ER~
Every secondhaxld deal:e2", shall keep at his place of
. bt;$'.1ness a eopy,. of ·every r'·~~.ol .. t required by Section 12.04
hflreof':t : and such copy shall, be open at al::' t 1rJ.es during
ovslnes.s hours to the inspection oJf tl;e Chief of Po11ce
or any member of the Police Department of the City of
Palo Alto o:r any officer authorized by la.w. Said repo.rt
ahallbe in book torm .. ·and:each transaction shall be
ke'pt in chronological order/.
"s.g·C. 12.06. REPORTS A..~ RECORDS ':rOBE Lli .i~GLJSH LANGUAGE. w~ ,~
Everl report and record.. re<r~!red 'by tl:le prolli.siOns o!
'. . th.1S Ar't1cleto be tiled .. kept· or made shall be written or
prlntecl e:it:lre ly in the EngliSh. lar.guage in a c lear and .
lei~1ble manner and s~all be made out at the time the trans
ac~1on lsJllaae.
t1s,~c. 12.01. !Y:'LURE TO MAKE_~PORT.
. It. sball be unla.wful fel" tlnlP secondhand dealer or
t~:~ any agent ox-employee of sueh sec:ondhand dealer to
ra:Ll" ;retuse OX'< neglect to f11ea:reportJl as required
'be:':oaein..,· in toe w.anner, form" at the/time and 1nall re $pe(~tB in aocordance with the requirements of this ord1-
. nance, or to fa1l, refuse or neglect .to exbibit to the
Cb~~ef of Police" or to any member of! the Pollce Department
~of the City of Palo Alto" or to any officer authorized. by :~,'<:lalr, ~d1ately upon demand l a.ny such record or report"
'or any goOd::!" wares and merchandise so purchased or
re(:e1ved by such seoondhand dealer" or by any agent or
eml,loyee of Buc·h secondhand dealer.
u:u:c. 12.08. 9.oons TO ~ HF~ FOR INSPECTION.
All goods" wares and merchandise purcbasad or
re(:e1 ved by any eecondbarld dealer shall be hela. f~r a
pe!'1od ot at least twenty days' after puro.hase or. receipt
.l'X'-~I~re. tbe eame aball be sold or otberwise disposed 01"'3
ant. during sa.1d~· twenty day period all such pro~rty shall
be kept 8epara~ and: apart from all other goods~ wa~a a.."lc. merchandiSe',uJ.i~.)n tbe premises in toe possess1on or
8\:C b secondhand deSler'" and all auchproperty shall.. du~
1~; sa1cl., twen:ty"day ,per1CJd.. be kept and exposed for police
infpec·t1on during business hours.
"81:0. 12.-09 ... !..XEMPTIONS,.
Tbe p:rov1s!ons of tbi$ Art:tcl·e s'nal1 not apply to
. sec·ondhand goods: wares alld merchan.dfse:
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8 .. puronaaed a public sale or auction;
'. , ,b~ purchased tr'Om any person holdirlg a Stat1~ Board
. ,ot Equ.slizat1on ~nl1t ,number as a s.eller,;
C~ accepted. in trade on the purchase of new mer
¢'~an41se;
. d..: reoe~ved o~:' purchased by any religious., chari-
tible.fc1v1a or tra1~ernal, organ1z~at1or. for purposes of r~8ale.P ,
§;~et1ori 2 of; , .Tl:i1s orcananee shall '~ake effect up()n the expir
ationl)'r thirty da~rs trou .1t\s pSdsage v
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Tleabove arJ.dtoregc)1ng ordinance 'was duly and regularly
!ntrod'Hl·ed a.t a regular l;~etlng 0:1"' the Cot.lncil or the C1ty of Pp.l0
Alt.o '0 1 Monday,' the,_2Ztl!!.. day of' Febr(.1S.rY s 1956:t and was there-
. ~terl on Monc!ay I the -2,:ch day of -..Arltll _.f 1956" duly and
regula t"ly,p,:assed by/the J'ollow1ng 'Itote::
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NOES;
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
. Byxbe e" CresapI CU1IW1ng.$1 Da;"iS., l)ry$dal.e., Giftin,
Marshall" Hi tch~11" Navis" Porter, Rodgers, Ruppenthal.
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Bishop:, COrCOr8.il", Siapson ..
APPROVFJ):/6:!L E /::~
Mayor
APPROv.m AS TO. FORM:
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City Attorney
(3-30-'56)
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