§ 843-9. Pawn Shops.

No person shall conduct the business of a pawn shop or loan office, or advance any moneys upon goods pawned or received in any building or store room not completely separated by permanent partitions or walls through which a person could not pass from an adjoining retail store.

No person shall keep open any pawn shop or loan office or transact business therein, or advance any moneys upon goods pawned or received therein, at any time other than the following:

(a)

On Fridays and on all weekdays preceding New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Thanksgiving Day, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.

(b)

Other weekdays, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.

(c)

Any weekday during the period in each year beginning with December 1 and ending with December 25, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of illegally operating a pawn shop, a minor misdemeanor.

(C.M.C. 843-9; ordained by Ord. No. 623-1973, eff. Jan. 1, 1974)

Analogous to C.O. 901-p2; renumbered to C.M.C. 901-P2, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 571-1972, eff. Dec. 20, 1972; r. Ord. No. 523-1973, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.