HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-663ORDINANCE NO. 663
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 662 OF THE CITY
OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, PERTAINING TO DEALING IN USED
OR SECONDHAND GOLD, SILVER, COINS, PRECIOUS METALS,
PRECIOUS GEMS, ETC.
IBE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE,
AS FOLLOWS:
That Ordinance No. 662 be the same as hereby amended by adding
the following sections:
SECTION EIGHTEEN: RECORDS to be kept by ALL PERSONS, FIRMS,
AND CORPORATIONS dealing in used or secondhand Gold, Silver, or
other precious metals; diamonds, other precious stones and gems;
coins, whether foreign or domestic; jewelry, or any other article
of like kind:
(a) Every person, firm, or corporation who shall buy or sell,
or both, the above described items shall keep a book in which shall
be entered promptly at the time of purchase a brief description of
the items purchased, the date and hour of the purchase, and a
brief description of the person from whom the purchase is made
together with the name and address of such person.
(b) Each transaction shall be serially numbered on the book at
the time of making the entry. An identifying tag or label numberec
to correspond with the transaction entry number shall be attached
or placed on the article purchased; except that small articles
bought in bulk too numerous to conveniently tag or mark individ-
ually may be marked by placing the tag or mark on the container or
wrapper in which the articles are kept or placed.
(c) Every person, firm, or corporation shall, on every day
except Sunday, before the hour of 10:00 a.m., deliver to the Chief
of Police or his designated agent, a legible transcript of the
business done during the business day immediately preceding the
filing of the transcript. The report on Monday of each week shall
cover the transactions of Saturday and Sunday.
(d) An original supply of one record book and ten daily report
forms shall be furnished by the Police Department of the City of
Fairhope, and these items will be the only authorized method of
compliance with (a) and (c) above. Replacement supplies, and
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identifying items in (b)) shall be the responsibility of the
dealer. Method of compliance to (b) subject to the approval of
the Chief of Police or his designated agent.
SECTION NINETEEN: REGISTRATION OF DEALERS
Every person, firm, or corporation dealing in the articles
described in the prior section herein shall promptly, at the
beginning of business or immediately upon adoption of this Ordi-
nance, register with the Chief of Police, in a book kept for that
purpose, his name, address, and every place where he carries on
business or stores property.
SECTION TWENTY: TIME ARTICLES TO BE HELD AFTER PURCHASE
No property of the kind described in this Ordinance or
Ordinance No. 662, which this Ordinance amends, shall be sold,
traded, bartered, smelted, crushed or otherwise altered in appear-
ance, or transported or stored until forty-eight (48) hours after
the Dealer has submitted his daily report as required in Section
18 (c) herein; unless permission for such sale or action is
obtained in writing from the Chief of Police.
SECTION TWENTY-ONE::INSPECTION OF RECORDS
Books and records kept by each dealer described in Ordinancc
INo. 662, or in this Ordinance, shall be open for inspection by the
Chief of Police or by any officer of the Police Department of the
City of Fairhope at all times and the dealer and his agents and
employees shall at all times exhibit the records to such officers
Ion request.
SECTION TWENTY-TWO: APPLICATION AND VIOLATIONS
The provisions of this Ordinance and Ordinance No. 662,
which this Ordinance amends, shall apply to and be binding upon
every employee or agent of the dealer described, and it shall be
an offense against the City for any dealer or his agents, servants;
officers, or employees to fail or refuse to carry out the provision
of this Ordinance or Ordinance No. 662. Any person who shall
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violate the provisions of this Ordinance, or Ordinance No. 662,
shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed $500.00 or
imprisonment in the City Jail not to exceed six (6) months, or to
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court
trying the case.
SECTION TWENTY-THREE: If any Section, sentence, paragraph,
clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held
cr declared to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, by a
.ourt of competent jurisdiction, such holding or invalidity shall
not affect the remaining portions; and the remainder of this Ordi
shall be deemed and held to be valid.
SECTION TWENTY-FOUR: EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its due
idoption and publication as required by law.
ADOPTED THIS 22 DAY OF December
1980
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