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ORDINANCE NO. NS-308 AMENDING SECTION 6391 THROUGH
<br />6391.~ REGULATING PAWNBROKERS A~D SECONDHAND DEALERS
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<br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />SECTION 1. That Sections 6391 through 6391.4, both inclusive,
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<br />of Part 9, Chapter 3, Article VI of the Santa Aha Municipal Code are
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<br />hereby amended to read as follows:
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<br /> "Section 6391. Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers.
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<br /> Every person buying, selling, le~ding money upon or other-
<br />wise accepting in pawn, trading, bartering, or otherwise deal-
<br />ing as a business in any secondhand or used items of personal
<br />property within the City, shall keep a t~ue, complete and
<br />accurate record of each such article so dealt with, which said
<br />record shall contain the date and hour of the day when said
<br />transaction was entered Into~ a description of the person from
<br />whom said article was purchased or received in pawn, or to whom
<br />said article was sold or otherwise dealt with, the true name and
<br />address of said person so dealt with, as nearly as the same can
<br />be ascertained, printed by the dealer and written in said person's
<br />own handwriting, the number and State of issuance of the driver's
<br />license held by such person, or, if none, such otheritems of
<br />identification as may be available, the age, sex, weight, height,
<br />race, hair and eye color of such person; the name, manufactur-
<br />eries nam~. colo~.size~shape~mate~lal~.ca~ibe~,~a~rel length,
<br />serial number, description of o~namentation, engraving, initials,
<br />identifying marks, damage marks, amount, or as many of said
<br />items of tnfo~mation as can be ascertained and are applicable
<br />to the particular article so dealt with; the pawnticket number,
<br />amount loaned, paid or received for said article, and the name
<br />of the dealer. Said record shall at all times during regular
<br />business hours be open to inspection by any police officer of
<br />the City. Any person buying, selling, accepting in pawn, or
<br />otherwise lending money upon any secondhand article, or any new
<br />article, except at wholesale or retail through regular trade
<br />channels, who takes part in ten ~ or more such transactions
<br />during any calendar year, shall be deemed to be dealing in such
<br />articles as a business ~d shall comply with the requirements of
<br />this Part 9 as they relate to such transactions.
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<br />"Section 6391.1. Same. Report to Police.
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<br /> Every person buying, selling, accepting in pawn, or other-
<br />wise dealing with articles as set forth in Section 6391, who is
<br />by said Section required to keep a record of each such trans-
<br />action, shall furnish and deliver to the City Police Department,
<br />on a blank form to be furnished by said Department, a true and
<br />complete report of all of the information, and each of the items
<br />required to be completed and taken from and about the person
<br />with whom such dealing or transaction was had, and from and about
<br />the item or article bought, sold, taken in pawn, or otherwise
<br />dealt with. Such report shall be written in the English ls~guage
<br />in a clear, legible manner, the name s~d address of the person so
<br />dealt with shall be printed with care by said dealer a~d written
<br />on said report by said person so dealt with in his own handwriting,
<br />and said report shall be delivered to the Police Department on
<br />the day following the day in which the transaction took place. If
<br />said reports are not each careI~ully written in a legible manner
<br />the Police Department may deliver a letter signed by the Chief of
<br />Police requiring such secondhand dealer or pawnbroker to fur~ish
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