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ORDINANCE NO. NS-389 ADDING MEW SECTIONS TO THE SANTA ANA ~Ui~ICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE THE LICENSING OF PAWNBROKERS ~AGtEREAS, the business of pawnbroking has, in many instances, been a source of trouble to local governmental agencies and particu- larly to law enforcement of ficers throughout this State and elsewhere, and in many areas is leading to dangerous, undesirable, unfair and in some cases, unlawful practices by the operators of pawnbroking establishments, to the detriment and injury of the citizens, and the Council has determined the desirability of regulating such es- tablishments in the City of Santa Ana; NOW, THEP~FORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ~A DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Article VI, Chapter 3, Part 9 of the Santa Ana t.,~unicipal Code is hereby ~uended by adding new Sections immed- lately following Section 6391.4 in words and figures as follows: "Section 6391.5. Definition. For the purposes of this Part, every person in Section 21000 of the Finauce Code of the California shall be deemed a pawnbroker. as defined State of Section 6391.6. Application for Certificate. Every person desiring to engage in the business of a pawnbroker shall first make written application to the Chief of Police of the City, stating his name, age, residence address, proposed business address, the busi- ness addresses of all other businesses in which he has an interest, a statement of the time, place and circum- stances of each and eve~ time he has been arrested for any purpose, a statement of the number of employees he will have in such place of business, the names and ad- dresses of such employees then known to applicant, and shall submit himself and each of said employees for the purpose of having photograohs and fingerprints taken. Section 6391.7. Granting and Revoking Certificate. If the Chief of Police finds that the applicant or any proposed employee has been convicted of a violation of any statute of this State or Ordinance of this City, regulating pawnbrokers, or has been convicted of any crimes involving theft, embezzlement, fraud or false pretenses, or moral turpitude, he shall refuse to issue a Certificate directed to the Finance Officer authorizing him to accept payment of a business license tax from applicant. Any Certificate issued hereunder may be re- voked for any reason which would justify a refusal to issue the s~me. No person shall carry on the business