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No person, unless duly licensed as provided in this chapter, shall engage in the business of purchasing, selling, exchanging or receiving: (a) Used clothing or tools of artisans, mechanics or common laborers; (b) Used typewriters, adding machines, multigraphs, comptometer, addressographs, check protectors or other office machinery; (c) Used plumbing fixtures, builders' hardware or lighting fixtures; (d) Pawnbrokers' tickets or other evidence of pledged articles; or (e) Used or secondhand motor vehicle tires, tubes, batteries, wheels, hubcaps or other motor vehicle parts or accessories not received by the buyer for credit upon the purchase price of similar new merchandise. 755.02 SECONDHAND JEWELRY DEALERS; LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall engage in the business of purchasing, selling or exchanging secondhand precious stones or any secondhand manufactured article composed wholly or in part of gold, silver, platinum or other precious metal or gold or silver coins for selling or otherwise using the same, or in the business of purchasing, selling or exchanging old gold, silver or platinum for the purchase of melting or refining, unless first duly licensed as provided in this chapter. 755.03 LICENSE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each owner of an establishment governed by this chapter shall pay the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year for an annual license for such establishment. (b) The licenses required shall not be transferable to any other person. (c) No license shall be issued until an application is submitted to the Director of Public Safety, which application shall, among other things, state: (1) The name and address, age and birth date of the applicant. (2) The name of the owner or owners of the premises wherein the business is operated. (3) The name and address of the owner or owners of the business conducted therein. (4) Whether or not the applicant or the owner of the business has been convicted under any State or Federal law relating to theft offenses. 755.04 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. (a) If the applicant for a license has filed the proper application and has paid the proper fee as specified in Section 755.03, and the Director of Public Safety is satisfied that all information requested is properly given and that after inspection by the Building Department that all requirements of the Building Code have been met, then a license shall be issued. (b) The license shall be displayed in a prominent place in the business establishment. (c) For the purposes of this chapter, all licenses shall terminate on December 31 of each calendar year and there shall be no prorating of fees. 755.05 BOND. Every licensee under this chapter shall execute and file a cash bond in the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00), with surety to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Safety, conditioned upon such licensee's conformance to the requirement of law and the ordinances of the City. 755.06 REVOCATION OF LICENSE APPEAL. The Director of Public Safety may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to this chapter for the direct or indirect violation of any of the provisions hereof. In the event that the Director of Public Safety suspends or revokes any license, the owner may within ten days appeal such suspension or revocation to the Mayor. If the Mayor upholds such suspension or revocation, the owner may appeal to the Board of Review within ten days from the Mayor's decision, consisting of two members of Council, and the Director of Law. The decision of the Board of Review shall be final. 755.07 RECORD BOOKS. 2