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REQUEST FOR ACTION River TO ITEM NUMBER Mayor and City Council 8.2 AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY General Business October 15,2012 Bob Kluntz,Police Captain ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Ordinance Amendment Cal Portner, City Administrator A. Chapter 38,Article VII, Regarding Pawnbrokers REVIEWED BY B. Resolution for Summary Publication of the Ordinance ACTION REQUESTED The following motions from the Council: 1. A motion to adopt the amendments to the ordinance,Chapter 38,Article VII,Pawnbrokers. 2. A motion to adopt the resolution of summary publication of the amended ordinance. BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The recent request to locate a pawnshop within the city prompted staff to review the current ordinances regulating pawnbrokers. After researching pawnbroker ordinances in several other communities, staff noted that deficiencies existed in the current City of Elk River pawnbroker ordinance. With the assistance of counsel and the city clerk,Police Department staff drafted a document illustrating the recommended deletions and additions to the current ordinance. Many changes were suggested,but several of the major additions include: • Changes to the definitions section; • Language compelling the pawnbroker to utilize the Automated Pawn System (APS); • Language clarifying the restrictions related to pawning or selling property; • Language clarifying the requirements of the license application; • Language,which relates to the fees for licensing and operating a pawnshop; • Language,which limits the maximum number of pawnbroker licenses to two; • Language that forfeits any fees to the city if a pawnbroker license is suspended, denied, or revoked; • Requirements for the collection of information by the pawnbroker from the person selling, or pawning an item; • Language that explains what is required on the pawn receipt; • Language relating to the reporting requirements to the police department; • Clarification in the wording of how a pawnbroker identifies a person pawning or selling an item; • Adds time to the holding period of an item; • Language that requires any payment by a pawnbroker over five hundred dollars to be made in a method other than cash; • Language regulating the storage of items and the removal from the premises of the pawnshop; P O W E R I O 8 Y N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\10-15-2012\Pawnbroker Memo.docx NATURE