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(k) License Display. A license issued under this Division must be posted in a conspicuous place in the premises for which it is used.. The license issued is only effective for the compact and contiguous space specified in the approved license application. (I) Maintenance of Order. A licensee under this Division shall be responsible for the conduct of the business being operated and shall maintain conditions of order. (m) Gambling. No licensee under this Division may keep, possess, or operate, or permit the keeping, possession, or operation on the licensed premises of dice, slot machines, roulette wheels, punchboards, blackjack tables, or pinball machines which return coins or slugs, chips, or tokens of any kind, which are redeemable in merchandise or cash. No gambling equipment authorized under Minnesota Statutes, Sections 349.11-349.60, may be kept or operated and no raffles may be conducted on the licensed premises and/or adjoining rooms. The purchase of lottery tickets may take place on the licensed premises as authorized by the director of the lottery pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 349.01-349.15. (n) Prohibited Goods. No licensee under this Division shall accept any item of property which contains an altered or obliterated serial number or "Operation Identification" number or any item of property whose serial number has been removed. (o) Proper Identification. A licensee under this Division shall not accept items of property unless the seller or pledger provides to the pawnbroker or precious metal dealer one of the following forms of identification: (i) a valid driver's license; (ii) a Minnesota Identification Card; or (iii) a photo identification issued by the state of residency of the person from whom the item was received. No other forms of identification shall be accepted. (p) Redemption Period. The date by which an item of property that has been pawned must be redeemed by the pledger without risk that the item will be sold must be a day on which the pawnbroker or precious metal dealer is open for regular business. (q) Photograph Requirement for Pawnbrokers. The City Council finds that the safety of the public is compromised when stolen property is easily pawned or sold to pawnbrokers. Given the nature of the business of pawnbrokers and the attraction pawnshops have to the criminally disposed, the City Council enacts the following license regulation. A pawnbroker shall take either a photograph or a still video of each person selling or pawning any item of property. If a photograph is taken, it shall be at least two inches (2") in length by two inches (2") in width and shall be immediately developed and referenced with the information regarding the person and the item sold or pawned. The major portion of the photograph shall include a front facial pose. The pawnbroker shall notify the person of the photograph requirement prior to taking his or her photograph. If a still video photograph it taken the video camera shall zoom in on the person pawning or selling the merchandise so as to include a close-up of the person's face. The video photograph shall be referenced by time and date so as to correspond to the merchandise sold or pawned by the person. The pawnbroker shall, by adequate signage, inform the person that he or she is being videotaped. The photographs and videotape shall be kept by the pawnbroker for four(4) months. (r) Holding Period for Precious Metal Dealers. Any item received by a precious metal dealer for which a report to the police is required under subpart (c) of this Section shall not be sold or otherwise transferred for two (2) weeks after the date of the sale or pawn. (Added by Ord. No. 91-14, 2-25-91; Ord. No. 93-51, 12-13-93)