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£kethfeughs to be removed Underlines to be added • ORDINANCE 12- 1 r, CITY OF ELK RIVER AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER AMENDING CHAPTER 38 ARTICLE VII, PAWNBROKERS., OF THE ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA, CITY CODE The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. That Section 38-291 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to add or amend the following definitions: Acceptable Identffiation means a valid Minnesota driver's license, a current valid Minnesota identification card or a current valid photo identification card issued by another state or province of Canada. Billable Transaction means every reportable transaction conducted by a pawnbroker except renewals. redemptions or extensions of existing pawns on items previously reported and continuously in the licensee's possession. Chief of Police means the Chief of Police of the City of Elk River or their designee. Licensee means the person, corporation partnershia or other form of organization to whom a license • is issued under this article, including any agents or employees of the person, corporation, partnership, or other form of organization. Uortable Transaction means every transaction conducted by a pawnbroker in which merchandise is received through a pawn purchase, consignment or trade or in which a pawn is renewed, extended. redeemed, or voided. except: (1) The bulk purchase or consignment of new or used merchandise from a merchant, manufacturer or wholesaler having an established permanent place of business. and the retail sale of said merchandise. provided the pawnbroker must maintain a record of such purchase or consignment which describes each item and must mark each item in a number which relates it to that transaction record. (2) Retail and wholesale sales of merchandise originally received by pawn or purchase. and for which all applicable hold and /or redemption periods have expired. Section 2. That Section 38 -292 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to add the following paragraph at the end thereof To help the police department better regulate current and future pawn businesses decrease and stabilize costs associated with the regulation of the pawn industry and increase identification of criminal activities in the pawn industry through the timely collection and sharing of pawn transaction information, this article also implements and establishes the required use of the Automated Pawn System (APS). • Section 3. That Section 38 -294 of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances, entitled - Restrictions on Pawning or Selling Property, shall be amended such that subsections (c) (e) (fl and (g) read as n: \public bodies \city counci1\ordinances \2012 \pawn broker.doc