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The owner or owners of a second-hand business shall personally apply for a second-hand merchant permit or renew an existing second-hand merchant permit in the following manner:

A. The McMinnville police department shall have available an application form for second-hand merchant permits and renewal of second-hand merchant permits.

B. The application form will require all second-hand merchants to supply the following information:

1. The name, address, telephone number, social security number, date of birth, and principal occupation of the person applying for the permit.

2. The name of the second-hand business in whose name the permit should be issued if the application is approved.

3. The mailing address of the second-hand business and, if different from its mailing address, the location where the business is to be conducted in the city.

4. The web address of any and all web pages used to acquire or offer for sale regulated property on behalf of the second-hand merchant, and any and all internet auction account names used to acquire or offer for sale regulated property on behalf of the second-hand merchant.

5. Whether the applicant or any other person who either owns, manages, or operates, or shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business ever has been engaged in a similar business; whether any permit similar to the one applicant seeks pursuant to this ordinance ever has been issued to the applicant or any person who either owns, manages, or operates or shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business; and whether any such permit so issued ever has been suspended or revoked.

6. The past five years of employment history of the applicant.

7. A description of the property interest held by any person or entity with an interest in the applicant’s second-hand business.

8. The name, address, and phone number of each person or entity who has loaned money or other property to the applicant or the applicant’s business for any purpose related to the applicant’s second-hand business, if the loan is either outstanding at the time the application is made and/or if the debt was incurred within the last 12 months.

9. A list of businesses related to the second-hand merchant’s business, in which the applicant has an interest. A person need not disclose stock ownership in publicly traded corporations if the person owns less than five-percent of the publicly traded corporation’s outstanding shares.

10. Any criminal arrest or conviction the applicant has had in the past 15 years. The applicant may be required to disclose where, when, and the nature of any arrest or conviction.

11. Such other information that the police chief may reasonably and lawfully require, including the fingerprints and a photograph of the applicant and any other owner, manager, or operator, or any person who shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business.

C. The city may require and/or perform a criminal background check of the applicant as well as any other person who owns, manages, operates or shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business.

D. Additionally, the application form must include the following information regarding any person who either owns, manages, operates or shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business:

1. The name, address, phone number, social security number, date of birth, and principal occupation.

2. The past five years of employment history.

3. Any criminal arrest or conviction that any person who either owns, manages, operates, or shares in the ownership, management, or operation of the second-hand business has had in the past 15 years. The interested persons may be required to disclose where, when, and the nature of any arrest or conviction.

4. A list of businesses related to the second-hand merchant’s business in which the person(s) has/have an interest. A person need not disclose stock ownership in publicly traded corporations if the person owns less than five-percent of the publicly traded corporation’s outstanding shares.

E. The applicant shall complete the relevant portions of the application form and return it to the McMinnville police department along with the permit fee. The police chief shall be responsible for reviewing the application which may include a criminal background check. (Ord. 4950 §3, 2012).