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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 232 Precious Metals ORDINANCE NO. 232 AN ORIDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE PURCHASE AND DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY MADE OF PRECIOUS METALS BY SECOND- HAND DEALERS WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF RECORDS; PROHIBITING THE DISPOSAL OF PRECIOUS METALS WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF CERrAIN REPORrS WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE; PROHIBITING THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS INVOLVING PRECIOUS METAlS WITH MINORS; PROHIBITING FOR ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN STOCKS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, has determined it to be in the best interest of the City of Winter Springs to provide for regulations governing the purchase and disposition of personal property made of precious metals by dealers within the City of Winter Springs, Florida. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FIDRIDA, HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION I - That Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Winter Springs, Florida is hereby amended as follows: Section 8-26. Control of individuals dealing in the purchase and sale of secondhand precious metals. a.) Definitions: The definitions as used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean: 1. Dealer: Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of purchasing or selling at retail or wholesale or otherwise dealing in any old, used or secondhand precious metals of any kind or description and in any form, whether with a fixed place of business or as an itinerant. 2. Precious Metal: Gold , silver or platinum or any combination thereof whether in manufactured, alloyed or any other form. 3. Bullion Coins: Fungible coins with intrinsic value greater than the numismatic value. b. ) Register of transactions 1. Any person engaged in business as a dealer shall keep a register in connection with his business, said register to be approved as to type and form by the Police Chief of Winter Springs, and at the time of each transaction shall enter or cause to be entered therein an accurate description of the person from whom any article of personal property made of precious metal is purchased or received, and shall include in the description, but not limited to, the name, date of birth, sex, race, place of residence and driver's license or, if none, other government identification numbers of the person, together with an accurate description of any article of personal property made of precious metal so purchased or received, which description may contain any mark, brand, monogram, hallmark, word or letters which may be engraved, stamped, etched or otherwise permanently marked upon the article. The description of bullion coins shall be adequate if it provides the total dollar amount of each denomination. The register shall at all times be kept open and available for the inspection and examination of the Chief of Police or any other person authorized by the Chief of Police to inspect the register. 2. Any and all persons engaged in Business as a dealer shall, in keeping the register required in Section 8-26 (b ) 1. of this ordinance, take the following precautions to insure the accuracy of the personal identification required: a. Require the customer, as a condition to the purchase, to sign his name on the registration form. b. Require reasonable proof of identity which would include, but not limited to, display of a driver's license or other governmental identification cards or certificates. 3. It shall be unlawful for any customer to give or display false identification to the dealer or to sign a false name. c. ) Disposal of property prohibited 1. Except for the exempt transactions hereinafter provided, no articles of personal property made of precious metals shall be sold, melted, altered, or otherwise disposed of by any dealer until ten (10) days have elapsed from the time the Chief of Police has had made available to him a copy of transcript of the register in which such articles of personal property made of precious metals are entered, and said articles shall not be transferred from within Winter Springs during said ten (10) day period of time. 2. The following transactions shall be exempt f'rom the provisions of Section 8-26 (c) 1. of this ordinance: a. Coins repurchased by a dealer, provided the dealer repurchases from the same person and maintains a record of the prior sale and the repurchase. b. Transactions between dealers, provided the article has been registered in accordance with this ordinance and in the possession of any local dealer for the period set forth in Section 8-26(c)1. of this ordinance. -2- d.) All dealers shall, not later than 12:00 noon of each business day, make available to the Winter Springs Police Chief or his representative, a full and complete copy or transcript of the register in which is entered the transactions of the preceding business day as required by section 8-26(b)1. of this ordinance. e. ) It shall be unlawful for any dealer to buy, take, or receive by way of purchase or exchange, any articles made of precious metals from any person under the age of eighteen (18) years. f. ) All articles of personal property made of precious metals purchased or received by dealers shall remain attached to a copy of the bill of sale and be so arranged in stock as to enable the stock to be inspected by the Police Department or any other person with such authority during the period set forth in Section 8-26(b)1. of this ordinance. g. ) The violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this ordlinance shall constitute a misdemeanor against the city and shall subject the offender, upon conviction to a fine not to exceed Five-Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed sixty ( 60) days. SEGrION II - Severability. If any section or portion of a section or subsection of this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section, or portion of a section or subsection or part of this Ordinance. SECTION III - Conflicts. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION IV - Effective Date. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption. PASSED and ADOPTED this 24th day of February, 1981. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA By: Troy J. Piland, MAYOR ATTEST: Mary T. Norton CITY CLERK THIS ORDINANCE WAS POSTED 29 DAY OF JAN 1981 Signed City Clerk -3- - - NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS To Whom It May Concern: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, that said City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 24, 1981, at 7:30 p. m. or as soon thereafter as possible, to consider the adoption of the following ordinance by the City of Winter Springs, Florida, title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE PURCHASE AND DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY MADE OF PRECIOUS METALS BY SECOND-HAND DEALERS WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF RECORDS; PROHIBITING THE DIS- POSAL OF PRECIOUS METALS WITHIN A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME; PROVIDING FOR THE FILING OF CERTAIN REPORTS WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE; PROHIBITING THE TRANS- ACTION OF BUSINESS INVOLVING PRECIOUS METALS WITH MINORS; PROHIBITING FOR ARRANGEMENT OF CERTAIN STOCKS; PRO~IDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A copy of said Ordinance shall be available at the office of the City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, for all persons desiring to examine the same prior to the hearing. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. Persons are advised that, if they decide to appeal any decision made at these meetings-hearings, they will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purpose, they may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based, per Ch. 80-150, Laws of Florida. Dated this 29th day of January, 1981. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS ~;:~ Mary T. Norton, City Clerk SENTINEL STAR Publi.b..d Daily Orhlndo~ Orang~ C()unt~., Florida ADVERTISING CHARGE $41.80 in the Court, N~~$~~~r~fi~Cs~~:~~G' .1 To Whom ftMaYConcern: NOTICE; IS HE;.~I?BY .GIVEN by the CI~ Counoilof.lhaCityof Win- .ter ~pnn9's, FIgri?\!, that said City CouncIl W.lII holda. J;lublic hearing on Tuesday,l"abrua!y.24 1981 at 7:30 p,ln.. or1's. S~Q~thereafter' as pOssible, to cortsidetthaadQption of the fOIlQwing ()'cjinance by the Crty Of WlnterSpnngs, Florida, title of w,\,ch IS asfol.lows: AN PI'IDINANCEi OF THE .CITY OF WIN'rER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, RE- 4ATING 10 THE Re:GI,I!,.ATloN OF .THE PURCHASE AND DISPOS- TION OF P . L.PROPERTY MIlIDE OFP SMETAI,.SBY SE:COND-HA. . WITHIN THE CITY OF . SPRINGS' PROVIDING DEFINITIONS' PRO: VIDJNG FOR tHll KEEPING OF RECORD.S;PRPtHBltINGtH.E DISPOSAL OF pR~CIOI,I$. MEt- ALS WITHIN A sP$CIFII:DPERiOD OF TIME; PF\OVlpING FOR THE FiliNG OF .CERTAINREPORTS WITH THE CHIEF OF pOLIce' PflOHIEjITING THE TRANSACTION QFEjUSINESS INVOLVING PRe- CiOUS METALS witH. MINORS' PROHIBITING FOR ARRANGE: MENT OF CERTf"NSTOCKS' PROVIDING' FOR SEVE;RABILITY: PROVIDING FOR CONF'LICTS: , AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFEC: TIVE DATE. . , ~tate of ~flotiha t COUNTY OF ORANGE ~ 55. Before the undersigned authority personally appeared Rptty M. Kinnpy , who on oath says that she is the Legal Advertising Representative of the Sentinel Star, a Daily newspaper published at Orlando, in Orange County, Florida; vertisement, being .. Not ice 0 f Pub 1 i c Ordinance re: purchase and precious metals, etc. that the attached copy of ad. He a r in g in the matter of disposition of was published in said newspaper in the issues of February 3, 1981 Affiant further says that the said Sentinel Star is a newspaper published at Or- lando, in said Orange County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Orange County, Florida, each Week Day and has been entered as second-class mail matter at the post office in Orlando, in said Orange County, Florida for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid nor promised any person, finn or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. ~~~~ ~,~~-A ~ " ~ Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3 r d day A copy of said Ordinance sh~il . be avadl,\p.le at the olfice 01 the City Clerk of .the Cltyol winter Springs, FIO"d~, . for (ail .pet$OIlS desiring'tel examu1e the s'arnepiior 'to the , hearing, ", .. All intarestlld partillsare invited to attend and be heam. f,'ersons are advised that, if they deCide to appeal any: decision made at theserneetings.hearings they ,will need a, record of the prO: ceedmgs, and for SUCh purpo~.' they may need to insure that a ver- batim record of the p'roceedingsis made, WhiCh record includes . the lesllmonyan evldenca upon whiCh Ihe appeal is to be based, per Ch. 8D-150, laws. of Florida. t9~f'ed this 29th day of Jan,uary, ~ Februa~ ~ ;/ Notary pool"'" r:1 ~', 'I:" . I . ,,;.,i;~l '" .'. n,' ,'''-''''.J ",.t L~I.gA _.. ~ _..... ."". ,W - \,." .., .... M),' Commission Expires lan. 21l. 198.4 {f.Dt:1~ Notary Public of Form No. AD-2Q1A CITY OFwtNTER SPRINGS /s/ Mary T. Norton ,Mary T. Norton City Clerk. . CL~307 Feb.3,1981 ... . Evening Hetald An Independent Newspaper SANFORD, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF SEMINOLE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared........................... ... Huttl..F: 10. .f{[)l!J.~r;;.IJ.................................. . who on oath says that he is ... Qf'.n!=:~. .~finp.g~.r:............... .of the EVENING HERALD, a Newspaper Pub- lished at Sanford, in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertise- ment, being a......... .l,..~g.2!+. .f:JP.t~.q~............................ .in the matter of ... Publi.c. .He."r.i(l.g. .r.e.:.. i\PW.r:r.W.f'J. .Lit'. .~Jny.l.i~! ~.t;........................ . Gi "cui t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the. . . . . -:- . . . . . . . . . . . Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... .f.f3:9,r:Y.Q:fY.. .3.1. :~~.4~.. ........................................ Affiant further says that the said EVENING HERALD is a newspaper publiShed by The Sanford Herald Inc., at Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Seminole Count~ Florida and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Sanford, in said'Seminole County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Sworn to and subscribed before me this . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd day of ~-....,,/ . "f'~j;;.,..._./. F~.t.H'.U:'.~~/... .A. D. 1~:)... J'/.~" ....,;-_.4. .".., "!~,,~)~.~''''~'''; , r t.,t> . v .1:' /."- j/ /" <S. Fi,~t,:il~;~~i~d~;.~1 P~';lj; My commission expires June , Bonded with Lawyers Sur..ly Corp. .R-d2?;.R~... . NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF WINTER SPR INGS To Whom It May, C,oncern: NOTICE .IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, that said City counCil.,., ". old a pUblic hea.ring on J!\t,.... ' February 24, 1981, at 7:30l' ~ or'as soon thereafter as possible, to consider the adoptio~ O.f the following or. dinance by the City of Winter Springs, Floripa, title of which is as fo 1I0ws : AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WII'H'i!=R SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ReLATING TO THE REGULATION OF....'. E PUR. CHASE AND DIS. TlON OF PERSONAL PROP TY MADE OF PRECIOUS METALS BY SECOND.HAND DEALERS WITHIN THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE KEEPING OF RECORDS,;ji>ROti'BITING THE DISPOSAL rOp PRECIOUS METALS W~..iA SPECIFIED PERIOD OF Wi''!. PROVIDING FOR THE FIUNGI()f CERTAIN REPORTS WITH THi CHElF OF POLICE;, PROHIBlirlNG THE TRANSACTION., OF BUSINESS I N VOL VI N G PRE C IOU S METALS WiTH MINORS; PROHIBitiNG FOR ARRANGEMENT, 9F CERTAIN STOCKS; PROY~DING FOR SEVERABILITY'" PROVIDING FOR CON FL.' IS; AND PROVIDIN(> '. ,-IN EF. I FECTlVE QAT, ,.J}. A copy of inance shall be available e office of the City Clerk of th......~. ,.ity of W. inter Springs. Florld~. r all persons desiring to exarj!j'i . he same prior to the hearing.t' All interest~c:t rties are invited to attend and d. persons.' that, if they decide t.' '< any decision I made at. e'tings.hearings, they wll e ",record of the proceedings, and fel,. such purpose, they may need to insure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which' record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. per Ch. 80.150, Laws of Florida. Dated this 29th day of January, 1981. . CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS Mary T. Norton, City Clerk Publish: February 3, 1981 DEF-25 ..,