Used goods such as antiques, gold, silver, platinum, or other
precious metals, jewelry, coins, gemstones, gift cards, any tools,
telephones, typewriters, word processors, GPS devices, computers,
computer hardware and software, television sets, radios, record or
stereo sets, electronic devices, musical instruments, sporting goods,
automotive equipment, collectibles, game cartridges, DVDs, CDs, and
other electronically recorded material, firearms, cameras and camera
equipment, video equipment, furniture, clothing, and other valuable
articles. For the purposes of this ordinance, secondhand goods shall
not include goods transacted in the following manner: i) judicial
sales or sales by executors or administrators; ii) occasional or auction
sales of household goods sold from private homes; iii) auctions of
real estate; iv) the occasional sale, purchase, or exchange of coins
or stamps by a person at his permanent residence or in any municipally
owned building who is engaged in the hobby of collecting coins or
stamps and who does not solicit the sale, purchase, or exchange of
such coins or stamps to or from the general public by billboard, sign,
handbill, newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or other form of
printed or electronic advertising. Excluded from this definition shall
be: garage sales; estate sales any sale held by any organization that
is exempt from federal tax under the Federal Tax Code, persons; businesses
which only occasionally engage in the purchase of used goods so long
as this occasional business does not total more than $5,000 worth
of merchandise in any one calendar year; used book stores; thrift
stores; consignment stores; used toys (excluding those focused on
gaming systems or electronic games), sporting goods or clothing stores;
used automobiles or watercraft; farm equipment; records, CDs; antique
stores and malls.
[Amended 7-20-15 by Ord. No. 2015-06]