[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Wilkinsburg 11-18-2009 by Ord. No. 2828. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
The following terms are hereby defined for purposes of this
chapter:
Includes any person who otherwise in the normal course of
business purchases personal property not from a retail or wholesale
entity or auction for the purposes of reselling the property.
Shall include any person who:
Engages in the business of lending money on the deposit or pledge
of personal property other than choses in action, securities or written
endeavors or indebtedness; or
Purchases personal property with an express or implied agreement
or understanding to sell it back at a subsequent time at a stipulated
price; or
Lends money upon goods, wares or merchandise pledged, stored
or deposited as collateral security.
Any property lawfully deposited with a pawnbroker as security
for a loan in the course of business defined in the definitions above
and below.
Jewelry, cameras and photographic equipment, gold coins or silver
bars, copper tubing, electronics equipment such as televisions or
VCRs or DVDs or radios or computers or computer equipment or microwave
ovens, antiques, currency collectibles such as coins or stamps, and
any other item of value likely to be the subject of criminal activity
such as burglary or theft.
Hereafter, the Wilkinsburg Police Department may update this
definition by sending a list of categories of target goods to pawnbrokers
and dealers in secondhand goods identifying themselves as such.
A.Â
At the time of any transaction in target goods, the pawnbroker or
dealer in secondhand goods shall make a record of the name and address
and the driver's license number or other acceptable form of a
state identification of the individual selling or pawning the goods
in the transaction. Such information shall be supplied to the Wilkinsburg
Police Department as part of the report required hereunder.
B.Â
All pawnbrokers and dealers in secondhand goods shall prepare and
deliver to the Chief of Police or his/her duly authorized representatives
each week a legible and accurate report of all target goods taken
in pawn or purchased during the preceding business week. The weekly
report shall contain the following information:
C.Â
Target goods, whether taken in pawn or purchased, shall not be sold,
resold or otherwise disposed of for a period of at least 15 days after
pawn or purchase by such pawnbrokers or dealers, but this requirement
shall not apply to the redemption of a lawfully pledged article by
the pledger.
D.Â
Pawnbrokers and dealers shall permit the Chief of Police or his/her
duly authorized representatives to inspect any target goods in his/her
possession at any time during regular business hours.
No pawnbroker or dealer in secondhand goods shall purchase or
take in pawn any goods of any kind from any person under 18 years
of age unless such minor's parent or guardian is present, and
the name of the parent or guardian shall be reported along with the
report of the transaction.
A.Â
Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined no
less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each offense.
B.Â
Each item of target goods that is not reported in accordance with § 191A-2 shall constitute a separate offense.
C.Â
Each day that the reporting requirements of § 191A-2 are not met shall constitute a separate offense.
D.Â
In default of payment of the aforenoted fines, a term of imprisonment
of not more than 90 days may be imposed following a hearing in accord
with 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9730.