§ 15-207. Administrative inspection fees for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers and transaction fees for secondhand dealers.

The administrative inspection and transaction fees for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers shall be as follows:

(1)

Inspection fees. Each pawnbroker and secondhand dealer, except antique dealers (secondhand dealers who sell only works of art, furniture, decorative objects, and other items having special value because of its age), conducting business within the City of Fort Lauderdale shall pay a yearly fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for police inspections of pawnshops/secondhand dealers and other related functions by the police department.

(2)

Transaction fees. Secondhand dealers, except antique dealers, as defined in subsection (a) above, shall pay a one dollar and fifty cent ($1.50) fee per transaction to the police department for the review and processing of all such transactions.

(3)

Collection of fees. All fees shall be due and payable on the date of invoice by the city and shall be billed and collected in accordance with city's billing procedures.

( Ord. No. C-04-19, § 1, 4-7-04 ; Ord. No. C-06-13, § 1, 6-20-06 )