§ 15-227. Issuance restricted.

(a)

No license as a secondhand dealer shall be granted to any person who shall have been convicted within ten (10) years of the date of application for license, of any of the following felony offenses: theft, larceny, embezzlement, conversion, obtaining money or property by false pretenses, fraud or deception, receiving stolen property, dealing in stolen property, possession of altered property, burglary, or any violation of F.S. § 812.015. If the licensee is a corporation, association or partnership, the above restrictions apply if any officer, partner or director has been convicted within ten (10) years of the above offenses thereof, unless their civil rights have been restored.

(b)

No person licensed as a secondhand dealer shall employ any person in any secondhand business who has, within ten (10) years of the date of employment, been convicted of any of the following felony offenses: theft, larceny, embezzlement, conversion, obtaining money or property by false pretenses, fraud or deception, receiving stolen property, dealing in stolen property, possession of altered property, burglary, or any violation of F.S. § 812.015, unless their civil rights have been restored. The names and addresses of all employees shall be submitted to the city police department within ten (10) days of their employment.

(c)

For the purposes of this section, the term "conviction" shall mean and include a verdict after a trial, an adjudication of guilt on a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or the forfeiture or estreater of a bond when charged with a crime or ordinance violation.

(Code 1953, § 30-8; Ord. No. C-87-17, § 2, 3-3-87)