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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-25-79 RELATING TO TAXING AND REGULATING ANTIQUE SHOPSORANGE CITY NEWS: please publish Wednesday, May 2, 1979. only; and send PROOF and PROOF OF PUBLICATION to City Clerk, P. 0, Box 449, Orange, California 92666. CHARLOTTE M. JOIlNSTON. CMC. CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NO. 25-79 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADDING SECTIONS 6327 ET SEQ. TO THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TAXING AND REGULATING ANTIQUE SIIOPS. WHEREAS, the City Staff and members of the Antique Association have met to discuss taxing and regulating antique shops, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange is of the opinion that bona fide antique shops are a specialized enterprise and should be separated from other secondhand enterprises, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange is of the opinion that the nature of antiques is derived from its age or its historical associations as differentiated from common secondhand merchandise, and ' WIIEREAS, the City Council and the Police Department of the City of Orange has determined that in regulating antique shops only, the following regulations are germane to that type of business. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES O~AIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I: Sections 6327, 6327.1 and 6327.2 are hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code and shall read as follows: Chapter 3- B ANTIQUE SHOPS Section 6327 Definition As used in this chapter, "ANTIQUE SHOP", means a shop where secondhand merchandise is sold at reta~l, but where at least ninety percent (90%), measured according to v~lue, of the used or secondhand merchandise on hand at any t~ me consist of objects of art, bric-a-brac, curios, or hous7hold furniture or furnishings, offered for sale upon the bas~s,express or implied, that the value of , the property, w~ole or in substantial part, is derived from ~ts age or from ~ ts historical associations,Section 6327. 1 Permit Requirements The operator of any antique shop may, in lieu ?f the secondhand dealer's permit required by Oran~e Munic~pal Code Section 6450 1 apply for and obtain a speclal permlt to conduct an a~tique shop. such application shall be made to the Business Services Coordinator who sh~ll re~ er ~ll such applications to the Chief of police for lnvestlg~ t~on ~hat such permittee's antique shop is in acc?rda~ce wlth sa~d definition set forth above. Every apPll~at~ onl~ereu7~~roo)must be accompanied by a permit fee of ~ lve Do ars . .Accompanying the application, such perm~ttee shall pay to the Business Services coordinator such,t~x fee~ as ~r~ th required for a valid business tax cert~f~c~te lSsue Y e City of Orange to cover section 6327.2 Buying, Reporting, and HOlding Requirem~ The holder of an antique shop permit is exempt from requirements set forth in Section 6450 et seq. of the Orange Municipal Code, except however, that when permittee is buying, in receipt of, handling, disposing or selling serialized secondhand property, precious metals or jewelry that the following provisions shall apply: a) Permittee shall report all serialized secondhand property, precious metals or jewelry which he has purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning to the Chief of Police of the City of Orange, not later than twelve noon of the day following the acquisition of such property. b) Such reporting, holding, and buying of serialized secondhand property, precious metals or jewelry by permittee shall be according to and be in compliance with Orange Municipal Code Section 6450.4 through and including 6450.10. SECTION II: This ordinance shall be published once wi thin fifteen (IS) days after its passage in the Orange City News, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the City of Orange, and shall take effect thirty (3 0) days from and after the date of its final passage. ADOPTED this 24th day of April 1979. C:::> ........f.;t{,--"'):;t::"Mayor of the City of Orange ATTEST: 1 . . I (-!...t' f-' IL,c~{" f{L //1, -,-filJu,,/><--City Clerk of \t;, lie City of CMCOrange STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF ORANGE )C Cit Clerk of the City of Orange,I, CHARLOTTE M. JOHNSTON, CM, Y rdinance was introduced California, DO IIEREBY CERTIFY that the fo~e~Oi~g l~ on the 17th day of April,at a regular meeting of the City Council u / ~d City Council duly held on 1979, and thereafter at a regular meeting 0 d sad adopted by the following the 24th day of April, 1979, was duly passe an vote, to wit:AYES: NOES:ABSENT:COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: BARRERA, MAYOR HOYT, PEREZ, BF~!,NONE,SMITH,this 25th day of April, 1979.WITNESS my hand and seal i! XI"{ ((i I',' , ? h,Chsrlotte M, Johnston,City Clerk of the City CMC of Orange 2-