A. No person shall engage or continue business as a pawnbroker or precious metal dealer without first obtaining a license therefor from the city clerk.

B. Application for a license shall be in writing and shall state the full name and place of residence of the applicant. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall contain the name and place of residence of each member thereof, or, if a corporation or association, of each officer, shareholder or member thereof. The application shall include the address of the places where the business is to be conducted, the hours and days of the week during which the applicant proposes to engage in the business of pawnbroking or dealing in precious metals at each such place, and such other information as may be necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications for a license in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Each applicant also shall submit with the application:

1. A statement that the applicant is the holder of a valid registration certificate issued by the director of revenue pursuant to KSA 79-3608 for each place of business for which application for a license is made; and

2. A detailed inventory and description of all goods, wares, merchandise, precious metals or other property held in pledge or for sale at the time of the application at each place of business stated therein, indicating where the same was received in pledge, purchased as secondhand merchandise or precious metal purchased for resale.

C. The license application shall be in a form approved by the attorney general. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) which shall be paid annually upon renewal of the license. All such fees received by the city clerk shall be deposited in the city general fund. (Prior code § 6-602)