§ 131-36 — Definitions

Sec. 131-36. - Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Antique dealer means every owner of an antique shop, or agent of the antique shop and every person in the city engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading in or otherwise acquiring, disposing of or exhibiting antiques, including but not limited to antique property, such as antique jewelry and antique silverware, antique pictures and paintings, antique objects of art, cemetery artifacts, antique furniture, antique collectibles and other such antique property. For purposes of this chapter, the definition of antique dealer shall include but not be limited to auction houses, auction galleries, and/or auctioneers dealing in the sale or disposition of antiques. Cemetery artifact means any object produced or shaped by human workmanship or tools, including ornaments of archaeological, historical, cultural and/or sentimental significance or interest, which may be used to memorialize the dead and shall include but not be limited to all cemetery items, objects, properties, including, but not limited to any type of religious or sentimental addition and/or adornment, inside or outside of a tomb, gravesite, plot, mausoleum, vault and/or interment location, whether placed privately or by assignment, regardless of monetary worth, age, size, shape or condition, including, but not limited to, statues, bricks, signage, plaques, tablets, urns, pots, planters, benches, chairs, crosses or other religious symbols, vases, gates, fences, or any portions thereof.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 19,114, § 2, 2-18-99; M.C.S., Ord. No. 19,193, § 1, 4-8-99)