Definitions.
Seattle Mun. Code § 6.288.010
in effect6.288.010 - Definitions.
A. "Non-metal junk" means any non-metal, commonly discarded item that is worn out, or has outlasted its usefulness as intended in its original form.
B. "Pawnbroker" means any person engaged, in whole or in part, in the business of loaning money upon the security of pledges of personal property, or deposits or conditional sales of personal property, and the purchase or sale of personal property.
C. "Reprocessed goods" means any item of personal property that is substantially rebuilt or remanufactured.
D. "Scrap metal" means any used metal, except gold, silver, or platinum, that is no longer useful as it was intended to be used in its original form, or that is commonly gathered up and sold to be converted into another form.
E. "Scrap metal hauler" means any used goods dealer in scrap metal, who does not maintain a storage yard or similar facility, and who goes from place to place operating a vehicle carrying scrap metal that has been purchased or gathered and is to be sold.
F. "Scrap metal processor" means any used goods dealer who buys and stores scrap metal in any form, except gold, silver, or platinum.
G. "Used goods" means any item of personal property offered for sale not as new, including metals in any form except coins that are legal tender, but excluding books, magazines and postage stamps.
H. "Used goods dealer" means any pawnbroker, scrap metal processor, scrap metal hauler, or person engaged in the business of purchasing, selling, trading, auctioning, consignment selling, or otherwise transferring for value, used goods.
I. "School" means an educational facility of Seattle School District No. 1 or of an adjoining school district, and also means a "residential school" as that term is defined in Sections 28A.190.010 and 28A.190.020 RCW, and also means a private facility used for education now or hereafter approved as a school by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Washington under Chapter 28A.195 RCW. It does not include home-based instruction whether or not that instruction meets the requirements of Subsection 28A.225.010(4) RCW. The designation of the grounds of a school on the map of "drug-free zones" maintained in the offices of the Seattle Police Department shall be conclusive evidence that a school exists on that site for purposes of this chapter.
J. "Firearm" means a weapon or device from which a projectile may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder.
(Ord. 117730, § 1, 1995; Ord. 116924, § 1, 1993; Ord. 115843, § 1, 1991; Ord. 110082, § 1, 1981; Ord. 109818, § 1, 1981.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT6BURE_SUBTITLE_IVNELICO_CH6.288USGODE_6.288.010DEFetched: 11/1/2026