Pawnbrokers—Location limitations.
Seattle Mun. Code § 6.288.040
in effect6.288.040 - Pawnbrokers—Location limitations.
A. No "pawnbroker" endorsement to a used goods dealer license shall be issued to conduct any pawnshop located within a distance of five hundred (500) feet from the grounds of a public, parochial or private school, if the business offers firearms for sale, has a storefront, has hours during which it is open for business, and posts advertisements or signs observable to passersby that firearms are available for sale, unless such pawnshop was lawfully conducted at the same location within such area by a licensed pawnbroker on December 26, 1993 and has been continuously operated at that location by the same licensee ever since, or the school was established after the pawnshop was licensed at that location.
B. A "pawnbroker" endorsement shall be issued only to conduct a pawnshop located within any of the following land use zones as those zones are mapped from time to time in the Official Land Use Map of The City of Seattle, which is part of Title 23 of the Seattle Municipal Code:
C1, C2, DOC1, DOC2, DRC, DMC, DMR, PSM, IDM, IDR, DH1, DH2, PMM, IG1, IG2, IB, IC.
(Ord. 117730, § 2, 1995: Ord. 116924, § 2, 1993; 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_6.288.040PAOCLIFetched: 11/1/2026