6.74.020 - Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
"Advertise" means the use of any newspaper, magazine or other publication, letter, sign, card or other printed matter, radio or television transmission or any other method (including by means of the internet) to bring to the attention of the public that a person is engaged in business as a secondhand dealer.
"Antique" means a unique object of personal property that is not less than sixty years old and has special value primarily because of its age.
"Collectible" means an object of personal property that has special value primarily because of its unique characteristics and the high level of demand for the object.
"General household furnishings," except as limited in this definition, means furnishings and personal effects that are typically found in a home, such as lamps, cloth items, and kitchen and bathroom items for personal use. The term does not include appliances, furniture, electronics, fine art, musical instruments, or any item of personal property that has a specific mark for identification or is otherwise individually identifiable.
"Infant/child items" means furnishings, furniture and personal effects that are typically found in a home and used by or for children under the age of ten. Such personal effects include products, bedding, toys, safety items, strollers, car seats and other sundry articles.
"Junk" means old iron, copper, brass, lead, zinc, tin, steel and other metals, metallic cables, wires, ropes, cordage, bottles, bagging, rags, rubber, paper, and all other secondhand, used or castoff articles or material of any kind, but does not include scrap metal.
"Major home appliance" means a washing machine, clothes dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator or freezer.
"Portable electronic device" means a laptop or tablet computing device, electronic reading device (e-reader), cellular phone, smartphone, MP3 player, or any other similar lightweight, electronically operated consumer device.
"Precious metals" means gold, platinum, silver and their alloys.
"Scrap metal" means nonferrous metals, scrap iron, stainless steel or other material or equipment which consists in whole or in part of metal and which is used in construction, agricultural operations, electrical power generation, transmission or distribution, cable, broadband or telecommunications transmission, railroad equipment, oil well rigs or any lights maintained by the State or a local government, including, without limitation, street lights, traffic-control devices, park lights or ballpark lights. The term also includes catalytic converters, but does not include waste generated by a household, aluminum beverage containers, used construction scrap iron or materials consisting of a metal product in its original manufactured form which contains not more than twenty percent by weight nonferrous metal.
"Secondhand dealer" means any person engaged in whole or in part in the business of buying, selling (including by consignment), or trading metal junk, melted metal or secondhand personal property, other than antiques, used books, coins and collectibles.
"Specified liquid waste" means non-hazardous organic liquid waste from agricultural or commercial restaurant operations, such as cooking oil. The term does not include sewage, wastewater or any waste from industrial or residential sources.
"Sporting equipment" means goods or equipment used for sport or exercise, but excluding firearms.
"Wearing apparel" means any garment, article of clothing, covering or related accessory, other than a fur product, that is designed and customarily used to cover or protect any part of the body.
(Ord. No. 6547, § 1, 8-17-16; Ord. No. 6227, § 2, 12-5-12; Ord. 5998 § 133, 2008: Ord. 5060 § 2, 1998: Ord. 3612 § 2, 1991: Ord. 3020 § 2, 1982: Ord. 2196 § 2 (part), 1981: prior code § 5-8-2)
