Title
Amending Chapter 344 of the Legislative Code to update and clarify the Pawn Shop Ordinance.
Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Section 344.02 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 344.02. - Fees.
(a) The fee required for a license defined under this chapter shall be established by ordinance as provided in section 310.09(b) of the Legislative Code.
(b) The billable transaction fee shall reflect the cost of processing transactions as determined by the director of the department of safety and inspections (hereafter, in this chapter, "director") and the chief of police (hereafter, in this chapter, "chief") or their designees. These fees shall be established by ordinance as provided in section 310.09(b) of the Legislative Code. The billable transaction fee shall be required of all licensees as defined under this chapter except:
(1) If a licensee is unable to successfully transfer the required reports via modem, the licensee must provide the police department printed copies of all reportable transactions along with the videotape(s) for that date, by twelve o'clock noon (12:00) the next business day, and must be charged for billable transactions at a rate to be determined by the automated pawn system (hereafter, in this chapter, "APS") for manual processing.
(2) If the problem is determined to be in the licensee's system and is not corrected by the close of the first business day following the failure, the licensee must provide the required reports as detailed in section 344.04(a), and may do so for up to ten (10) consecutive days without penalty. However, after the tenth day, if the licensee still cannot report via modem, the licensee may, at the discretion of the director and the chief, be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day not to exceed twenty (20) days. If the licensee cannot report via ...
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