<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-75. - Issuance and renewal of license and payment of fees.</div>
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               (a)
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               Before issuing a license, the board of commissioners shall be satisfied that the applicant
               is a suitable person to hold a pawnbroker license and that the location is a suitable
               place to hold the proposed license. To be a suitable place, the establishment shall
               comply with all the rules and regulations set out in Chapter 91A of the General Statutes
               of North Carolina and the rules and regulations set out in the Currituck County Unified
               Development Ordinance. Other facts the commissioners may consider in determining whether
               the applicant and the business location are suitable shall include all of the following:
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               (1)
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               The application contains no misstatement of fact.
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               (2)
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               The applicant conforms to all requirements of applicable zoning, building, and fire
               prevention codes.
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               (3)
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               The applicant shall not have been convicted of a felony within a ten-year period preceding
               the filing of the application.
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               (4)
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               Parking facilities and traffic facilities in the neighborhood.
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               (5)
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               The recommendations of the Currituck County Sheriff.
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               (6)
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               Any other evidence that would tend to show whether the applicant would comply with
               the provisions of Chapter 91A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the applicable
               provisions of this article and whether the operation of the business at that location
               would be detrimental to the neighborhood.
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               (b)
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               After submission of a complete application of forms provided by the county manager's
               office and approval of such application by the board of commissioners and upon payment
               of a fee of $250.00 to the Currituck County Finance Department and upon approval by
               the board of commissioners of a special use permit for the business, the county manager
               shall issue an initial license to the applicant that is valid for one year from the
               date it is issued.
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               (c)
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               Each license may be renewed annually by submission of a renewal application to the
               county manager's office at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the license.
               After approval of said application by the board of commissioners, and upon payment
               of a renewal fee of $250.00 to the Currituck County Finance Department, the county
               manager shall issue to the applicant a renewal license valid for one year from the
               date it is issued.
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               (d)
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               If the business to be licensed pursuant to this article is carried on at two or more
               separate places, a separate county license for each place or location of such business
               shall be required.
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               (e)
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               The county license issued pursuant to this article shall not be transferable to any
               other person, and shall limit the person named in the license to conducting his pawnbroker
               business to the location specified in the license; provided, if the holder of a license
               granted under this article moves the business for which a license has been obtained
               to another location, a new license may be issued without additional fee to the licensee
               at a new location for the balance of the license year, upon surrender of the original
               license for cancellation.
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               (f)
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               Revocation of a license shall not be a cause for a refund of any fee paid for issuance
               or renewal of a license.
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               (g)
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               It shall be unlawful to willfully make a false statement in an application for a license
               or request for renewal of license under the provisions of this article.
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               (h)
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               Every license and renewal of license issued shall show on the face thereof the name
               of the licensee, the nature of the business, the location thereof, the date it was
               issued, the expiration date, and the payment of the fee. Every person licensed pursuant
               to this article shall display such license in a prominent place located in the pawnshop
               so licensed.
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               (Ord. of 2-5-07(2), Â§ 8-56)
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