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Council clears first step to amend pawnbroker ordinance, sets $200 annual license fee
Summary
The council voted on first step to amend Chapter 270 (pawnbrokers) to remove an unspecified cap left blank in the 2016 ordinance and to formalize a $200 annual license fee; the first step passed on roll call. The ordinance retains background‑check language and the police commissioner's suitability discretion.
The Springfield City Council passed the first step Monday for an amendment to Chapter 270, Section 1 (pawnbrokers and second‑hand dealers). The proposed change removes an unintended blank in the 2016 ordinance that had left a limit on the number of licenses unspecified, and it formalizes the annual license fee at $200.
Councilor Fenton, the sponsor, said the blank was an inadvertent omission in the 2016 ordinance; the change removes the empty clause and sets the fee. He said the police…
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