Every entity subject to this chapter shall have the authority and the power to purchase used property, wares, merchandise, except motor vehicles, in their ordinary course of business as pawnshops, secondhand and antique dealers and transient traders; provided, that every purchase by a pawnshop, secondhand and antique dealer and transient trader shall be pursuant to the regulations set forth in this chapter; and provided further, that no pawnshop shall purchase outright any metal or nonmetal junk. [Ord. 688 § 1, 2018; Ord. 610 § 19, 2015; Ord. 217 § 1, 1999; Ord. 53 § 2, 1996.]