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3.3 The Clerk shall forward the completed application to the Planning Commission for review and recommendation to the. City Council. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the application. Notice of the hearing shall be mailed, at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing, to the owners of all properties located within 350 feet of any lot line of the property on which the pawnbroker operation is proposed. The notice shall also be published in the official newspaper at least ten days prior to the date of hearing. After conducting the hearing, the City Council may grant or refuse the application in its discretion. 3.4 All licenses shall expire on the last day of December of each year. Each license shall be issued for a period of one year except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the application is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month. 3.5 Each person holding a pawnbroker license shall apply to the City Clerk each January for renewal. Prior to issuance of a license renewal, the City Clerk shall determine that all licensing conditions and city ordinances are being met. SECTION 4. Conditions Upon Licenses. 4.1 Before any person shall be licensed as a pawnbroker under this ordinance, such applicant shall file with the City Clerk a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) with a duly licensed surety company as surety thereon, with such surety bond to be approved by the City Clerk and such bond to be approved as to form and execution by the City Attorney. Conditions of such bond shall be that the licensee shall observe the sections of this Ordinance or other city ordinances in relation to the business of the pawnbroker and that such licensee will conduct such business in conformity therewith and will account for and deliver to any person legally entitled thereto any goods, wares or merchandise, article or thing which may have come into the possession of such licensee as pawnbroker or, in lieu thereof, such licensee shall pay in money to such person the reasonable value thereof. 4.2 The pawnbroker's pretnises must be in compliance with all applicable zoning, building and fire codes. 4.3 If a pawnbroker shall receive notice through publications, advertisements, or any other means that any goods, articles or things in the licensee's possession are lost or stolen, the licensee or an agent thereof shall immediately give information to either the City Clerk or the Ramsey County Sheriffs Department that the items are in the licensee's possession. The licensee shall not thereafter dispose of the. goods, articles or things except upon written authority from the City Clerk or Ramsey County Sheriff.