I'm looking for information on how other jurisdictions handle pawn shops in terms of regulations and / or evaluation critieria.
I work for a slow growth older city of 650,000 people, and we are having a glut of pawn shops and 'pay day loan' alternative finance businesses pop up in one of our older neighbourhoods.Pawn shops are regulated as a conditional use, but the criteria are very weak. "Pay day loan" style alternative finance businesses are permitted as of right. I have been using the 'concentration' and 'neighbourhood compatibility' arguements for the pawn shops, but I am looking to see how other jurisdictions handle this.
My appologies if there was another post on this subject. I did a search, but all the other related posts were two or three years old, or did not specifically address my issue. Cheers.
I work for a slow growth older city of 650,000 people, and we are having a glut of pawn shops and 'pay day loan' alternative finance businesses pop up in one of our older neighbourhoods.Pawn shops are regulated as a conditional use, but the criteria are very weak. "Pay day loan" style alternative finance businesses are permitted as of right. I have been using the 'concentration' and 'neighbourhood compatibility' arguements for the pawn shops, but I am looking to see how other jurisdictions handle this.
My appologies if there was another post on this subject. I did a search, but all the other related posts were two or three years old, or did not specifically address my issue. Cheers.