Coconut Creek, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)

In the City of Coconut Creek, the businesses that buy and resell used goods fall under named classifications in the business tax schedule at section 18-37. Jewelry and precious metals dealers, described in the schedule as those who buy and sell old gold and silver and other precious metals or offer to buy and sell, sit under classification 111000 at $255.24. Antique stores, 008000, are also $255.24. Consignment or thrift shops, 051000, list at $127.61 with a cross reference to the merchants classification. Nearby entries fill in the picture: a jewelry shop selling costume and fine jewelry is 112000 at $319.03, jewelry and watch repairing is 113000 at $76.56 with a separate license required, and appraisers of furniture, antiques and jewelry are 009100 at $127.61. An individual auctioneer selling jewelry at a licensed shop pays $382.87 per day.

Section 18-22 requires the receipt of anyone maintaining a permanent business location or branch office in the City. Before it issues, section 18-24 makes the development services department confirm that the location conforms to zoning, and a nonrefundable $25 fee applies to each new application. If a zoning conflict exists, no receipt issues unless the applicant shows a vested right of nonconforming use or a board of adjustment variance permit, and that exception has to appear on the receipt. Section 18-29 treats a sign, an advertisement or a telephone directory listing as prima facie evidence that a person holds himself or herself out as engaged in the business, and it counts storage as part of the business. Receipts expire on the last day of September, businesses named in the schedule are taxed individually under section 18-31, and section 18-33 requires the receipt to be conspicuously displayed and shown to the business inspector on request.