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For copper, aluminum wire with a diameter of at least three-eighths of an inch and transactions with a value over one hundred dollars, a scrap metal dealer shall hold in its custody in the same size, shape and condition in which the scrap metal was received on its business premises any scrap metal received in a reportable transaction for seven days after filing the report prescribed by Section 19-63 of this Article. This Section does not apply to transactions with industrial accounts, other scrap metal dealers or purchases by scrap metal dealers of used aluminum beverage containers or ferrous scrap metals and of scrap metal authorized for release by a peace officer of that jurisdiction. A scrap metal dealer shall not purchase materials that are subject to the hold rule of this Section in a series of transactions with a value of one hundred dollars or less in order to avoid the requirements of this Section. (Ord. No. G-5462, § 23, 2009)