ST. PAULS — The St. Pauls Board of Commissioners approved a conditional zoning request Thursday which will allow for the operation of a pawn shop downtown.
Zachary Bond, the owner of Gold & Diamond Exchange at 203 West Broad Street, presented the request to the board. The business was started by his father in 1977, according to a statement provided to the board, and Bond recently resumed ownership, and wants to expand the business’ operation to include “pawns and legally regulated firearms.”
As one of the conditions of the rezoning, security measures will be in place regarding where the firearms are to be stored; this will be checked by the town. All inventory will be moved into a secured back room during non-business hours. The business will only be taking certain commodities for pawn, Bond said, which will not include tools or heavy machinery…