[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Tivoli 5-11-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
Dealing in junk, used auto parts and used materials
in the Village of Tivoli without having first procured a license from
the Village Clerk, as hereinafter provided, is hereby prohibited.
B.Â
No dealer in junk, used auto parts and/or other used
materials shall carry on such business other than on the premises
designated in the license.
No such dealer shall purchase any material from
a minor, knowing or believing such person to be a minor. No purchases
shall be made between the time of the setting of the sun and 7:00
a.m.
No license shall be granted to a person or to
a partnership, corporation or association, any member of which has
within the last five years been convicted of a felony or convicted
of having received stolen goods.
Every dealer licensed under this chapter shall
keep a daily record, in a bound book, written in ink or in indelible
pencil, of all the articles purchased and the price paid, the name,
residence, age, occupation of the person from whom purchased, the
name of the employer of such person and the date and the hour of purchase.
Such record shall be available at all reasonable times to law enforcement
officers and to Justices. No entry in the record book shall be altered,
changed or obliterated.
When goods advertised in the designated official
newspaper of this Village as being lost or stolen shall have come
into the possession of a dealer licensed under this chapter, such
dealer shall notify the Village Clerk, in writing, of his possession
of such goods and shall give the name and address of the person from
whom such goods were obtained.
On and after January 1, 1965, the wrecking,
shearing and salvaging operations of a dealer licensed under this
chapter shall be conducted only within a building on premises where
the entire lot is enclosed with a solid fence at least eight feet
high. Such building shall not be erected closer than 50 feet to any
highway boundary line and not closer than 25 feet to any other property
boundary line. The areas between such building and highway or other
boundary line shall not be used for the storage of junk, motor vehicles,
parts of motor vehicles or used materials.
On and after the effective date of this chapter,
no burning will be conducted upon the licensed premises.
An annual license fee as set forth from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees[1] is hereby established for dealers in junk, used auto parts
and used materials in the Village of Tivoli. Said license shall be
issued, subject to the following regulations:
A.Â
The application for a license shall be made under
oath and shall contain such information as the Village Board, by resolution,
may require.
B.Â
No license shall be issued by the Village Clerk unless
it affirmatively appears from the license application submitted, pursuant
to resolution of the Village Board, that such dealing in junk, used
auto parts and used materials shall also meet the requirements and
provisions of any applicable laws, ordinances or regulations as may
be in effect at the time of application for a license.
[1]
Editor's Note: The fee schedule is on file
in the Village offices.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment
not to exceed one year for each offense or by both such fine and imprisonment.
In addition, a civil penalty of $25 per day for each day of violation
of said chapter is hereby imposed.
