[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Kimberly 10-3-1988 as Sec. 7-12-1 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Direct sellers — See Ch. 233.
Nuisances — See Ch. 364.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 385.
Zoning — See Ch. 525.
No person shall keep or maintain in the Village any building or yard for the keeping or storing in commercial quantities or for dealing in any old, used or secondhand materials of any kind, including rags, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron or other metals or junked motor vehicles or the parts thereof, without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
Every application for a junk dealer's license shall be in writing and shall contain the name and address of the person applying for such license and proposed location of the business and a detailed account of the type of materials to be dealt in or stored.
Whenever it shall appear that the proposed location of such yard or business and the types of materials to be collected and stored are suitable and proper with regard to the public health, safety and welfare, and whenever it shall further appear that such business shall not be or become a fire hazard and shall not be or become a public nuisance by reason of foul odor, noise or unsightliness, the Village Board shall authorize and the Village Administrator shall issue a junk dealer's license. The fee for such license shall be $10 per year or fraction thereof, and such license shall terminate on June 30 in each year. The Village Board may, in its discretion, require as a condition of such license that such licensee shall erect a board fence around the premises.
Any junk dealer's license may be revoked by the Village Board whenever it shall appear that such business is conducted in such a manner as to create a public nuisance or upon conviction of such licensee for violation of any state law or Village ordinance pertaining to junk dealers.