[Ord. No. 224,
passed 11-15-1955]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, corporations,
partnerships, associations or firms, either as principal or agent,
to engage in the operation and maintenance of junkyards, salvage yards
and other places used and maintained for the collection, storage and
disposal of used and secondhand goods and materials, including, but
not by way of limitation, the business of dismantling, reconditioning
and reselling of used and secondhand automobiles, trucks, tractors,
trailers or other automotive equipment, anywhere within the Township
unless and until a license for the operation and maintenance thereof
has been first secured and license fee paid therefor to the Township,
both as hereinafter provided.
[Ord. No. 143,
passed 9-1-1937]
Licenses shall be issued yearly hereafter, beginning on the
first day of January and ending the last day of December in each year
or fractional part thereof. All parties, whether now engaging in or
in the future wishing to engage in the junk business shall immediately
make written application to the Secretary-Manager for a license fee
to operate a junk business.
[Ord. No. 224,
passed 11-15-1955; Res. No. 3-07, passed 4-11-2007]
A.
The Board shall from time to time, by resolution, prescribe and adopt
such rules and regulations for the licensing, operation and maintenance
of businesses, establishments and uses required to be licensed hereunder
as shall adequately protect the lives, health, safety and welfare
of the inhabitants of the Township, and no license for the operation
and maintenance thereof shall be granted or issued except upon compliance
by the applicant with all of the applicable requirements of such rules
and regulations.
B.
Each facility covered by this Chapter 530 shall employ reasonable means and procedures to make a record of each purchase of used and secondhand goods and materials that shall include the following information: (1) seller's name; (2) make, model, year, color and license number of vehicle making the delivery; (3) description of the goods and materials being sold and purchased; and (4) a copy of the photo identification of the seller.
1.
The said transaction record shall be maintained on the premises for at least one year, and a copy thereof shall be filed with the Township Police Department within one week thereof, unless the seller was a "regular customer" of the facility covered by this Chapter 530. The term "regular customer" means a professional demolition company and/or a seller who has on more than one previous occasion sold similar goods and materials to the facility and is known to the operator of the salvage yard as a reputable business person or entity.
2.
No salvage yard shall purchase goods and materials from minors, except
for beverage cans.
[Ord. No. 437,
passed 2-12-1997]
The license fee for the operation and maintenance of a junk
business shall be such amount as is established from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. Licenses granted shall
not be transferable.
[Ord. No. 224,
passed 11-15-1955]
The Board may revoke any license granted under the provisions
hereof when it shall find and determine that any such business, establishment
or use, licensed hereunder, is being or has been maintained or operated
in violation of the rules and regulations adopted by said Board pursuant
to the provisions hereof, provided, however, that no such license
shall be revoked except after written notice to said licensee of the
intention of the Board to revoke said license and an opportunity to
be heard at a regular or special meeting of the Board convened not
less than 10 days following the mailing of such notice. In the event
of said revocation, the unearned portion of the license fee shall
be refunded to the licensee.
[Ord. No. 143,
passed 9-1-1937]
No right or privilege granted shall impose on or result in any
liability to the Township, or relieve the licensee or grantee therefrom,
with the same in effect as if no municipal sanction were received.
[Enacted at time of codification.]
The penalty for violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be in accordance with Section 120.07 of the Codified Ordinances.
