[Adopted 2-22-1971 by L.L. No. 1-1971
as Ch. 75, Art. I, of the 1971 Code]
No person shall engage in the business commonly known as the "junk business"
or in buying or gathering in the streets or public places of the Village,
or offering to buy or gather, any personal property or articles of merchandise
commonly referred to as "junk," without first obtaining an annual license
therefor.
In addition to the information required of an applicant under the provision of §
222-2 of Chapter
222, Licenses, every applicant hereunder shall set forth in a sworn statement the following details:
A. The exact location where he will store the junk he accumulates.
B. The number, year of manufacture, model and license number
of the vehicle in which he proposes to make his collections of junk.
C. The place where such vehicles are regularly stored or
garaged.
[Amended 12-4-1972]
The fee for any license required by the provisions of this article shall
be at the levels fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rockville Centre.
[Adopted 12-8-1980 by L.L.
No. 15-1980]
No person shall act as a dealer in secondhand articles without obtaining a license therefor in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
222 of the Code of the Village of Rockville Centre.
The fee for any license required by the provisions of this article shall
be at the levels fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rockville Centre.
Every dealer in secondhand articles shall furnish to the Police Commissioner
of Rockville Centre, or his agent, at such times, in such manner and at such
intervals as shall be specified by the Police Commissioner, all information
requested by the Police Commissioner relative to all records required to be
kept under this chapter. Such information shall be supplied on forms to be
designated and supplied by the Police Commissioner.
[Amended 5-16-1983 by L.L.
No. 5-1983]
A. If any goods or articles shall be advertised in any newspaper
printed, circulated or distributed in the County of Nassau as having been
lost or stolen and if any goods or articles answering such advertised description
or any part thereof shall be in or come into the possession of any dealer
in secondhand articles, upon receiving actual written or oral notice of the
similarity of description of such goods or articles, such dealer shall immediately
give information relating thereto to the Police Commissioner of Rockville
Centre or his agent. No disposition of such goods or articles shall be effective
until authorization to do so shall be given to such dealer by the Police Commissioner
or his authorized agent. A dealer in secondhand articles, when notified by
the Commissioner of Police or his agent that property in his possession is
stolen or alleged to be stolen, shall take immediate steps to secure that
property, and it shall be marked "police stop." Thereafter, such property
shall not be sold or removed from the premises until notification allowing
such removal or sale is made to the dealer in writing by the Police Commissioner
of Rockville Centre or his agent.
B. Every dealer in secondhand articles who shall have or
receive any goods or articles alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen
shall exhibit the same on demand to the Commissioner of Police of Rockville
Centre or to any authorized inspector of licenses, to any police officer or
to any person duly authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Police to
examine such articles who shall exhibit such written authority to the dealer.
Any person or persons, association, corporation or any officer of any
corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter or failing to
comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof shall be liable to
a fine up to $250, and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist
shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation of this chapter or any
part thereof shall constitute disorderly conduct, and any person violating
this or any part thereof shall be and is hereby declared a disorderly person.