[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Jefferson 8-6-2002 by Ord. No. 7-02 as §§ 12.08 and 12.20 of the 2002 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vendors and transient merchants — See Ch. 270.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK DEALER
Any person engaging in the business of collecting, peddling, dealing in, salvaging, stripping or storing wastepaper, old metals, rags, dismantled motor vehicles, or other materials commonly known as "junk."
No junk dealer shall engage in business in the City without having first obtained a license to do so. Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk/Treasurer on forms furnished by the City. The several licenses are as follows:
A. 
Location license. No junk dealer shall maintain any shop or yard without a license therefor. The application shall state the name of the applicant and a description of the premises to be occupied. Each noncontiguous shop or yard shall require a separate license. Upon approval of the application by the Council and payment of the license fee, the license shall be issued, signed by the City Clerk/Treasurer.
B. 
Vehicle license. Each wagon, truck or trailer used in the junk business in the City shall be licensed. The application shall state the name of the owner and the type of vehicle and a description thereof, including motor and serial numbers, if any, and the number of the license issued to such vehicle by the State Department of Transportation. Upon payment of the license fee, the license shall be issued, signed by the City Clerk/Treasurer, together with additional evidence of the issuance of such license for identification upon request by properly constituted City authorities.
A. 
License fees shall be as set by the Common Council.
B. 
All licenses granted hereunder are annual licenses, subject to the express provision that all licenses shall expire at 12:00 midnight on December 31 next succeeding their issuance. The fee for any license is the annual fee. No fee shall be prorated for the remaining portion of the license year. No fee shall be rebated or refunded upon suspension, revocation, abatement or termination of any license for any cause.
A. 
Location licenses. No location license shall be transferable.
B. 
Vehicle licenses. If any dealer during the license year substitutes a vehicle of like kind and nature for one previously licensed that year, he may, upon application under § 166-2 and payment of a transfer fee as set by the Common Council, together with the surrender of the license and any indicia thereof for the vehicle originally licensed, receive a license for the substitute vehicle.
All licenses granted hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions, and all other conditions of this chapter, and subject to all other ordinances and regulations of the City applicable thereto:
A. 
Every licensee thereby consents to the entry of any duly authorized municipal representative at any time for the purpose of inspection and search and consents to the removal from the premises of any or all things and articles there had in violation of City ordinance or state laws and also consents to the introduction of such things and articles into evidence in any prosecution that may be brought for such offenses.
B. 
Such premises and all structures thereon shall be so situated and constructed that the business may be carried on in a sanitary manner, shall contain no fire hazards, and shall be so arranged that thorough inspection may be made at any time by the proper health, fire, building and police authorities. All necessary steps shall be taken to prevent and eliminate rodents and vermin.
C. 
No junk dealer shall purchase from any minor under 18 years of age any junk or metals without written consent of the parent or guardian of such minor.
D. 
No licensee shall remove or extend his place of business from the place designated in the license to another location within the City unless proper application has been make to and permission obtained from the Council.
E. 
No licensee shall carry on the business at or from any place other than the one designated in the license thereof.
F. 
No junk dealer shall carry on the business after such license has been revoked, expired, or suspended.
G. 
Every premises or enclosure, except a completely enclosed building, used in the conduct of such business abutting or facing a residential district shall be enclosed by a tight fence or wall of uniform material and construction, not less than six feet nor more than eight feet in height, which fence or wall shall be maintained at all times in good condition by the licensee.
Upon complaint being made in writing by any resident of the City to the City Clerk/Treasurer that any licensee has violated any provision of this chapter, the Council shall summon such licensee to appear before it at the time specified in the summons, which shall be not less than three days after the date of the service thereof, to show cause why his license should not be revoked. The Council shall proceed to hear the matter and if it finds the allegations to be true may revoke or suspend such license.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I of this Code.