The Selectmen shall license suitable persons to be collectors of, dealers
in or keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals
or secondhand articles and may make such rules and regulations relative to
their business and may provide for the supervision thereof. All licenses granted
under this section shall contain such rules, regulations and restrictions
as the Selectmen have made. No person shall be a dealer or a keeper of such
shop without such license.
No person or persons shall use any building, enclosure or other structure
for the storage, sale or keeping of rags, wastepaper, stock, or other inflammable
material without a written license from the Selectmen.
All junkyards in the Town shall be enclosed by a solid fence of sufficient
height to conceal all materials used in connection with the junk business,
so that none of the junk material shall be seen from any highway. All such
junkyards shall be at least 50 feet from any Town way or state highway.
[Added 3-13-1965 ATM by Art. 43]
All junkyards in the Town shall be located a minimum distance of 500
yards in all directions from the lot line of an dwelling house. The provisions
of this section shall not affect the renewal of any heretofore properly licensed
junkyard.
[Added 5-16-1990 ATM by Art. 27]
The Selectmen may require that any place, vehicle, or receptacle used
for the collecting or keeping of said articles may be examined at any time
by said Selectmen or their agents