[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Winneconne 10-20-1994
as § 12.04 of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall hereafter in the Town keep, conduct or maintain any
building, structure, yard or place for keeping, storing or piling, in commercial
quantities, whether temporarily, irregularly or continually, or for the buying
or selling of any old, used or secondhand material of any kind, including
cloth, rags, clothing, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron, brass, copper
or other metal, furniture, used motor vehicles or the parts thereof or other
articles, which from its worn condition renders it practically useless for
the purpose for which it was made and which is commonly classed as junk, whether
with a fixed place of business or as an itinerant peddler, without first having
obtained and paid for a license as hereinafter provided. One carrying on the
aforesaid business shall be referred to herein as "junk dealer."
A.
Every applicant for a license to engage in the business
of junk dealer shall file with the Building Inspector a written application
upon a form prepared and provided by the Town and signed by the applicant.
Such application shall state:
(1)
The name and residence of the applicant, if an individual,
partnership or firm, or the names of the principal officers and their residence,
if the applicant is an association or corporation.
(2)
The detailed nature of the business to be conducted and
the kinds of material to be collected, bought, sold or otherwise handled.
(3)
The premises where such business is to be located or
carried on.
B.
Each application shall contain an agreement that the
applicant accepts the license, if granted, upon the condition that it may
be suspended for cause at any time by the Town Board.
The Building Inspector shall report such application to the Town Board,
which shall inspect or cause to be inspected such premises to determine whether
it complies with all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. Such premises
and all structures thereon shall be so situated and constructed that the business
of junk dealer may be carried on in a sanitary manner, shall contain no fire
hazards and shall be arranged so that there can be a thorough inspection at
any time by proper authorities.
Each of the premises upon which the business of junk dealer is to be
carried on shall be enclosed by a solid, painted fence or other
structure not less than seven feet in height and constructed so that no dust
or other material may pass through. Such enclosure shall be maintained in
good condition at all times. No articles shall be piled so as to protrude
above such enclosure.
No premises shall be used for carrying on the business of junk dealing
when more than two buildings situated within a distance of 300 feet are used
solely for residence purposes. The enclosure shall be located 25 feet from
the street line and nine feet from the side lot line. Two or more adjoining
junkyards may be constructed wall to wall if approved by the Town Board, the
Building Inspector and property owners.
Upon the filing of the application and the payment to the Building Inspector of the license fee as set by the Town Board, the Building Inspector shall issue to the applicant a license to engage in business as provided in § 189-1. No license shall be refused except for a specified reason. All licenses shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall clearly state the location of the junk business, the date of issuance and expiration of the license and the name and address of the licensee. No applicant to whom a license has been refused shall make further application until a period of at least six months shall have elapsed since the last previous rejection, unless he can show that the reason for such rejection no longer exists.
Every junk dealer shall pay an annual license fee as set by the Town
Board. All licenses shall be issued as of July 1 and shall continue in force
until June 30 next succeeding the date of issuance thereof, unless revoked
sooner.
A.
Every junk dealer's license shall designate the place
of business in or from which the junk dealer receiving such license shall
be authorized to carry on such business. No licensee shall remove his place
of business from the place designated in the license until a written permit
has been secured from the Town Board and the same shall have been endorsed
upon the license.
B.
No junk dealer shall carry on the business at or from
any other place than the one designated in the license therefor, nor shall
such business be carried on after such license has been revoked or has expired.
The Town Board may formulate reasonable rules and regulations relating
to the conduct of the business of junk dealing which shall protect the health
of the community. No junk dealer shall violate any such rule or regulation.
Every junk dealer, upon being served with a written notice to do so
by the Town Board on blank forms to be furnished by the Town Board, shall
give an accurate description of all goods, articles or other things purchased
or received by him in the course of business of a junk dealer at such time
and during such period of time specified in the notice, stating the amount
paid for the same and the name, residence and general description of the person
from whom such goods, articles or things were received.
If any goods, articles or things whatsoever shall be advertised in any
newspaper printed in Winnebago County as having been lost or stolen and the
same or any answering the description advertised or any portion or part thereof
shall be or come into possession of any junk dealer or peddler, he shall give
information thereof in writing to the proper officer and state from whom the
same was received. Any junk dealer or peddler who has or receives any goods,
articles or things lost or stolen or alleged or supposed to have been lost
or stolen shall exhibit the same on demand to any police officer, the Town
Board or any magistrate or person authorized in writing by the Sheriff of
Winnebago County or any magistrate who shall exhibit such authorization to
such dealer or peddler.
A.
Upon complaint being made in writing by any Town official
or resident of the Town to the Town Clerk that any licensee has violated any
of the provisions of this chapter, the Town Board 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 this license shall not be revoked. The Town Board and the Building Inspector
shall proceed to hear the matter, and if they find the allegations of such
complaint are correct, they shall revoke such junk dealer's license.
B.
Whenever any license shall be so revoked, no refund of
any unearned portion of the fee therefor shall be made, and no license shall
be granted to any person whose license has been revoked within a period of
one year from the date of such revocation. Notice of such revocation and the
reason or reasons therefor in writing shall be served by an officer upon the
person named in the application by mailing the same to the address given in
the application and upon filing a copy of the same with the Building Inspector.
Any person who, by himself or by his clerk, agent or employee, shall conduct the business of a junk dealer as herein defined without the license required by this chapter, shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who, having had his license revoked, shall continue as a junk dealer may, upon conviction thereof, be subjected to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, § 1-4 of this Code. In addition to the penalties imposed, the license of the person shall be canceled or revoked.
