No person, firm or corporation shall engage
in or conduct business as a dealer in or collector of junk, old, used
or secondhand materials of any kind, including but not limited to
rags, cloth, old rope, old iron, brass, copper, tin, lead or other
old metals, old rubber, bottles, glass, bones, tinware, old clothes
unfit for wearing, shoes, secondhand lumber, old or junked motor vehicles
or parts thereof, in the Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New
York, without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter
provided.
The fee for such license is hereby fixed in
an amount set forth from time to time by resolution of the Town Board. Such license shall be placed and at all times displayed
in a conspicuous place at the licensee's place of business. Such license
shall be effective from the date of its issuance until June 30, unless
sooner revoked, and shall not be transferable.
Any false statement in an application or any
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the
statutes, rules, regulations or orders aforesaid shall be grounds
for the revocation of such license.
Any such license may be revoked and canceled
by the Town Board, for cause, after due notice to the licensee or
his agent or lawful representative of the alleged violation or violations
and after such licensee has had an opportunity to be heard thereon.
[Amended 6-8-1999 by L.L. No. 7-1999;4-26-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022
In addition thereto or irrespective thereof
any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this chapter or operating or engaging in the business
of a junk dealer or dealer in secondhand articles as defined in this
chapter without a license or after the revocation of any license by
the Town Board shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not to exceed $5,000 or 15 days in jail, or both, for each offense.
This chapter shall not apply to any person,
firm or corporation carrying on or operating an antique furniture
business in which antique furniture and other antique household articles
are sold or offered for sale.