[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of
the Town of Plainville 6-6-2011 ATM by Art. 26. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Junk shall mean any article or material or collection
thereof which is worn out, cast off, discarded and which is ready
for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion.
Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged and without
further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily
as when new shall not be considered junk. The outdoor display or storage
of two or more unregistered or inoperable automobiles shall be considered
junk.
The Selectmen may license suitable persons to
be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter
of junk, old metals or secondhand articles and may make such additional
rules, regulations and restrictions as they deem proper, not inconsistent
with the provisions of law or of these bylaws.
Every keeper of a junk shop shall keep a book in which shall be written at the time a description thereof of every purchase of any article mentioned in § 308-1; the name and residence of the person from whom and the day and the hour when such purchase was made; and such book shall, at all times, be open to the Board of Selectmen or to any person by it or by law authorized to make such inspection.
Every keeper of a junk shop shall display in
a suitable place being conspicuous in his shop a sign having his name
and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters, and such
shop and all articles and merchandise therein may, at all times, be
examined by the Board of Selectmen or by any person by it or by law
authorized to make such an examination.
No keeper of a junk shop shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles mentioned in § 308-1 of a minor or an apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him such, and no article purchased or received by a junk dealer shall be sold, concealed, broken up or disposed of, or its identity destroyed, until at least seven days have elapsed from the date of its purchase or receipt.
Every junk shop shall be closed except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and no junk shop dealer shall purchase, receive, sell or dispose of any of the articles described in § 308-1 excepting during the hours his shop may be open, as herein specified.
The Board of Selectmen may license suitable persons to be junk collectors, to collect from place to place in this Town by purchase or otherwise any of the articles mentioned in § 308-1, and each person so licensed shall pay therefor the sum of $25.
No collector of junk shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter, exchange or otherwise any of the articles mentioned in § 308-1 of a minor or apprentice, knowing or having reason to believe him such.
No collector of junk shall purchase, collect or receive any of the articles mentioned in § 308-1 except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and sunset.
Every collector of junk while engaged in collecting, transporting or dealing in the articles mentioned in § 308-1 shall wear upon the outside of his clothing a badge which shall be provided by the Board of Selectmen, and every vehicle or receptacle used by him in the collection of junk shall bear the name and license plainly inscribed or painted on the body of the vehicle and shall have attached thereto a number and date of and the expiration of such license and the word "Plainville."
Every vehicle and receptacle used by a collector
of junk shall at all times be open to the inspection of the Board
of Selectmen or any person by it or by law authorized to make such
inspection.
A.
The enforcement officer for this section shall be
the Inspector of Buildings.
B.
The outdoor display or storage of junk shall not be
permitted in a residential zoning district, except as otherwise provided
by this bylaw.
C.
Violations and penalties.
(2)
Violations of this § 308-12 may be enforced via the noncriminal disposition provisions set forth in Chapter 277, Article II, of the Code of the Town of Plainville; in which case, the penalty for any such violation shall be $50. The enforcing person(s) shall be as described in Subsection A of this section.
B.
Except as otherwise specified, violations of this bylaw may be enforced via the noncriminal disposition provisions set forth in Chapter 277, Article II, of the Code of the Town of Plainville, in which case the penalty for any such violation shall be $50. The enforcing person(s) shall be the Inspector of Buildings.
