[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Grand Chute 1-7-1997 as
§§ 9.05 and 9.12 of the 1997 Code; amended 12-19-2006. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall keep or maintain in the Town
any building or yard for the keeping or storing in commercial quantities
or for dealing in any old, used or secondhand materials of any kind,
including rags, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron or other metals,
or junked motor vehicles or the parts thereof without first having
obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
Every application for a junk dealer's license
shall be in writing and shall contain the name and address of the
person applying for such license and the proposed location of the
business and a detailed account of the type of materials to be dealt
in or stored.
Whenever it shall appear that the proposed location
of such yard or business and the types of materials to be collected
and stored are suitable and proper with regard to the public health,
safety and welfare, and whenever it shall further appear that such
business shall not be or become a fire hazard and shall not be or
become a public nuisance by reason of foul odors, noise or unsightliness,
the Town Board shall authorize and the Town Clerk shall issue a junk
dealer's license. The fee for such license shall be as prescribed
in the Town Fee Schedule, and the license shall terminate on June
30 in each year. The Town Board may, in its discretion, require as
a condition of such license that such licensee shall erect a board
fence around the premises.
Any junk dealer's license may be revoked by
the Town Board whenever it shall appear that such business is conducted
in such a manner as to create a public nuisance or upon conviction
of such licensee for violation of any state law or Town ordinance
pertaining to junk dealers.
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 sooner revoked as provided by law.
A.
A first violation of any provision of this chapter
shall be punished by a fine as prescribed in the Uniform Forfeiture
and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution, and on
default of the payment of any such fine and/or costs of prosecution
such person shall be committed to the county jail of Outagamie County
until such fine and costs are paid, but not to exceed 90 days.
B.
Any person violating this chapter who shall previously
have been convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon proof
and conviction thereof, forfeit an amount as prescribed in the Uniform
Forfeiture and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution,
and on default of the payment of any such fine and costs of prosecution,
or either of them, such convicted person shall be committed to and
confined within the county jail of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, until
such fine and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to exceed six
months.
C.
Each day of violation under this chapter shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense.
