For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
APPLICANT
An individual, all partners, all principals of an association, all stockholders holding stock of a corporation, as well as all corporate officers.
GOOD CAUSE
Any applicant's lack of good moral character, his conviction or pending charge of a crime involving moral turpitude, his violation of any provision of this chapter or his failure to pay the license fee due hereunder, as well as an unfavorable determination upon the criteria and standards set forth in § 231-14 or in Article III of this chapter.
JUNK
Any old, discarded or unused waste material of any type that has outlived its usefulness for its original purpose, including iron, metals, glass, paper, rags, clothes, machines, automobiles, motor vehicles or parts or accessories thereof, such as auto bodies and the like, and all other materials commonly or generally known as "junk" in the ordinary meaning of the word, acquired or collected for commercial purposes, including specifically but without limitation parts and portions of automobiles and discarded automobiles and automobile bodies.
JUNK DEALER
Any person who deals in junk for commercial purposes or who buys or otherwise acquires, collects or stores junk for commercial purposes within the Village in the manner provided in this chapter.
JUNK SHOP
Any building within the Village in which junk is stored, placed, sold or purchased for commercial purposes within the provisions of this chapter.
JUNKYARD
Any lands or parcels thereof on which junk is collected, placed or stored for commercial purposes or for any remuneration whatever. A "junkyard" shall not include premises whereon the materials herein described as junk are kept or stored or disposed of by an owner or occupant of the premises by reason of their obsolescence in the ordinary sense of the word, or which originate on the premises and become obsolescent or are kept or stored for the use of the owner or occupant other than in the business of buying, selling or storing the same.
LICENSED PREMISES
Any land or buildings, or both, whereon a junkyard is maintained under license under this chapter, or any junk shop which is licensed, or any premises for which a license is issued to a junk dealer under the provisions of this chapter.
Any premises licensed under this chapter shall be open to inspection by the Police Department, Fire Department, Construction Official, the Board of Health and other officials of the Village who may have any interest in the conduct of the licensed premises, at any reasonable time of day or night, upon the proper authorization for such inspection by the Commissioner of Public Safety, Commissioner of Public Affairs or the Health Officer of the Village.
A continuance of a violation or a noncompliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the right to apply to the courts of this state for injunctive relief or other relief, in addition to any other penalties imposed for such violation.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable, upon conviction, as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).