A. 
Any dealer in secondhand articles, whether or not particularly classified in the foregoing section and not specifically excluded from the operation of this chapter, and every junk dealer and every automobile junk dealer or automobile wrecking operator who shall conduct or have in the Village of Sloan a place for the transaction of such business shall be required to obtain a license each calendar year, as hereinafter provided, and to pay therefor an annual fee of $100.
B. 
Every person engaged in the automobile junk or automobile wrecking business, as defined by this chapter, including any person who carries on any of the activities defined by or referred to in § 280-4 of this chapter, whether or not in connection with or incidental to any other business activity, shall obtain annually a license for his operation of such business and shall pay an annual fee of $100.
C. 
Every dealer in secondhand containers shall be required to obtain annually a license for the privilege of conducting such business and shall pay therefor an annual fee of $100.
D. 
A dealer in secondhand furniture shall be required to obtain a license annually for conducting such business and shall pay an annual fee of $100.
Wherever the same premises are used by one person, corporation, association or partnership for more than one operation requiring a license under this chapter, the total fee charged for such licenses shall not exceed $100.
Application for a license for any of the above purposes shall be in writing, duly signed and verified by each person in whose name a license is sought and by each person having a financial interest in the business (in the case of copartnership by each partner and in the case of a corporation by a duly authorized officer whose authority is properly shown). Such application shall set forth the following information:
A. 
Such application shall be accompanied by a proper and accurate map showing accurately and to scale the lines and measurements of the property to be used and for which a license is requested for locating all buildings thereon, which map shall show all public highways, streets, roads or other public places abutting the property and, in the case of auto wrecking and junkyards, shall show to scale the area to be used for burning.
B. 
The application, except in case of a corporation, shall set forth the proposed business name, if any, and be accompanied by a certificate of an assumed business name or partnership certificate under the Penal Law and the name of each person interested in the operation of the business as owner or proprietor, partner, joint adventurer or who has a financial interest other than that of general creditor.
C. 
In the event that any corporation asking for a license shall be a foreign corporation, it shall set forth the state where incorporated and its principal office and principal place of business in the State of New York.
D. 
A statement of the age of the applicant or applicants, of individual operators and of members of a copartnership, and a statement that he has not been convicted of any crime within the five years last past and, if he has been so convicted, a statement of each conviction, the time, court and charge and also, if the applicant is on parole, a statement of the terms thereof.
E. 
The petition shall state and set forth in detail the details of all operations conducted by the applicant at the premises for which he has asked for a license. This shall include not only the operations for which a license or licenses are sought but also business other than the operation for which he is to be licensed. The application shall also set forth any similar business operations wherever situated or operated.
No license shall be issued to any person under the age of 18 years.
The Board of Trustees may require in any event and shall require in the case of a nonresident of the Village of Sloan, a good and sufficient bond with two approved sureties or with a corporate surety authorized to do business within the State of New York, conditioned upon full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and with all requirements of the state and local departments of health, if any, and all state and federal labor statutes, rules and regulations.
The applicant shall also consent that the license may be suspended or revoked for the violation of any health and labor statute, rule or regulation or for violation of this chapter, after a hearing before the Board of Trustees, and that a certificate of conviction of any violation thereof shall be conclusive evidence as to the fact of the violation and also that the securing of a judgment in a civil action for a penalty of compromise of such action shall be conclusive evidence of the violation.
No license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted within five years of the crime of larceny, possession of stolen property, unlawful purchase of junk or any other crime connected with sales or possession of property.
The application shall be accompanied by the certificate of a licensed insurance company showing that the premises is insured against claims for public liability with the minimum coverage of $20,000/$40,000 personal injuries and $10,000 property damages and also of the coverage of the applicant's operations by workers' compensation insurance where required by law.
All licenses are issued for the calendar year or the remainder of the calendar year in which they are issued, and there shall be no reduction of the fee regardless of the month in which they are issued.
With every application for a license, the applicant shall present evidence that he is the owner of the premises upon which he proposes to operate, or he shall present a duplicate original of a valid lease of the premises to be used by him and the consent of the lessor or lessors that the premises described in the application shall be used for the purposes for which the license is applied for. The transfer of title from an owner or the termination of the lease or eviction from the premises, for any reason, shall terminate the license.
The Village Clerk, when issuing any license, shall enter thereon a list and copy of all endorsements made as hereinafter provided upon the license of which it is a renewal and, before delivering the license, shall receive the license of which it is a renewal.
Nothing herein contained shall be considered or construed as authorizing any act, operation or business operation which is prohibited by § 136 of the General Municipal Law, but a license may be granted by the Board of Trustees to a person owning or operating any such business at the time of adoption of this chapter and at its effective date as herein provided, but such license shall not be issued unless application shall be made within 30 days after the effective date of this chapter, and, although issued and delivered, such license shall not be valid until or unless full compliance with the provisions of this chapter and § 136 of the General Municipal Law exists as to all provisions as to condition of structures and arrangement of stock and the supplying of necessary equipment and structures upon the lands covered by such license. Such license, if valid or validated by the provision of all things necessary for such compliance, shall be valid for a period of six months.
Any license suspended shall be deposited with the Village Clerk during the period of suspension. The Village Clerk shall, upon the surrender thereof to him, endorse thereon the date of suspension and the term thereof and, when and if returned after suspension, shall show the date it becomes effective or operative thereafter. Any license revoked shall be surrendered to the Village Clerk. Neglect or refusal to so deposit and surrender shall be deemed a violation of this chapter. In the event that such deposit or surrender is not made within 20 days after notice of suspension or revocation, the Village Clerk shall make a complaint before a Cheektowaga Town Justice against the licensee for the violation.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Licenses shall be issued by the Village Clerk after examination of the application and exhibits by the Board of Trustees and after a public hearing and after notice given as required under Subdivision 5, § 136, of the General Municipal Law, and subsequent approval of the Board of Trustees, except that for established businesses in operation at least one year before the effective date of this chapter and for which application for license under § 136 of the General Municipal Law was made at least one year before the effective date of this chapter, no hearing shall be held. The Board of Trustees may require the applicants (officers of applicant if a corporation) to appear before the Board for examination. In such case, a notice may be given by mail to the applicant, addressed to the address given in the applicant's petition, not less than 10 days in advance of the date set for appearance.
Petitions for renewals of licenses shall be filed on or before December 1 prior to the date of expiration, or such renewals will not be granted prior to February 1 after expirations. All applications for renewals not filed with the Village Clerk prior to December 31 (the date of expiration) shall be considered as new applications. The Board of Trustees may waive the filing of new maps with applications for renewal if an affidavit is filed setting forth that no changes have been made. A license issued to an existing dealer, yard or operator can be renewed only if and when full compliance has been made with § 136 of the General Municipal Law and the requirements of this chapter.
Every application for license as either a junk dealer or operator of an automobile junkyard or automobile wrecking yard or business shall show upon the required plan the location of the area where the applicant will, by burning or other treatment, clear the metal of other materials. Such area shall be at least 100 feet distant from any storage place or building, adjoining property line or public highway, and all burning or other treatment by the applicant shall be performed in such area and at no other place in the Village of Sloan. No burning shall be carried on for which any necessary permits are required by any state, federal or local statutes, laws, ordinances or regulations until such license, permit or other authority shall have been obtained.