[Amended 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 97]
No person shall engage in business as a junk dealer in the Township
of Coolbaugh without first having obtained a license from the Township
Secretary, for which license the fee for each calendar year shall
be as established by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, such
fee to be for the use of the Township. Such license shall be renewed
annually on or before the first day of year. Provided: in any case
where a junk dealer's business shall be established in the Township
on or after the first day of July in any year, the license fee payable
by such dealer for the remainder of such year shall be at 1/2 the
yearly rate.
The license provided for in §
233-2 of this chapter shall be issued by the Township Secretary after application shall have been made therefor by the person desiring to be licensed. Such license shall state the name of the person to whom such license is issued and the premises from which such business is to be conducted. Such license shall be posted conspicuously upon the premises licensed thereunder. The name of the licensed junk dealer and the number of the license under which he operates shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the outside of every vehicle used for business purposes by such dealer.
No person licensed under this chapter shall, by virtue of one
license, keep more than one place of business within the Township
of Coolbaugh for the purpose of buying, selling and dealing in junk.
Nor shall any such person engage in business as a junk dealer in any
place other than the place designated upon his license. Nor shall
any such person, or any other person, operate upon any of the streets
of the Township, whether from a vehicle or upon foot, as a scavenger
or itinerant buyer or seller of junk.
[Amended 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 97]
No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable from
one person to another person except when the ownership of a licensed
premises shall change. In any such case, the new owner shall apply
for a transfer of such license to him and shall pay a transfer fee
as established from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Every junk dealer licensed under this chapter shall constantly maintain the licensed premises in the manner prescribed in §
400-77, Junkyards.
[Amended 2-16-1999 by Ord. No. 97]
Any person firm, or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues
or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been
violated shall constitute a separate offense.