[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Norton
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Licenses and permits — See Ch. 84.
[Adopted 5-14-2018 ATM by Art. 20]
The Board of Selectmen may grant licenses to such persons as
to them may appear proper and suitable to be junk collectors to collect,
by purchase or otherwise junk, old metals and secondhand articles
from place to place within the Town of Norton; and they may prescribe
that such persons may conspicuously display badges on their person
or signs upon their vehicles, or both, when engaged in collecting,
transporting or dealing in junk, old metal or secondhand articles
and may prescribe the design thereon. The Selectmen may prescribe
the terms upon which such licenses may be granted.
Such licenses shall continue in force for one year from the
date of their issue and may be revoked at any time by the Board of
Selectmen. The holders of such licenses shall be subject to all provisions
of law relating thereto.
Any place, vehicle, or receptacle used for the collecting, keeping
of the aforesaid and all articles of merchandise therein may be examined
at all times by the Board of Selectmen, police officers, or by any
persons authorized by them to do so. All scales, weights or measures
used in their business by such collectors of junk shall be tested
and sealed by the Sealer of Weights and Measures of said Town.
[Adopted 5-14-2018 ATM by Art. 20]
Persons, businesses, corporations, pawnbrokers, dealers who
store (hereinafter referred to as "dealer"), keep for sale, deal,
accept, sell, barter, in gold, silver, precious metals, junk or other
secondhand articles shall obtain a license therefor from the Board
of Selectmen and shall register with the Norton Police Department.
Applicants shall provide the name of the business, owner, and store
manager, if different; business address and residential addresses
of the owner and store manager; business and personal phone numbers,
e-mail addresses and other relevant contact information for the owner
and manager; and specify the proposed type of business.
As used in this bylaw, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A cut or uncut and polished or unpolished precious stone
or pearl, including but not limited to diamond, opal, ruby, sapphire,
emerald, pearl, amethyst, aquamarine, peridot and cat's eye.
Includes gold, silver, sterling silver, platinum, palladium
and rhodium.
A.
Any dealer of the matters listed in § 120-4 shall keep a legibly written record in the English language of every purchase or pawn transaction involving used precious metals made by such dealer, which shall contain the following information:
(1)
An account or description, including all distinguishing marks and/or
identifying numbers, of said jewelry, precious metals or precious
metal items purchased;
(2)
The amount of money paid for such items, the time and date of purchase;
and
(3)
The name and address of the person selling such item(s).
B.
Every such dealer shall furnish a correct record of such transactions,
containing all such information, once a week (or more often if desired
by the business owner) to the Chief of Police or his designee. The
preferred method of submission shall be determined by the Chief of
Police.
A.
Any dealer shall require any person selling or otherwise providing to such dealer any of the items described in § 120-4, except clothes and furniture (hereinafter referred to as "seller"), to provide: a photocopy of the seller's driver's license or photo identification card.
B.
Any dealer accepting goods from a seller shall:
(1)
Prepare a sales slip that contains a legibly written or printed description
of the material purchased, date of purchase, printed name and signature
of seller acknowledging that he/she legally owns the material offered
for sale; and
(2)
Photograph the material offered for sale and maintain a copy thereof
for the dealer's records.
Any police officer shall be afforded access to the business
to view the record book, sales slips, and photocopies of driver's
licenses at any time during regular business hours.
All precious metals or gems, junk or other secondhand articles
other than clothes and furniture regulated by this bylaw that are
purchased or pawned shall be held by the dealer for a minimum of 14
days unless said pawn transaction is earlier terminated with the repayment
pursuant to a pawn agreement.
The "purchase" and "sale" of covered goods does not include
retail transactions in which a retailer accepts from a customer covered
goods and, rather than providing funds in exchange, credits the value
of those goods to another purchase by the customer.
A.
Compliance
with this bylaw shall be monitored and enforced by the Norton Police
Department.
B.
Violations of any part of this bylaw shall be punished by a fine of $50 for each offense pursuant to Chapter 1, Article II, § 1-5, of the Town bylaws and MGL c. 40, § 21D. In addition to any other remedies available in law or in equity, the licensing authority may revoke, suspend or modify a license issued hereunder for any violation of the bylaw.
