[CC 1974 §51.010]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Chapter:
BUSINESS PREMISES OR PREMISES
The area of a junk yard as described in a junk dealer's license
or application for license as provided that in this Chapter.
ITINERANT JUNK DEALER
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects
or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment within
the City, but who is not an operator of a junk yard within the City
or an employee of such an operator.
JUNK
Any old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base
metals; old cordage, ropes, rags, fibers or fabrics; old rubber; old
bottles or other glass; bones; waste paper and other waste or discarded
material which might be prepared to be used again in some form; and
any or all of the foregoing; and motor vehicles, no longer used as
such, to be used for scrap metal or stripping of parts; but "junk" shall not include materials or objects accumulated
by a person as by-products, waste or scraps from the operation of
his/her own business or materials or objects held and used by a manufacturer
as an integral part of his/her own manufacturing processes.
JUNK DEALER
A person who operates a junk yard, as defined above, within
the City.
JUNK YARD
A yard, lot or place, covered or uncovered, outdoors or in
an enclosed building, containing junk, as defined above, upon which
occurs one (1) or more acts of buying, keeping, dismantling, processing,
selling or offering for sale any such junk, in whole units or by parts,
for a business or commercial purpose, whether or not the proceeds
from such act or acts are to be used for charity.
[CC 1974 §51.020; Ord. No. 4732 §21, 11-4-2013]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer
or itinerant junk dealer in the City, whether personally, by agents
or employees, singly or along with some other business or enterprise,
without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1974 §51.030; Ord. No. 4732 §22, 11-4-2013]
An applicant for license under this Chapter shall file with
the City Clerk a written application upon forms provided by the City
Clerk and pay a fee as hereinafter prescribed. Said application shall
include the junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer's name, residence
address and telephone number of applicant; the exact address or location
of the place where the business is or is proposed to be carried on;
and such other information as the City Clerk may reasonably require.
[CC 1974 §51.040; Ord. No. 4732 §23, 11-4-2013]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as
established from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen
and on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[CC 1974 §51.050; Ord. No. 4732 §24, 11-4-2013]
Upon receipt of an application for a junk dealer's license as
provided for herein, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation
to be made of the applicant's business responsibility and moral character.
If the findings of said investigation are favorable to the applicant,
the City Clerk shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of the
application and payment of the fee issue a junk dealer's license to
the applicant.
[CC 1974 §51.060]
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or
assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one to whom
it was issued.
[CC 1974 §51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on the thirty-first (31st) day of December following the issuance
thereof. For a partial year license, the fee shall be prorated quarterly.
No license fee shall be returned to the holder upon sale, transfer
or dissolution of the business for which the license was issued.
[CC 1974 §51.090]
Section
625.080 shall not apply to the operation of junk yards outside of the City limits, even though the owner thereof be licensed in accordance with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 3394 §1(51.100), 6-20-1988]
Solely, the two (2) junk yards licensed for operation at the
adoption of Ordinance No. 3394 (June 20, 1988) shall be authorized.
If either junk yard should discontinue operation for a period of at
least six (6) months, no new license shall be issued for junk yard
operation within the City limits of Dexter.