[R.O. 2012 §615.010; CC 2007 §610.010; CC 1979
§51.010; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Chapter:
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells or collects
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.
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. "Junk" shall not include materials or objects held or used by a manufacturer
as an integral part of his/her own manufacturing processes.
A person who operates or intends to operate a junk yard,
as defined below, within the City.
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 an act or acts are to be used for charity.
[R.O. 2012 §615.020; CC 2007 §610.020; CC 1979
§51.020; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer
in the City of Pierce City, whether personally, by agents or employees,
singly, or along with some other business or enterprise. It shall
likewise be unlawful for any person or entity to establish, maintain
and/or operate a junk yard within the City limits of Pierce City,
Missouri.
[R.O. 2012 §615.030; CC 2007 §610.030; CC 1979
§51.030; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
It shall be lawful for a person to operate as an itinerant junk
dealer within the City, provided that said person has first obtained
a license therefor from the City Clerk and provided that said licensee
operates in conformance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2012 §615.040; CC 2007 §610.040; CC 1979
§51.040; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
A.
An
applicant for a 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.
1.
Said application shall include the itinerant junk dealer's name,
residence, address, telephone number and such other information as
the City Clerk may reasonably require on said written application
form.
2.
License fees. 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.
[R.O. 2012 §615.050; CC 2007 §610.050; CC 1979
§51.050; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
Upon receipt of an application for an itinerant 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 fees, and the filing
of the investigation report made by the Chief of Police, issue an
itinerant junk dealer's license to the applicant.
[R.O. 2012 §615.060; CC 2007 §610.060; CC 1979
§51.060; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §615.070; CC 2007 §610.070; CC 1979
§51.070; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §615.080; CC 2007 §610.080; CC 1979
§51.080; Ord. No. 3956 §§1
— 2, 5-11-1981]
A.
The
following general operating requirements shall apply to all itinerant
junk dealers licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
1.
The license issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be carried on the
person of the itinerant junk dealer whenever he/she is conducting
operations.
2.
All junk collected or purchased by said dealer shall be disposed
of or stored at some location other than within the City limits of
Pierce City, Missouri.
3.
All vehicles employed in the collection, transfer or purchasing of
junk shall be kept in a neat and orderly appearance and all contents
thereof shall be covered or restrained in order to prevent their loss
upon the public or private lands, streets, alleys or ways of said
City.
