[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Quincy 5-17-1993 as Ch. 5.24 of the 1993 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall collect, deal in or keep a shop for the purchase,
sale or barter of junk, old metals or secondhand articles or keep
or store the same in any building or place within the limits of the
City without a license from the Board of Licensing Commissioners.
[Amended by Order No. 95-084]
A.
The Board of Licensing Commissioners may license suitable persons
to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter
of junk, old metals or secondhand articles at such places within the
City as may be designated in such licenses, under such conditions
and restrictions as are prescribed in this article, which shall be
incorporated in every such license.
B.
Such license shall continue in force until the first day of May then
next ensuing unless sooner revoked, provided that such license may
be granted in April to take effect on the first day of May next ensuing.
The licensee shall pay to the City Clerk for the license, for the
use of the City, $50.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep a record of every
license granted under the provisions of this article.
A.
Dealings with minors. No keeper of a shop as described in § 189-1 shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles of a minor knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
B.
Sales restrictions; hours. No article purchased or received shall be sold or altered in appearance, form or substance until a period of at least 30 days from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed. No such shopkeeper shall have his shop open for the transaction of business nor shall he purchase any of the articles mentioned in the following section except between sunrise and 9:00 p.m. No person so engaged as a dealer in or a keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or secondhand articles, licensed as required in § 189-1, shall keep, store or deposit such junk, metals or secondhand articles other than in a covered building devoted to that purpose.
C.
Report to Chief of Police. Every such shopkeeper shall make out and deliver to the Chief of Police every day, Sundays and holidays excepted, before the hour of 10:00 a.m., a legible and correct list containing an accurate description of all articles purchased during the preceding business day, the prices paid therefor, the time when such articles were purchased and the respective numbers of such articles as provided for in § 189-5.
A.
Every keeper of a shop licensed as provided in this article shall
keep a book in which shall be written in English, at the time of every
purchase, a description of the junk, old metal or secondhand articles
so purchased and the name, age and residence of the person from whom,
and the day and hour when, such purchase was made.
B.
Every such shopkeeper shall, at the time of making any purchase,
attach a number to each article bought and shall make entry of such
number in the book. Such book shall at all times be open for the inspection
of the Mayor, Chief of Police, any member of the police force, any
member of the Board of Licensing Commissioners and by any person authorized
by the Board of Licensing Commissioners.
Every keeper of a shop as described in § 189-1 shall put in some suitable and conspicuous place on his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters. Such shops, and all articles therein, may at all times be examined by the Mayor, Chief of Police, any member of the police force, any member of the Board of Licensing Commissioners and by any person authorized by the Board of Licensing Commissioners.
Every keeper of a junk shop shall have on his premises scales
capable of weighing at least 250 pounds. Said scales shall be annually
tested and sealed.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
Whoever, not being licensed as required by § 189-1, keeps a junk shop or is a junk dealer in any place or manner other than that designated in his license, or after notice to him that his license has been revoked, or whoever violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his license shall be subject to a fine of $20.
[Amended by Order No. 95-084]
The Board of Licensing Commissioners may license suitable persons
to drive wagons or other conveyances for the collection of junk, old
metals, rags or secondhand articles, under such conditions and restrictions
as are prescribed in this article, which shall be incorporated in
every such license. Such license shall continue in force until the
first day of May then next ensuing unless sooner revoked, provided
that such license may be granted in April to take effect on the first
day of May next ensuing. The licensee shall pay to the City Clerk
for the license, for the use of the City, $100.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep a record of every
license granted under the provisions of this article.
A.
Information to be displayed; driver designation. Every such wagon or other conveyance as set out in § 189-9 shall bear conspicuously the owner's name and the number of the license printed on a metal plate on the outside and on each side. Each driver of a licensed junk wagon or other conveyance shall wear upon an outer garment a metal badge, upon which shall appear in figures not less than one inch square the number of his license, such metal plate and badge to be furnished by the Chief of Police at the expense of the licensee. Every license shall designate the person employed to drive such vehicle. Such driver shall not be changed without the consent of the Board of Licensing Commissioners and record of such change made in the office of the City Clerk.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
B.
Dealings with minors. No driver of such wagon or conveyance shall, directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles described in § 189-9 of a minor knowing or having reason to believe him to be such.
C.
Hours of operation. No such driver shall purchase any of the aforesaid
articles except on weekdays between sunrise and sunset.
Every driver of a wagon or other conveyance used for the collection
of junk, old metals, rags or secondhand articles shall have on said
wagon or conveyance scales capable of weighing at least 50 pounds.
Said scales shall be annually tested and sealed.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
Whoever, not being licensed as required by § 189-9, collects junk, old metal, rags or secondhand articles, or after notice to him that his license has been revoked, and whoever violates any rule, regulation or restriction contained in his license shall be subject to a fine of $20.
