[CC 1977 §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 for 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; wastepaper 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 below, 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 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 1977 §51.020]
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 1977 §51.040]
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 1977 §51.050]
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 1977 §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 1977 §51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June following the issuance
thereof. For a partial year license, the fee shall be pro-rated 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 1977 §51.090]
Section 615.80 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.
[CC 1977 §51.100]
All junk yards in violation of this Chapter are hereby declared
to be public nuisances. However, to allow flexibility and prevent
undue hardship, the Board of Aldermen may consent to a schedule by
which non-conforming junk yards existing as of January 1, 1975, are
brought in compliance within two (2) years, with one-quarter (¼)
of the work required for compliance done each six (6) months.