No person, firm, association or corporation shall engage in
the business of buying or selling junk, rubber, rags, rope, scrap
iron, brass, lead, copper or other materials, commonly known as the
business of a "junk dealer," within the Borough of Darby, without
having first obtained a license from the Borough Secretary as hereinafter
provided.
Upon application made in a form prescribed by the Borough Council
and upon payment of the license fee hereinafter prescribed, the Borough
Secretary shall issue a license for the calendar year in which it
shall be issued, to any person, firm, association or corporation to
engage in the business of buying or selling junk, rubber, rags, rope,
scrap iron, brass, lead, copper or other materials, commonly known
as the business of a "junk dealer." Each such license shall set forth
such conditions as shall be prescribed by the Borough Council for
the conduct of such business and may be revoked by order of said Borough
Council at any time if there shall have been committed any breach
of such conditions or any of them, and in the event of such revocation
of any such license, no portion of the license fee paid therefor shall
be refunded.
[Amended 3-6-1972 by Ord.
No. 524, approved 3-6-1972; 6-1-1977 by Ord. No.
573, approved 6-1-1977]
The license fee to be paid under this chapter shall be $250
per annum for each and every license issued by the Borough Secretary,
which license fee shall be payable to the Borough Secretary on or
before March 4 of any year in which the license is to be issued before
July 1, or by July 31 for any license that is issued subsequent to
the first day of July in any year.
[Amended 3-6-1972 by Ord.
No. 524, approved 3-6-1972; 3-5-1975 by Ord. No.
557, approved 3-5-1975]
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more
than $300 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default of payment
of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail for a
term of not more than 30 days. The continuation of such violation
for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the
person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of the violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.