[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough of Darby 11-5-1934, over the veto of the Burgess, by Ord. No. 298. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Automobile graveyards — See Ch. 47.
Peddling and soliciting — See Ch. 106.
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.