[CC 1985 § 6-23; 1977 Code]
As used in this Chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
BUSINESS PREMISES or PREMISES
The area of a junkyard 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 junkyard 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 junkyard, as defined below, within
the City.
JUNKYARD
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 act or acts are to be used for charity.
[CC 1985 § 6-24; 1977 Code]
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 1985 § 6-25; 1977 Code]
A. An applicant for 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.
B. Said application shall include the junk
dealer or itinerant junk dealer's name, residence address, and telephone
number of applicant; the exact address or location of the place where
the business is or is proposed to be carried on; and such other information
as the City Clerk may reasonably require.
[CC 1985 § 6-26; 1977 Code]
A. 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.
B. 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 1985 § 6-27; 1977 Code]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as set forth in Section
605.030.
[CC 1985 § 6-28; 1977 Code]
All licenses issued under the provisions
of this Chapter shall expire on the 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.
[CC 1985 § 6-29; 1977 Code]
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.