[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 1]
Any discarded material or article such as is not ordinarily
disposed of as rubbish or refuse, and shall include, but not be limited
to, scrap metal and scrapped motor vehicles, and shall not include
any garbage or other organic waste, or any paper, rubbish, rags or
other flammable article or material.
Any person, as hereinafter defined, who shall engage in the
business of selling, buying and dealing in junk.
Any natural person, partnership, firm or corporation.
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In this Part, the singular shall include the plural and the
masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
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[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 2; as amended by A.O.]
No person shall engage in business as a junk dealer in the Township
of Stroud without first having obtained a license from the Township
Supervisors, for which license the fee shall be in an amount as established,
from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors, for
each and every calendar year, such fee to be for the use of the Township.
Such license shall be renewed annually on or before the 1st day of
January of each year. Provided: in any case where a junk dealer's
business shall be established in the Township on or after the 1st
of July in any year, the license fee payable by such junk dealer for
the remainder of such year shall be at 1/2 the yearly rate.
[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 3]
The license provided for in § 13-102 of this Part shall be issued by the Township after application shall have been made therefor by the person desiring to be licensed. Such license shall state the name of the person to whom such license is issued and the premises from which such business is to be conducted. Such license shall be posted conspicuously upon the premises licensed thereunder. The name of the licensed junk dealer and the number of the license under which he operates shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the outside of every vehicle used for business purposes by such dealer.
[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 4]
No person licensed under this Part shall, by virtue of one license,
keep more than one place of business within the Township of Stroud
for the purpose of buying, selling and dealing in junk. Nor shall
any such person engage in business as a junk dealer in any place other
than the place designated upon his license. Nor shall any such person,
or any other person, operate upon any of the streets of the Township,
whether from a vehicle or upon foot, as a scavenger or an itinerant
buyer or seller of junk.
[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 5; as amended by A.O.]
No license issued under this Part shall be transferable from
one person to another person except when the ownership of a licensed
premises shall change. In any such case the new owner shall apply
for a transfer of such license to him and shall pay a transfer fee
in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the
Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 6]
1.
Every junk dealer licensed under this Part shall constantly maintain
the licensed premises in the manner prescribed by this section, as
follows:
A.
Such premises shall at all times be maintained so as not to constitute
a nuisance or a menace to the health of the community or of residents
nearby or a place for the breeding of rodents and vermin.
B.
No garbage of other organic waste, and no paper, rubbish, rags or
other flammable articles or materials shall be stored in such premises.
C.
Whenever any motor vehicle shall be received in such premises as
junk, all gasoline and oil shall be drained and removed therefrom,
and none shall be permitted to remain upon the premises.
D.
The manner of storage and arrangement of junk, and the drainage facilities
of the premises shall be such as to prevent the accumulation of stagnant
water upon the premises, and to facilitate access for the firefighting
purposes.
E.
Such premises shall not be open for business nor shall any work be
done therein in connection with the storage, processing and transporting
or removal of junk at any time on the first day of the week, commonly
called Sunday, or on any other day of the week before 7:00 a.m. or
after 6:00 p.m.
F.
No junkyard shall be established in any area in said Township without
the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
G.
No junkyard shall be established in said Township of Stroud unless
a post appearing closed board or closed metal fence be located high
enough to exclude the view of said junkyard from the general or traveling
public in the said Township.
[Ord. 40, 5/6/1959, § 9; as amended by A.O.]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
