[Code 1993, § 12.09(1)]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Waste paper, rags, old metal and other material commonly
known as junk.
A person who engages in the business of operating a junkyard
in the Village.
Any open or enclosed yard, or any building or other structure,
or any combination thereof, where junk is collected, stored or processed
or where the business of dealing in, breaking up or storing dismantled
or salvaged motor vehicles is conducted.
A person licensed by the state department of transportation
under the provisions of Wis. Stats., Subch. VII of Ch. 218 (Wis. Stats.
§ 218.20 et seq.), to carry on or conduct the business of
wrecking, processing, scrapping, recycling or dismantling of motor
vehicles, or selling parts thereof, or to purchase motor vehicles
for resale for such purposes.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is, or may be, transported or drawn, except a cart propelled by human
energy.
[Code 1993, § 12.09(2)]
(a)
Application. No person shall engage in the business of junk dealer
or salvage dealer in the Village without obtaining a license from
the Village Board. Application for such license shall be made, in
writing, to the Village Board, and shall include the name under which
the applicant is transacting business within the Village; the place
where the business is to be conducted, which must be an established
place of business; if the applicant is a sole proprietorship, the
personal name and address of the applicant; if the applicant is a
partnership, the name and address of each partner; if the applicant
is a corporation, the names and addresses of the corporation's principal
officers; and such other pertinent information as may be required
by the Village Board for the purpose of determining the eligibility
of the applicant to be licensed. Applications for renewal of licenses
shall be filed in the same manner as applications for an original
license.
(b)
Transferability. No license issued under the provisions of this article
shall be transferable either as to person or location.
(c)
Denial. The Village Board may deny any application for a junk dealer's
or salvage dealer's license when, in the discretion of the Village
Board, the location or operation, or both, of such business or yard
will be detrimental to the public health, sanitation or welfare, or
if such application is not accompanied by a petition requesting the
issuance of such license and signed by the owners of at least two-thirds
of all land, exclusive of streets, alleys, highways and public lands,
within a distance of 1,000 feet from any point on any exterior boundary
line of such proposed junkyard or salvage yard.
[Code 1993, § 12.09(3)]
(a)
Every license issued under this article shall be posted in a conspicuous
place at the business or yard designated in such license, and the
license shall not be removed or defaced in any manner as long as it
is in force.
(b)
At the time of issuing a license under the provisions of this article,
the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue an appropriate license plate for each
vehicle operated by such licensee covered by such license, and such
license plate shall be securely fastened on the outside of each such
vehicle and remain thereon while the license covering the vehicle
is in force. No person shall remove or deface any such license plate.
[Code 1993, § 12.09(4)]
(a)
No purchase of any junk shall be made by any person to whom a license
is issued under this article from any minor, without the written consent
of the parent or guardian of such minor, which written consent shall
be kept on file with the records of such licensee.
(b)
Every person to whom a license is issued under the provisions of
this article shall keep and maintain complete and accurate records
of all purchases of junk.
(c)
By acceptance of any such license, the holder thereof agrees that
any official of the Village may inspect any junkyard or vehicle owned
or operated by such license holder for the collection of junk and
may inspect all records of purchases of junk made by him.
[Code 1993, § 12.09(5)]
(a)
Hours of collections. No junk shall be collected by any person to
whom a license is issued under this article between the hours of 8:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day or at any hour on Sunday.
(b)
Operation of machinery. No junk or salvage dealer shall operate,
cause to be operated, or permit to be operated any machinery in any
junkyard between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following
day or at any hour on Sunday unless written permission to do so has
been obtained from the Village Board.
(c)
Enclosures. Every junkyard or salvage yard shall be enclosed in such
manner as the Village Board may order, in writing, at any time before
or after the issuance of a license under this article for such junkyard
or salvage yard, and which enclosure, in the discretion of the Village
Board, is necessary to preserve the surrounding property from depreciation
or for other sufficient reason.
