[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:
JUNK
Waste paper, rags, old metal and other material commonly known as junk.
JUNK DEALER
A person who engages in the business of operating a junkyard in the Village.
JUNKYARD and SALVAGE YARD
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.
SALVAGE DEALER
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.
VEHICLE
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.