For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
MOTOR VEHICLE
Automobiles, buses, trucks, motorcycles and any other motorized
vehicle.
MOTOR VEHICLE JUNK BUSINESS OR MOTOR VEHICLE JUNKYARD
Any business and any place of storage or deposit in the city
which displays, or in or upon which there is displayed or stored,
two (2) or more unregistered motor vehicles which, in the opinion
of the Director of the Finance Department, are unfit for reconditioning
for use for highway transportation, or used parts of motor vehicles
or material which has been a part of any motor vehicle, the sum of
which parts or material shall, in the opinion of the Director of the
Finance Department, be equal in bulk to two (2) or more motor vehicles.
PREMISES
Any building, open air plot of ground, yard, lot or parcel
of land within the city wherein used motor vehicles are dismantled
and used parts of motor vehicles are stored or offered for sale.
No person shall maintain, operate or conduct in or upon any
premises within the city a motor vehicle junk business or motor vehicle
junkyard without first obtaining a license therefor from the Director
of the Finance Department as provided in this Article, provided that
the provisions of this Article shall not affect or apply to those
persons maintaining, operating or conducting a junk shop or junkyard
in accordance with other provisions of this Article.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
The annual fee to be paid for a license under this Article shall be as provided in Chapter
88, Fees, and such license shall be for a term of one (1) year from the first day of January in each year, unless suspended or revoked prior to that time for cause by the City Council. The respective fees for any such license shall be prorated according to the effective date of such license and based on the respective annual fee as provided in this section.
All licenses granted pursuant to this Article may be revoked
or suspended at any time by the City Council if the licensee, his
servant, agent or employee fails to conform to the terms of this Article
or for the violation of any of the provisions of this Article or any
of the rules and regulations made by the City Council pertaining to
the maintenance and operation of motor vehicle junk businesses or
motor vehicle junkyards.
The City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to establish
from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary and
reasonable for the proper maintenance and operation of such motor
vehicle junk businesses or motor vehicle junkyards.
No licensee under this Article or his servant, agent or employee shall receive or purchase from any minor any articles, goods or things described in the definition of "motor vehicle junk business" in §
116-23.
No licensee under this Article or his servant, agent or employee
shall receive in the line of business while maintaining, operating
or conducting a motor vehicle junk business or motor vehicle junkyard
any article or thing described in this Article by way of pledge or
pawn; nor shall the licensee, his servant, agent or employee loan
or advance any sum of money on the security of any such article or
thing.
No used motor vehicle or part thereof shall be placed by a licensee
under this Article on the sidewalk, or any part thereof, nor shall
the licensee use the street or any part thereof for the storage, dismantling,
sale or offer for sale of any used motor vehicle or parts thereof.
No licensee under this Article or his servant, agent or employee,
in the carrying on of the trade or business of a motor vehicle junk
business or motor vehicle junkyard, shall cause to be burned or maintain
a fire for the purpose of burning within the licensed premises any
part of used motor vehicles, provided that this provision shall not
prohibit the use of acetylene torches in reconditioning or salvaging
any old motor vehicle or parts thereof.
The regulation of premises wherein used motor vehicles are dismantled
and the used parts of motor vehicles stored, offered for sale or sold
shall be under the control of the Police Department, and the enforcing
of the provisions of this Article shall be under the control and supervision
of the Police Department.
All licensed premises under this Article shall be subject to
inspection at all times by the members of the Police Department and
other representatives of the city.
[Added 5-18-1982 by Ord.
No. 16-82]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or both.