[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Barnegat 7-1-54. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall use, exercise or carry on the business or trade of a keeper of a junk shop, secondhand furniture business or secondhand merchandise of any kind, with the exception of a duly licensed automobile business, without being licensed for that purpose by the Township Clerk of the Township of Barnegat; nor shall any person carry on any such business at any house or place other than the one designated in such license; nor shall any person continue to carry on such business after such license has been revoked.
Every license which shall be granted to any keeper of a junk shop or other secondhand merchandise business shall designate the house, place or building in which the person receiving such license shall be authorized to carry on such business.
Any place, premises or building used for the purpose of sale of junk or secondhand merchandise shall be kept in such condition that its appearance shall not be unsightly and it shall not constitute a health or fire hazard.
It shall be the duty of the Township Building Inspector and the Chief of Police[1] of the Township of Barnegat to inspect such places of business and notify the Township Committee of the Township of Barnegat of any violations concerning health and fire hazard.
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Editor’s Note: See Ch. 15, Police Department.
[Amended 2-3-75 by Ord. No. 1975-2]
The fee for the license required by this ordinance shall be fifty dollars ($50.) per year. Such license shall expire on the 31st day of December next after issuance and shall be prorated.
Any license issued under the provisions of this ordinance may be suspended or revoked, after due notice of hearing by the Township Committee, for any violation of the provisions of this ordinance.
[Amended 9-2-71]
Any person or persons violating this ordinance or any section thereof shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.) for each and every offense or not more than ninety (90) days in the county jail, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Judge hearing said violation.
Each day any violation of this ordinance occurs shall constitute a separate offense.