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after such license has been revoked.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 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.
[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.