Application for a license to engage in the business of a junk
dealer shall be filed with the Building Inspector upon a form provided
by the Town and shall be signed by the applicant or applicants. Said
application shall state:
A. The names and residences of the applicants, if an individual, partnership,
or firm, or the names of the principal officers and their residences
if the applicant is an association or corporation.
B. The length of time such applicant or applicants, if an individual,
firm or partnership, or the manager or person in charge, if the applicant
is a firm or corporation, has or have resided in the Town of Sheboygan,
his or their places of previous employment, whether married or single,
whether he or they or any of them have been convicted of a felony
or misdemeanor and, if so, what offense, when and in what court.
C. Whether the applicant or applicants or officers or manager of the
applicant have been employed by a junk dealer or have been a junk
dealer.
D. The detailed nature of the business to be conducted and the kind
of materials to be collected, bought, sold or otherwise handled.
E. The exact legal description and street address of the premises used
or to be used as a junkyard, and the zoning thereof.
Every application for a license to engage in the business of
junk dealer shall be executed and acknowledged before a notary public
or other officer authorized to administer oaths in the County of Sheboygan.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Each junk dealer shall pay an annual license fee as established
in the Town's current Fee Schedule, on file in the Town offices. All
licenses shall be issued as of July 1 and shall continue in force
until June 30 next succeeding the day of issuance thereof, unless
sooner revoked as provided by law.
Every holder of a junk dealer's license shall at all times keep
the license posted in a conspicuous place on the premises described
in the application for such license. No person shall post such license
or permit it to be posted upon any premises other than those mentioned
in the application, or knowingly deface or destroy the license.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Whenever a license shall be lost or destroyed, without fault
on the part of the holder or his agent or employee, a duplicate license
shall be issued by the Town Clerk upon the filing of an affidavit
setting forth the circumstances of the loss or destruction and upon
the payment of a fee as established in the Town's current Fee Schedule,
on file in the Town offices.
Every junk dealer's license shall designate the place of business
in or from which the junk dealer who received such license shall be
authorized to carry on such business. No licensee shall remove his
place of business from the place designated in the license until a
written permit has been secured from the Town and the same shall have
been endorsed upon the license. All licenses affected by such change
shall be altered to contain the new address.
The Building Inspector may formulate reasonable rules and regulations
relating to the conduct of the business of junk dealing, which shall
be designed to protect the health of the community. No junk dealer
shall violate any such rule or regulation.
Each licensed junk dealer shall furnish to any peace officer
of the Town, County of Sheboygan, or State of Wisconsin such information
as he may require to ascertain the names of the seller or sellers
of any junk or articles which have been purchased by the junk dealer.
Any person, firm, or corporation who, by himself or itself, or by his or its clerk, agent, or employee, shall conduct the business of a junk dealer as herein defined without the license required by this chapter, or shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter, or who, having had his, its, or their license revoked, shall continue as a junk dealer, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, of this Code. A separate violation shall be deemed committed on each day on which a violation of any provision of this chapter occurs or continues. In addition to the penalties imposed, the license of the person, persons, firm, association, partnership, or corporation violating the same shall be cancelled or revoked.