No persons shall engage in what is commonly called "junk business" or shall keep or maintain what is commonly called a "junk shop" or "junkyard" or be what is commonly known as a "junk dealer" in the City unless a license shall have been granted therefor by the City Council.
(Ord. 12-004)
No license shall be granted to a junk dealer or for a junk shop or junkyard or to carry on the junk business in the City unless the licensee shall be a person of good moral character nor unless the licensee shall pay therefor a license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month on the first day of each calendar month nor unless the junk shop or junkyard or junk business shall be carried on at a place to be designated by the City Council and in accordance with regulations established therefor.
(Ord. 12-004)
The City Council shall not designate any place in the City for the maintenance of a junk shop or junkyard or the carrying on of a junk business unless all persons owning dwelling houses within a distance of five hundred (500) feet of the place consent to the maintenance of the junk shop or junkyard or the carrying on of the junk business at such place.
(Ord. 13-004 § 2; Ord. 12-004)
Every article received by a junk dealer in the junk business shall be kept and not be resold, melted down, or altered or repaired for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt thereof; provided, however, that if such article is inspected by an officer of the law during the thirty (30) days and the officer shall issue a written permit for the sale of the article, the article may thereafter be sold or otherwise disposed of.
(Ord. 12-004)