For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions are hereby
established:
JUNK
Any secondhand, discarded or unused waste material of any type that
has outlived its usefulness for its original purpose, including iron, metals,
glass, paper, motor vehicles or parts thereof or accessories thereof, such
as auto bodies and the like, and all other materials commonly or generally
known as "junk" in the ordinary meaning of the word, acquired or collected
for commercial purposes, including specifically parts and portions of automobiles
and discarded automobiles and automobile bodies.
JUNK SHOP
Any building within the Township of Deerfield in which junk is stored,
placed, sold or purchased for commercial purposes within the provisions of
this chapter.
JUNKYARD
Any lands or parcels thereof on which junk is collected or placed
or stored for commercial purposes or for any remuneration whatever.
LICENSED PREMISES
Any land or building, or both, whereon a junkyard is maintained under
license hereunder, or any junk shop which is licensed or any premises for
which a license is issued to a junk dealer under the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 7-15-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-3]
No person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation shall engage
in the business of keeping or maintaining a junk shop, junkyard or similar
space or place, whether enclosed or otherwise, in the Township of Deerfield,
for the purpose of buying and selling, exchanging or storing old rags, bedding,
bones, metals, bottles, glassware, tinware, paper, lumber, plumbing fixtures,
motor vehicles or parts thereof or other used material commonly called "junk,"
without being licensed for that purpose under the terms of this chapter.
The initial license fee shall be $50 per year or any fraction thereof,
and thereafter the renewal license fee shall be $50 per year or any fraction
thereof. All licenses shall expire December 31 of the year in which the license
is issued.
In the event the premises to be licensed face any public street or are
exposed to public view, any part of such premises which faces a public street
or is exposed to public view shall be enclosed with a solid fence at least
seven feet in height, which fence shall have no advertisements placed thereon;
provided that an application may be approved conditioned upon the erection
of such a fence, but no license shall be issued or effective until the applicant
has complied with this condition. There shall be no advertisements allowed
nor any description or writing on the fence except the owner's name and description
of the character of his business, and such description and writing shall not
exceed an area of six square feet.
A license issued under this chapter shall authorize the licensee to conduct said business only at the place or location specified in the license, and no license shall be transferred to any other location in the Township. A license issued hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable to any other person, partnership, firm or corporation except upon application in accordance with the provisions of §
116-3A and
B of this chapter; provided, however, that for the purpose of transfer or assignment, no notice to property owners is required.
In addition to or in lieu of the suspension or revocation of the license,
any person, partnership, firm or corporation violating this chapter shall,
upon conviction in the Municipal Court, be liable to pay a fine not exceeding
$500 or be committed to the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or both.