[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Wilkinsburg 7-31-1972 as Ch. XV, Part 4, of the 1972 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 260.
Fees — See Ch. A266.
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto:
JUNK
Scrap iron, lead, brass, copper and other metals, and rags and other used materials.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
No person shall engage in the trade or business of buying, selling and/or dealing in junk without first having obtained a license therefor from the Borough Secretary. No such license shall be issued for any junk dealer who proposes to commence business in the borough or to any junk dealer who proposes to commence business in a new location in the borough until the required zoning permit shall have been issued, stating that such business may lawfully be carried on in such location under the terms of Chapter 260, Zoning. No such license shall be issued in any instance until the premises shall have been inspected by the Building Inspector and the Bureau of Fire Prevention of the borough and approved thereby as being in conformity with building and fire prevention regulations of the borough.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 121, Building Construction, and Ch. 146, Fire Prevention.
If all requirements stated in § 169-2 shall have been complied with, the Borough Secretary shall issue the said license, upon payment by the applicant of a fee in an amount as shall be set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.[2] Such license shall be valid for the calendar year or for such portion thereof as shall remain after the first such license shall have been obtained. Thereafter, if any junk dealer shall desire to continue in business, the license shall be renewed annually, and the fee for renewal shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A266, Fees.
Every license issued under this chapter shall apply only to a single location in the borough, and no licensed junk dealer shall operate such business in more than one (1) location in the borough. Any licensed junk dealer may use more than one (1) vehicle for the collection of junk. No junk dealer licensed under this chapter shall receive or buy from any person or deal in bones or mattresses.
Every license issued under this chapter shall be granted upon the express condition that all junk and materials in which the license holder may deal shall at all times be kept inside the building or enclosure for which the license shall have been granted, except when loading and unloading from vehicles. When so loading and unloading, the street shall be kept clear at all times.
Every person holding a license under this chapter shall keep and retain on his or her premises, exposed to view, all scrap iron, brass, lead, copper or other metals received by him, in their original form, shape and condition, for a minimum period of forty-eight (48) hours, and shall not dispose of, reduce, change or alter such original form, shape or condition until such period shall have elapsed.
No person holding a license under this chapter shall receive or buy any junk from any minor or from any unknown or irresponsible person.
Every person holding a license under this chapter shall at all times maintain the premises for which such license shall have been issued in a sanitary condition.
All premises licensed under this chapter shall be accessible at all times to authorized representatives of the Borough Police Department for the purposes of examining, inquiring into and searching for any articles and materials which may be received and purchased under the provisions of this chapter.
[Added 11-30-1994 by Ord. No. 2472]
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $600 plus costs of prosecution and in default of payment thereof shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.
B. 
The Borough may institute proceedings under this section by the issuance of a "notice of violation letter," assessing a civil penalty ranging from $10 to $1,000 for each offense, and provide the parties in violation of said Code section the opportunity to abate the violation and pay said civil penalty in lieu of the institution of proceedings and the imposition of the other stated penalties set forth herein.
[Added 5-9-2012 by Ord. No. 2892]