Every application for a license to engage in the business of junk dealer
shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public or other officer authorized
to administer oaths in the city.
Every junk dealer shall pay an annual license fee as specified in Chapter
169, License and Permits. All licenses shall be issued as of July 1 and shall continue in force until June 30 next succeeding the date of issuance thereof, unless sooner revoked. Applications shall be submitted to the office of the City Clerk no later than May 1 preceding the license renewal date.
Upon the filing of an application as provided in the preceding section, the Clerk shall, upon approval of such application by the Council and the payment to the city of the license fee, issue to the applicant a license to engage in the business as provided in §
162-1. All licenses shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued and shall state clearly the location of the junk business, the date of issuance and expiration of the license and the name and address of the licensee. The number of licenses to be issued is hereby limited to three.
A. Nonconforming use license. The restriction of the number
of licenses to three shall not apply to a nonconforming use license. Upon
application and approval, a nonconforming user license shall be issued to
a nonconforming use, and the face of such license shall indicate that the
license is for a nonconforming use.
B. Conforming user; waiver of license limitation. Any operator
of a junkyard which has been created prior to the passage of this chapter
and has continuously operated such junkyard since that time, and is located
within a zoning district permitting such use, shall comply with the provisions
of this section and shall apply for a license to operate such junkyard. The
limitation of junkyard licenses to three shall be waived when an operator
is classified under this section.
Every junk dealer licensee 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 upon premises other than those
mentioned in the application, or knowingly deface or destroy any such license.
Each vehicle kept or used by a junk dealer in the exercise of his or
her license shall be marked on both sides with his or her name, the street
and number of the place of business, the words "Junk Dealer" or "Auto Salvage
Dealer" or "Salvage Dealer" and "Franklin, Wisconsin," and the number corresponding
to the number of his or her license in plain letters and figures at least
two inches high and of such color as to be plainly read at a distance of 60
feet. Every licensed dealer shall have and keep a sign on the outside and
in the front of each of his or her or its places of business, on which shall
be clearly set forth in conspicuous letters his or her or its name, the words "Junk
Dealer" or "Auto Salvage" or "Salvage dealer" and the number corresponding
to the number of his or her or its license.
Every junk dealer's license shall designate the place of business in or from which the junk dealer shall be authorized to carry on such business. No licensee shall remove his or her or its place of business from the place designated in the license until a written permit has been secured from the city and the same shall have been endorsed upon the license. All signs required by §
162-8 shall be altered to contain the new address.
The Health Officer shall formulate reasonable rules and regulations
relating to the conduct of the business of junk dealing which shall protect
the health of the community. No junk dealer shall violate any such rule or
regulation.
No person shall knowingly buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or
have in his or her possession any motor vehicle, part or accessory from which
the manufacturer's serial number or any other number or identification
mark has been removed, defaced, covered or altered or destroyed for the purpose
of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of such vehicle, part or accessory.
Every person to whom is offered for sale, storage or wreckage any motor vehicle,
part or accessory from which has been removed, defaced, covered, altered or
destroyed the manufacturer's serial number or any other number or identification
mark shall immediately notify the Chief of Police of such offer.
If any goods, articles or things whatsoever shall be advertised in any
newspaper printed in the city as having been lost or stolen, and the same
or any answering the description advertised or any part or portion thereof
shall be or come into possession of any junk dealer or peddler, he or she
shall give information thereof, in writing, to the Chief of Police, and state
from whom the same was received. If any goods, articles or things whatsoever
shall be advertised in any newspaper printed in the city as having been lost
or stolen, and the same answering the description advertised or any part or
portion thereof shall be or come into possession of any junk dealer or peddler,
he or she shall give information thereof, in writing, to the Chief of Police,
and state from whom the same was received. Any junk dealer or peddler who
has or receives any goods, articles or things lost or stolen, or alleged or
supposed to have been lost or stolen, shall exhibit the same on demand to
any police officer or to the Mayor, Chief of Police or any magistrate or any
person duly authorized, in writing, by the Chief of Police, who shall exhibit
the authorization to the dealer or peddler.
In addition to the suspension or revocation of any license or permit granted under this chapter, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-19.