[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Ch. 80 of the 1982 Code]
No person shall engage in the business of keeping, storing, buying,
selling or otherwise dealing in used or secondhand building materials in the
city without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided in this article.
The fee for a license issued under this article shall be $100.
The Health Officer of the city is authorized and directed, during reasonable
business hours, to make reasonably periodic and effective inspections of all
premises and buildings mentioned in this article for the purpose of ascertaining
that the business is being conducted on the licensed premises in accordance
with the provisions of this article.
All used or secondhand building material, before being placed, stored
or exposed for sale on any premises in the city, shall be thoroughly cleansed
of all roaches, bugs, vermin or other foreign matter likely to give off dangerous,
harmful or noxious odors or produce conditions harmful to the health of the
citizens in the vicinity of the premises upon which said used or secondhand
building materials are kept, stored or exposed for sale.
All used or secondhand bathtubs, lavatories, urinals, basins, boilers
or plumbing fixtures of like kind and description shall be kept, stored and
exposed for sale in a watertight building constructed with a suitable concrete,
brick or like foundation and floor, so as to prevent, so far as possible,
the harboring of rats, mice, roaches, bed bugs and vermin. All other building
materials or parts so designed or constructed as to catch and hold rainwater
shall be kept, stored and exposed for sale in a building of similar character.
No used or secondhand building materials shall be permitted to be piled
in such manner as to create a fire hazard or to furnish a place for the harboring
or breeding of rats, mice or vermin.
No used or secondhand building material of any kind shall be piled,
stacked or racked or otherwise placed upon said premises closer to the property
line than 20 feet. All used or secondhand building material shall be so piled,
stacked, racked or otherwise placed on said premises as to prevent injury
to persons lawfully passing along the sidewalk in front of said premises or
injury or damage to the adjoining premises or to persons lawfully using the
same, in the event that said piles, stacks, racks or building material otherwise
placed should fall or become dislodged.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
less than $100 nor more than $1,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding
90 days and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each day
such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
[Adopted 6-7-1982 by Ord.
No. 11-1982 as Art. VII of Ch. 188 of the 1982 Code]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days and/or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.