No person shall own or operate a junkyard without
a license issued by the City Clerk.
Any person desiring a junkyard license shall
make written application to the Mayor through the City Clerk. Such
application shall contain his name, residence of the applicant, if
an individual, names of the partner or partners of a partnership,
if any, or names of the corporation and their principal officers and
place of business. Such application shall describe the character of
the business to be licensed. Such application shall also show where
the premises to be licensed is located, giving street and number and
exact area of land showing frontage, rear and depth lines in feet.
The application shall be signed and acknowledged before a notary public
or other officer authorized to administer oaths in the city.
[Amended 9-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-09; 11-20-2012 by Ord. No. 12-07]
A person desiring a license for a junkyard shall
pay to the City Clerk a fee that shall be established by resolution
of the Common Council. Such fee may thereafter be amended from time
to time by like resolution.
Upon the filing of the application as provided
herein and the payment of the required fee and upon approval of the
Mayor, the City Clerk shall issue to the applicant a junkyard license.
No license shall be issued to any person who shall have been convicted
of a felony or of knowingly receiving stolen goods.
A junkyard license shall expire on December
31 of each year unless sooner revoked.
Junkyard licenses shall be numbered in the order
in which they are issued and shall state the exact location of the
junkyard, the date of issuance and expiration of the license, and
the name and address of the licensee.
A junkyard license shall not be transferred
from one location to another or from one person to another.
After a hearing affording due process, the Mayor
may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to the provisions
of this article if its holder has violated any of the provisions of
this chapter. A person whose license has been suspended or revoked
may appeal such decision to the Common Council by requesting a hearing
before the Council. Such requests shall be made within 10 days after
receipt of notice of the action of the Mayor. The Council shall then
hear and decide the matter within a reasonable time.
