This article shall apply to every person who shall be engaged in the business as a junk dealer or secondhand dealer as hereinafter defined.
As used in this article, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK DEALER
A. 
Every person who shall go with or without a vehicle from house to house, or place to place, buying, offering to buy, collecting or gathering any of the articles enumerated in § 87-24; and/or
B. 
Every person who shall carry on the business of buying, selling, or storing or processing any of the articles enumerated in § 87-24 at an established place of business, shall be deemed to be a junk dealer.
C. 
Exception. Any person who shall engage in the business of buying or selling old metal only shall not be subject to the provisions of this article but shall be subject to the provisions of Article 6 of the General Business Law.
SECONDHAND DEALER
Any person who shall conduct what is known as a "secondhand store" or carry on the business of dealing in, purchasing or selling secondhand articles of any kind except motor vehicles.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, engage in or carry on the business of junk dealer or otherwise engage in or carry on the business of collecting, buying, selling or otherwise dealing in junk, junked motor vehicles, rags, old rope, bottles, bones, old carton boxes, paper, rubber, or any other worn or damaged article or thing no longer suitable for which it was originally manufactured, except old metal, without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
No person shall, within the limits of the City, engage or carry on the business of secondhand dealer, without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Fees. The fees for licenses under this article shall be as follows:
(1) 
For carrying on the business of junk dealer: $250 per year.
[Amended 3-20-2006]
(2) 
For carrying on the business of secondhand dealer: $10 per year.
B. 
Expiration. All licenses issued pursuant to this article shall expire on December 31 of each year.
Each applicant for a license to do business under the provisions of this article shall file with the City Clerk a written statement setting forth the following information:
A. 
A description of the character of business in which the applicant desires to engage.
B. 
The kind of material which he or she desires to collect, keep or store.
C. 
The proper designation by street and number or other accurate description of the place where such business is to be conducted.
D. 
Such other information as required by the City Clerk.
A. 
Only one license required. No person shall be required to have more than one license for the privilege of doing business as a junk dealer or a secondhand dealer.
B. 
License to be carried on person; exception. Every person licensed to do business under the provisions of this article, except a person having a place of business in the City, shall carry upon his or her person the license issued by the City Clerk while engaged in business.
C. 
More than one place of business prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of junk dealer or secondhand dealer to have more than one place of business within the City.
D. 
Peace and quiet. No person shall conduct or carry on any business described in this article in such a manner as to unduly disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
E. 
Condition of premises. All premises used for any business described in this article shall at all times be kept in a clean and wholesome condition and shall be in full compliance with all local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the City.
F. 
Materials, merchandise not to be sorted in streets, yards. Materials and merchandise used in the conduct of a junkyard or secondhand store shall not be sorted in the street or in any open yard.
G. 
Storage of materials, merchandise. All materials and merchandise used in the conduct of a business licensed under the provisions of this article shall be kept within a building or fenced enclosure of not more than or less than seven feet in height.
H. 
Purchases from minors. It shall be unlawful for any person carrying on the business licensed under this article to purchase from any person under the age of 18 years materials of any character.
I. 
Sale of articles subjected to contagious disease. It shall be unlawful for any person to improperly expose or offer for sale any bedding, clothing, household furniture or any other article which has been subjected to any contagious or infectious disease, until properly disinfected and fumigated.
J. 
Reports to Police Division. Every person engaged in the business of dealing in, purchasing or selling secondhand articles shall before 10:00 a.m. of each business day report to the Commanding Officer of the Police Division on blank forms to be furnished by the Police Division, a description of all articles bought upon the premises where such business is carried on upon the business day immediately preceding, and the name, residence and description of the person selling the same.
K. 
List of lost or stolen articles. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to furnish daily to every person engaged in the business of buying and dealing at retail, secondhand articles of any kind under licenses as herein provided, a list of all articles reported to the Police Division as lost or stolen.