No person within the Village shall keep, conduct or maintain
any building, structure, yard or place for keeping, storing, or piling
in commercial quantities, whether temporarily, irregularly or continually,
or for the buying or selling at retail or wholesale or dealing in
any old, used, or secondhand materials of any kind. This includes
cloth, rags, clothing, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron, brass,
copper or other metal, furniture, used motor vehicles or the parts
thereof, or other article which from its worn condition renders it
practically useless for the purpose for which it was made and which
is commonly classed as "junk," whether with a fixed place of business
or as an itinerant peddler, without first having obtained and paid
for a license as provided in this article. One carrying on such business
shall be referred to as a "junk dealer."
No license shall be required for the storage of wrecked motor
vehicles stored within service garages and filling stations or on
any service garage or filling station site, provided that only three
wrecked vehicles may be stored on such premises at any one time for
a period not exceeding 14 calendar days.
Application for such license shall be made to the Village Clerk
on a form provided by the Village Clerk or designee.
The license fee shall be as set by the Village Board from time
to time or any fraction thereof per year; such year will commence
on July 1 and end on June 30. In addition, there shall be an investigation
and inspection fee as set by the Board from time to time for the initial
license.
The Village Clerk or designee shall report such application
to the Washington County Sheriff's Deputy or Village law enforcement
officer and the Building Inspector, who shall inspect or cause to
be inspected such premises to determine whether it complies with all
laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations. Such premises and all structures
thereon shall be so situated and constructed that the business of
junk dealer may be carried on in a sanitary manner, shall contain
no fire hazards, and shall be arranged so that thorough inspection
may be made at any time by the proper health, fire, building and police
authorities.
The application shall first be submitted to the Plan Commission
for a hearing to determine the suitability of the site for the business
proposed thereon. The Plan Commission may recommend conditions for
granting the license.
The application, together with the recommendation of the Plan
Commission, shall be referred to the Village Board, which may grant,
grant with conditions, or deny the license.
Upon complaint being made, in writing, by any three residents
or any official of the Village to the Village Board that any licensee
under this article has violated any of the provisions of this article,
the Board shall summon such licensee to appear before it at the time
specified in the summons, which shall be not less than three days
after the date of the service thereof, to show cause why his license
shall not be revoked or suspended. The Board shall thereupon proceed
to hear the matter and, if it finds that the allegations of such complaint
are true, may revoke or suspend the license of such person. The provisions
of this section shall not be effective unless the licensee has received
notice from the Building Inspector that a complaint has been filed
with the Board as to the operation of his premises and such licensee
has been given a reasonable time to correct the condition complained
of or to otherwise satisfy such complaint.
