[CC 1979 §51.010]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Chapter:
The area of a junk yard as described in a junk dealer's license
or application for license as provided for in this Chapter.
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects
or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment within
the City, but who is not an operator of a junk yard within the City
or an employee of such an operator.
Any old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base
metals; old cordage, ropes, rags, fibers or fabrics; old rubber; old
bottles or other glass; bones; waste paper and other waste or discarded
material which might be prepared to be used again in some form; and
any or all of the foregoing; and motor vehicles, no longer used as
such, to be used for scrap metal or stripping of parts; but "junk" shall not include materials or objects accumulated
by a person as by-products, waste or scraps from the operation of
his/her own business or materials or objects held and used by a manufacturer
as an integral part of his/her own manufacturing processes.
A person who operates a junk yard, as defined above, within
the City.
A yard, lot or place covered or uncovered, outdoors or in
an enclosed building, containing junk as defined above, upon which
occurs one (1) or more acts of buying, keeping, dismantling, processing,
selling or offering for sale any such junk, in whole units or by parts,
for a business or commercial purpose, whether or not the proceeds
from such act or acts are to be used for charity.
[CC 1979 §51.020]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer
or itinerant junk dealer in the City, whether personally, by agents
or employees, singly, or along with some other business or enterprise,
without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1979 §51.030]
An applicant for license under this Chapter shall file with
the City Clerk a written application upon forms provided by the City
Clerk and pay a fee as hereinafter prescribed. Said application shall
include the junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer's name, residence
address, and telephone number of applicant; the exact address or location
of the place where the business is or is proposed to be carried on;
and such other information as the City Clerk may reasonably require.
[CC 1979 §51.040]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as established from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen and set out in Section 160.270 of this Code.
[CC 1979 §51.050]
Upon receipt of an application for a junk dealer's license as
provided for herein, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation
to be made of the applicant's business responsibility and moral character.
If the findings of said investigation are favorable to the applicant,
the City Clerk shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of the
application and payment of the fee issue a junk dealer's license to
the applicant.
[CC 1979 §51.060]
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or
assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one to whom
it was issued.
[CC 1979 §51.080]
A.
The following
general operating requirements shall apply to all junk dealers licensed
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter:
1.
The
license issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be plainly displayed
on the business premises.
2.
The
junk yard, together with things kept therein, shall at all times be
maintained in a sanitary condition.
3.
No space
not covered by the license shall be used in the licensed business.
4.
No water
shall be allowed to stand in any place on the premises in such manner
as to afford a breeding place for mosquitoes.
5.
Weeds
and vegetation on the premises, other than trees, shall be kept at
a height of not more than ten (10) inches.
6.
No garbage
or other waste liable to give off a foul odor or attract vermin shall
be kept on the premises; nor shall any refuse of any kind be kept
on the premises, unless such refuse is junk as described herein and
is in use in the licensed business.
7.
No junk
shall be allowed to rest upon or protrude over any public property,
street, alley, walkway or curb or become scattered or blown off the
business premises.
8.
Junk
shall be stored in piles not exceeding eight (8) feet in height and
shall be arranged so as to permit easy access to all such junk for
fire-fighting purposes.
9.
No combustible
material of any kind not necessary or beneficial to the licensed business
shall be kept on the premises; nor shall the premises be allowed to
become a fire hazard.
10.
Gasoline
and oil shall be removed from any scrapped engines or vehicles on
the premises.
11.
No
junk or other material shall be burned on the premises in any incinerator
not meeting the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department, which
approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
12.
No
noisy processing of junk or other noisy activity shall be carried
on in connection with the licensed business on Sunday, Christmas,
Thanksgiving, or at any time between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 7:00
A.M.
13.
The
area on the premises where junk is kept (other than indoors) shall
be enclosed, except for entrances and exits, with a solid vertical
wall or fence of a minimum height of eight (8) feet measured from
ground level as approved by the Board of Aldermen. Entrances and exits
shall not be wider or more numerous than reasonably necessary for
the conduct of the licensed business.