[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Mount
Holly 7-7-1980 as Sec. 13-9 of Ch. XIII of the Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Township Clerk is hereby authorized to grant licenses under his
hand and the Seal of the Township to so many and to such persons as the Clerk
shall deem proper, of good moral character and otherwise qualified according
to the provisions of this section to act in the capacity of junk dealers.
All licenses granted shall respectively state the purpose for which
the same shall be granted, the number of the license, the name of the person
or persons to whom the license is issued and the location of the place of
business or residence of the licensee. All licenses shall be renewed annually
on the first day of January or thereafter, as the case may be.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Any license or licenses above referred to may be suspended by the Township
Council whenever, in its judgment, it may be necessary for the furtherance
of good order so to do or on satisfactory cause appearing for so doing, and
during such suspension or after such license shall be revoked, in the discretion
of the Township Council, the same shall be inoperative and of no effect, and
any person who shall conduct such business mentioned in the preceding sections,
without a license or after a license has been suspended or revoked as aforesaid,
shall be in violation of this chapter.
All licenses granted hereunder shall be subject to such rules and regulations
as may be passed by the Township Council.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
The sum of $50 shall be charged for each junk dealer, with the privilege
of using one wagon or cart or other vehicle and an additional $5 for each
additional wagon or cart or other vehicle used by a licensee in accordance
with this section, the same to be paid to the Township Clerk upon the issuance
of the license as aforesaid.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Every person hereinafter licensed as a junk dealer, operating a wagon
or cart or other vehicle, shall, upon securing such license, obtain from the
Township Clerk information indicating the number of the license and the year
during which the same will be in force and shall cause a plate to be immediately
fastened firmly and securely in a conspicuous part of the wagon or cart or
other vehicle so licensed.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person or persons engaging in the business of buying, selling
or transferring old ropes, old iron, tin, copper, lead, glass, paper, rubber
or any other material commonly known as "junk," whether with or without using
in the business a wagon, cart or other vehicle.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Each person keeping, using or driving a wagon, cart or other vehicle
and known as a "junk dealer" shall enter into a bond to the inhabitants of
the Township of Mount Holly aforesaid, with good and sufficient surety, to
be approved by the Township Council, in the final sum of $1,000 conditioned
for the due observance of all such ordinances of the Township as may be passed
or enforced respecting junk dealers and users or drivers of such cart or carts,
wagon or wagons or other vehicle and the dealers in junk at any time during
continuance of the license.
[Amended 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Every junk dealer or keeper of a junk shop who shall receive or be in
possession of any goods, article or things which may have been lost or stolen
or alleged or supposed to have been stolen or lost shall forthwith, on demand
to view the same, exhibit the same to the Township Council, Chief of Police
or any Judge of any criminal court or the Prosecutor of the Pleas of Burlington
County or his authorized representatives or any policeman who may be authorized
by any of the above-mentioned officers or a Municipal Judge or to the County
Detective or his authorized agent.
[Added 6-22-1992 by Ord.
No. 1992-5]
Any person in violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punishable
by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90
days, or both.
