[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Stony Point 7-15-1953. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fee Schedule — See Ch. A221.
No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or conduct business as a dealer in or collector of junk, old, used or secondhand materials of any kind, including but not limited to rags, cloth, old rope, old iron, brass, copper, tin, lead or other old metals, old rubber, bottles, glass, bones, tinware, old clothes unfit for wearing, shoes, secondhand lumber, old or junked motor vehicles or parts thereof, in the Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York, without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
A. 
Each applicant for such license shall submit to the Town Supervisor, on a form provided by him, a duly verified written application showing that:
(1) 
He is a citizen of the United States.
(2) 
He has never been convicted of a felony and showing information as to his experience, financial responsibility, equipment and nature and location of his place or proposed place of business.
B. 
If the applicant possesses all the required qualifications, the Town Supervisor shall, upon payment by the applicant of the license fee hereinafter prescribed, issue a license to such applicant.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The fee for such license is hereby fixed in an amount set forth from time to time by resolution of the Town Board.[2] Such license shall be placed and at all times displayed in a conspicuous place at the licensee's place of business. Such license shall be effective from the date of its issuance until June 30, unless sooner revoked, and shall not be transferable.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. A221, Fee Schedule.
A. 
Each such license shall be issued subject to compliance with all statutes now existing or which may hereafter be enacted affecting such business or the conduct thereof; subject also to compliance by the licensee with all rules, regulations or orders now existing or which may hereafter be made by the Town Board of the Town of Stony Point respecting such business or the conduct thereof; and subject also to compliance with the following additional requirements:
(1) 
All premises in the Town of Stony Point used in connection with the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, as above set forth, shall be either in an enclosed fence 6 1/2 feet in height or shrubbery equaling the same and such fence must be at least 20 feet off main highway.
(2) 
Such fence shall not be used for billboard purposes nor for the display of advertisements of any kind.
(3) 
No such licensee shall collect or purchase any junk metal or secondhand materials or articles of any kind from any person who is actually or apparently under the age of 21 years.
(4) 
Each such licensee shall keep a book record of each article of junk, metal or secondhand materials purchased or collected by him, showing the time and place of collection or purchase, and the name and address of the person from whom the same was collected or purchased, and he shall not dispose of any such article purchased or collected until the expiration of five days from the date of purchase or collection.
(5) 
Each licensee shall not collect or purchase junk metals or secondhand materials from any person between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(6) 
Each licensee shall permit his place of business, his record books and his vehicles and conveyances to be examined or inspected at any time by any representative of the Town Board. Each such place of business shall be conducted in such a manner so as not to annoy the occupants of adjoining premises either because of excessive noise, foul odors, unsanitary or unsightly condition of the premises or so as to constitute a nuisance.
B. 
Acceptance of such license shall constitute an agreement by the licensee to comply with all such requirements, orders, rules and regulations and statutes.
Any false statement in an application or any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any of the statutes, rules, regulations or orders aforesaid shall be grounds for the revocation of such license.
Any such license may be revoked and canceled by the Town Board, for cause, after due notice to the licensee or his agent or lawful representative of the alleged violation or violations and after such licensee has had an opportunity to be heard thereon.
[Amended 6-8-1999 by L.L. No. 7-1999;4-26-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022
In addition thereto or irrespective thereof any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter or operating or engaging in the business of a junk dealer or dealer in secondhand articles as defined in this chapter without a license or after the revocation of any license by the Town Board shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or 15 days in jail, or both, for each offense.
This chapter shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation carrying on or operating an antique furniture business in which antique furniture and other antique household articles are sold or offered for sale.