[Adopted 3-1-1973 as §§ 19-43 through
19-54 of Ch. 19 of the 1973 Code]
The provisions of § 275-3A shall not apply to licensed persons, as provided in this article. Any person engaged in or conducting within the City any activity or business, either for profit or otherwise, at wholesale or retail, which involves the collection, storing, burning, disassembling, dismantling, salvaging, sorting or disposal of junked auto bodies, engines or parts of autos, shall not so engage or conduct such business or activity without first obtaining a license as provided in this article.
A.
Each applicant for a license under this article shall
execute under oath an application therefor to be supplied to him/her by the
City Clerk, which shall contain the following information: That the applicant
is over 21 years of age; that he/she is a citizen of the United States; whether
he/she has ever been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor; and such other
facts or evidence as is deemed necessary to establish that he/she is a person
fit and capable of properly conducting the activity or business for which
the license is sought; a description of the exact type of business he/she
intends to conduct; the nature of the materials he/she intends to handle;
the approximate number of employees he/she intends to engage; and the name
and address of the owner or owners of the land and the nature of the right
of occupancy of the applicant to the use of such land.
B.
At the time of making the application, the applicant
shall submit to and file with the City Clerk a map or plan of the real property
upon which he/she intends to conduct the activity or business for which he/she
is making application for a license under this article, showing the area of
such real property which it is proposed to use for such purpose, the location
of the fence required under this article indicated thereon as well as the
location of any buildings on such land, and the location of any streets or
highways abutting or passing through such land, and the location of any water,
sewer or gas mains or laterals available thereto, as well as the general drainage
pattern of the land.
C.
In the application, the applicant shall agree that, if
granted the license applied for, he/she will conduct the activity or business
pursuant to the regulations set forth in this article and that upon his/her
failure to do so, such license may be revoked forthwith.
All locations or areas used in the business or activity for which a
license is required by this section by a particular person must be continuous
and may not be separated by public highways or lands of another to which the
licensee has no right to occupancy. Only one such location or area will be
licensed to a particular person at any one time.
[Amended 1-2-1976]
The fee for the license under this article is hereby fixed in the sum
of $100.
The license issued under this article shall be effective from the date
of its issuance until the 31st day of December of the year of such issuance,
after which a new application for a license must be made yearly if the licensee
desires to continue such activity or business.
The license issued under this article shall be placed and at all times
displayed in a conspicuous place at the licensee's place of activity or business
for which it is issued.
The license issued under this article is personal with the licensee.
It does not go with the title of the land, nor may it be sold, assigned, transferred
or disposed of.
