[HISTORY: Adopted by the Orangetown Town Board 7-9-1941. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-23-1992 by L.L. No. 4, 1992; 10-16-1995 by L.L. No.
32, 1995; 1-16-1996 by L.L. No. 1, 1996]
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person, association,
partnership or corporation to engage in the business of buying or
selling old metal, junk or other secondhand articles anywhere within
the Town of Orangetown without first having obtained a license so
to do from the Town Clerk of the Town of Orangetown, which license
shall run from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, in each year,
and shall cost the sum of $150.
Where a junk dealer operates more than one vehicle in connection
with such business, a separate license shall be obtained and a separate
license fee paid for each vehicle so operated.
No license shall be issued to a person who has heretofore been
convicted of a crime or a violation of Article 6 of the General Business
Law of the State of New York, nor to any person hereafter convicted
of such an offense.
Each license will be separately numbered, and upon receiving
a license each applicant will be required to display the number of
such license in a prominent position upon the vehicle for which the
license has been issued and to carry the license with him at all times.
A.
As a condition of receiving such license, each applicant
must agree to record in a book the date of purchase, the time and
place of purchase and the name and address of the person from whom
each article is purchased.
B.
Where a junk dealer operates a junkyard, a record book
must be kept for that yard which will remain continually at the yard,
and will record, as above set forth, all purchases made thereat.
C.
Where a junk dealer operates one or more vehicles, a record
book must be kept for and carried on each vehicle, which will remain
continually on such vehicle and will record, as above set forth, all
purchases made through the operator of such vehicle.
D.
All records and record books must be open to inspection
by any police officer at all reasonable times.
E.
It will not be necessary for any junk dealer to preserve
such records of purchase after the lapse of two years from the time
the purchase took place.
A.
A penalty of $10 is hereby imposed for each violation of
this ordinance, and in the event that any licensee fails to comply
with any of the terms and conditions thereof, his license can be revoked
and cancelled by resolution of the Town Board.
B.
Each day that a person, association, partnership or corporation
operates without the license or licenses required herein, or after
a license or licenses heretofore issued have been revoked, shall constitute
a separate offense, and subject the offender upon conviction to a
separate penalty.
C.
Each violation of the foregoing ordinance is hereby declared
to be an offense against the Junk Dealers' Ordinance of the Town
of Orangetown and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $500
and not more than one year in jail, or both.
[Amended 10-27-1958]
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent or supersede
the right of the Town Board to enforce obedience to this ordinance
by injunction.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
