It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, or offer to buy,
barter or exchange, or collect any junk, newspapers, rags, paper or
bagging, old metal, empty bottles, cans, slush, lead, or discarded
or abandoned material while traveling from place to place in, along,
or upon the streets or alleys of this City without first having obtained
a license therefor as hereinafter provided. The practice of buying,
offering to buy, bartering, exchanging, or collecting junk and so
forth as stated herein shall be defined as "junking."
Every junk dealer, or person collecting junk, who shall receive
or be in possession of any goods, article, or thing of value which
may have been lost or stolen shall, upon demand, produce such article
or things to any member of the Police Department for examination.
Every vehicle used by a junk dealer in the conduct of his business
shall bear thereon in legible characters the name and address of the
owner thereof.
Junking referred to in §
11.290 shall be permitted only by licensed junk dealers on the evenings before the regular scheduled pickup by a licensed scavenger doing business in the City, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., and on the day of the pickup, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.