[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Springettsbury 3-5-1970 by Ord. No. 1970-03 (Ch. 13, Part 3, of the 2003 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK
Any discarded material or article such as is not ordinarily disposed of as rubbish or refuse and shall include, but not be limited to, scrap metal and scrapped motor vehicles and shall not include any garbage or other organic waste or any paper, rubbish, rags or other flammable article or material.
JUNK DEALER
Any person, as hereinafter defined, who shall engage in the business of selling, buying, storing and dealing in junk.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, firm or corporation.
B. 
In this chapter, the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
[Amended 12-11-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18]
No person shall engage in business as a junk dealer in the Township of Springettsbury without first having obtained a license from the Manager of Springettsbury Township for which license the fee shall be in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors for each and every calendar year, such fee to be for the use of Springettsbury Township. Such license shall be renewed annually on or before the first day of January, of each year, with the exception of any case in which a junk dealer's business shall be established in Springettsbury Township on or after the first day of July, in any year, in which case the license fee payable by such junk dealer for the remainder of such year shall be at 1/2 the yearly rate.
The license provided for in § 184-2 of this chapter shall be issued by the Manager of Springettsbury Township after application shall have been made therefor by the person desiring to be licensed. Such license shall state the name of the person to whom such license is issued and the premises from which such business is to be conducted. Such license shall be posted conspicuously upon the premises licensed thereunder. The name of the licensed junk dealer and the number of the license under which he operates shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the outside of every vehicle used for business purposes by such dealer.
No person licensed under this chapter shall, by virtue of one license, keep more than one place of business within Springettsbury Township for the purpose of buying, selling, storing and dealing in junk. Nor shall any such person engage in business as a junk dealer in any place other than the place designated upon his license. No shall any such person or any other person operate upon any of the streets of Springettsbury Township, whether from a vehicle or upon foot, as a scavenger or an itinerant buyer or seller of junk.
[Amended 12-11-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18]
No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable from one person to another person except when the ownership of a licensed premises shall change. In any such case, the new owner shall apply for a transfer of such license to him and shall pay a transfer fee in an amount as established, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.
Every junk dealer shall provide and shall constantly keep a book, which shall be fairly written down in the English language at the time of the purchase of any junk, a description of every article or material purchased or received by him, the date and hour of such purchase or receipt and the person from whom such article or material was purchased or received. Such book and all junk purchased, received or handled by any junk dealer shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Chief of Police and any other official of Springettsbury Township.
Every junk dealer, licensed under this chapter, shall keep and retain upon the licensed premises, for a period of 48 hours after the purchase or receipt thereof, all junk received or purchased by him and he shall not disturb or reduce the same or alter the original form, shape or condition until such period of 48 hours shall have elapsed.
Every junk dealer licensed under this chapter shall constantly maintain the licensed premises in the manner prescribed by this section, as follows:
A. 
Such premises shall at all times be maintained so as not to constitute a nuisance or a menace to the health of the community or of residents nearby or a place for the breeding of rodents and vermin.
B. 
No garbage or other organic waste and no paper, rubbish, rags or other flammable articles or materials shall be stored in such premises.
C. 
Whenever any motor vehicle shall be received in such premises as junk all gasoline and oil shall be drained and removed therefrom.
D. 
The manner of storage and arrangement of junk and the drainage facilities of the premises shall be such as to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water upon the premises and to facilitate access for fire fighting purposes.
E. 
Such premises shall not be open for business nor shall any work be done therein in connection with the storage, processing and transporting or removal of junk at any time on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or on any other day of the week before 7:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m.
F. 
The portion of the premises on which a licensed junk dealer hereunder shall conduct his business shall have screen planting which shall be provided and maintained with coniferous vegetative material in such a fashion as to shield that portion of said premises of the licensed junk dealer on which he conducts his junk business from any adjoining premises, including those premises across any public or private road from the premises of the licensed junk dealer during all periods of each year.
G. 
No junk shall be burned on the licensed premises unless adequate precautions shall have first been taken to prevent the uncontrolled spreading of any such fire. The minimum such fire protection required hereunder is that fire fighting equipment attend any such burning. "Fire fighting equipment," as used in this subsection, is defined to mean any equipment owned and/or operated by any Springettsbury Township volunteer fire company designed to fight fires.
The Township Manager may revoke any license issued pursuant to this chapter to operate and maintain a junkyard for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and shall revoke said license upon the conviction of the licensee in a summary proceeding or otherwise of the violation of any provision of this chapter or the conviction of the licensee of any crime involving moral turpitude. Upon the revocation of the license, the licensee shall have 30 days to remove all vehicles, parts of vehicles, debris and every and any other thing, permanent buildings alone excepted, from the premises.
[Amended 12-11-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-18]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a district justice in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this chapter continues or each section of this chapter which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.