[HISTORY: Adopted by the Special Town Meeting of the Town of East
Hampton 5-10-1965. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful to operate or carry on the business of a junk dealer,
as defined by the General Statutes of Connecticut, as amended, within the
Town of East Hampton without first having obtained a license therefor as provided
herein.
Applications for such license shall be made annually upon forms provided
by the Chief of Police, and shall be accompanied by a license fee as set from
time to time by the Town Council. At the time such license is issued, an additional
annual fee as set from time to time by the Town Council shall be paid for
each vehicle used in connection with such business. No license shall be issued
to any junk dealer until a certificate of registration as a junk dealer, issued
by the Commissioner of State Police, is exhibited to the Chief of Police.
Each license issued shall designate the exact name of the junk dealer,
his home and business addresses, the trade name under which he does business,
and the location of his junkyard. Each such license shall continue for one
year unless sooner revoked.
Such license may be revoked by the Chief of Police and thereafter may
not be renewed upon the violation by the holder thereof of any statute relating
to junk dealers, the provisions of this chapter, or of the zoning ordinances
of East Hampton relating to junkyards.
Each 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 and proprietor
thereof.
Each such dealer shall keep a book in which shall be written in English
a description of such articles and the name and residence and a general description
of the person from whom, and the time and hour when, such property was received;
and such book, and all articles of property mentioned therein, and the place
where such business is carried on, may be examined at any time by the Town
Council or any person designated by it. Each such dealer shall make weekly,
sworn statements of all his transactions under such license, describing the
goods received and setting forth the name and residence and a description
of the person from whom such goods were received, to the Town Clerk of the
Town in which such junk dealer resides, and shall keep all goods at least
five days after the filing of such statement.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any dealer in motor vehicles, as defined in Chapter 246 of the Connecticut General Statutes, nor to any dealer in antique household furniture, china or glassware, nor to any scrap metal processor, as defined in C.G.S. § 14-67w.
