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Codified Ordinances of Berea, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEREA, OHIO
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE No. 92-98
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART FIVE - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART SEVEN - TRAFFIC CODE
PART NINE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
CHAPTER 535
Junk Dealers
535.01   License required.
535.02   Application information.
535.03   Bond to accompany application.
535.04   Inspection of premises.
535.05   Building specifications; enclosure required.
535.06   Business prohibited near residences; ordinance compliance.
535.07   Licensing procedure; issuance regulations.
535.08   Fee and term.
535.09   Dealer may operate one vehicle; fee for additional vehicles.
535.10   Fee for duplicate license.
535.11   Approval of change of location.
535.12   General prohibitions and regulations.
535.13   Record keeping and inspection.
535.14   Daily report to Police Chief of transactions; exceptions.
535.15   Restrictions on sale or disposal of motor vehicles or parts.
535.16   Procedure when serial number defaced.
535.17   Report on police-requested information.
535.18   Lost or stolen articles.
535.19   Revocation hearing; notice and procedure.
535.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate junk dealers - see Ohio R.C. 715.61
State regulation of junk dealers - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4737
 
535.01 LICENSE REQUIRED.
   No person shall hereafter in the City keep, conduct or maintain any building, structure, yard or place for the keeping, storing or piling in commercial quantities, whether temporarily, irregularly or continually, or for the buying or selling at retail or wholesale or dealing in any old, used or secondhand materials of any kind, including cloth, rags, clothing, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron, brass, copper or other metal, furniture, used motor vehicles or the parts thereof, or any other article which from its worn condition renders it practically useless for the purpose for which it was made, and which is commonly classed as junk, without first having obtained and paid for a license as hereinafter provided. Any person carrying on the aforesaid business shall be referred to in this chapter as a "junk dealer."
(Ord. 449. Passed 5-17-37.)
535.02 APPLICATION INFORMATION.
   Every applicant to be a junk dealer shall file with the Mayor a written application upon a form prepared and provided by the City, and signed by the applicant. The application shall state:
   (a)   The names and residences of the applicants, if an individual, partnership or firm; or the names of the principal officers or manager and their residences if the applicant is an association or corporation.
   (b)   The length of time the applicant, or officers or manager thereof, has resided in the City; his or their places of previous employment; whether married or single; whether he or they, or any of them, have been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, and if so, what offense, when, and in what court.
   (c)   Whether the applicant, or officers or manager thereof have previously been employed by a junk dealer or has previously been a junk dealer.
   (d)   The detailed nature of the business to be conducted and the kind of materials to be collected, bought, sold or otherwise handled.
   (e)   The premises where the business is to be located or carried on.
   Each application shall contain an agreement that the applicant accepts the license, if granted, upon the condition that it may be suspended for cause at any time by the Mayor.
(Ord. 449. Passed 5-17-37.)
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