For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FENCE. Any place for the purchase, reception, or keeping of stolen goods, except when the context requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead, or other base metals, old rope, old bags, rags, waste paper, feathers, paper clippings, scraps of woolens, clips, bagging, rubber, glass, and empty bottles of different kinds and sizes, when the number of each kind or size is less than one gross and all articles and things discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of consisting of any one or more of the materials or articles herein mentioned.
JUNK DEALER. Every person who shall engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, or exchanging, or who shall collect, receive, store, or hold in possession for sale, barter, or exchange any of the things defined in this section as junk or purchases from junk peddlers; provided, that a junk peddler as defined in this section who does not occupy premises within the city owned, leased, or purchased especially for the purpose of the business shall not be deemed a JUNK DEALER under the terms of this subchapter.
JUNK PEDDLER. Every person who uses a junk wagon as defined in this section and travels from place to place within the city for the purpose of purchasing junk or who, without a junk yard or junk store within the city, makes a business of purchasing junk and carries it away upon purchasing it.
JUNK STORE. Any store, shop, warehouse, or building where junk is bought, sold, bartered, or exchanged or where junk is collected, received, stored, or held in possession for resale, barter, or exchange, either at wholesale or retail.
JUNK YARD. Any yard, place, or enclosure other than a junk store, as defined in this section, where junk is bought, sold, bartered, or exchanged, either at wholesale or retail or where junk is collected, received, stored, or held in possession for resale, barter, or exchange, either at wholesale or retail.
(Prior Code, § 120.001)