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It shall be the responsibility of every junk dealer, secondhand dealer and scrap metal processor to mail or deliver to the Chief of Police once a week, a legible copy of records required to be kept under Section 739.08.
(Ord. 6-1992. Passed 1-6-92; Ord. 8-2007. Passed 1-16-07.)
(a) No junk or secondhand dealer shall sell, exchange or remove from his or her place of business, or alter in any manner from the condition received, any secondhand article received by him or her until the same has been in his or her possession for a period of 72 hours following receipt of the report required by Section 739.09.
(b) Junk, secondhand articles and materials at a scrap metal processing facility shall be made available for inspection upon demand by a duly authorized member of the Police Department.
(Ord. 136-1981. Passed 6-1-81; Ord. 8-2007. Passed 1-16-07.)
(a) No junk dealer, secondhand dealer, or scrap metal processor shall receive any merchandise or secondhand articles from a minor, knowing or having reason to believe him or her to be such, unless:
(1) The parent or legal guardian of such minor has executed a sworn affidavit, duly notarized, authorizing the minor to do business with a dealer.
(2) The dealer retains such affidavit on file on the premises.
(b) No junk dealer, secondhand dealer, or scrap metal processor shall receive merchandise or secondhand articles from any person between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day.
(Ord. 136-1981. Passed 6-1-81; Ord. 8-2007. Passed 1-16-07.)
(a) In the event an applicant for a license is not approved or in the event any license issued under this chapter is revoked, the applicant shall be notified of the refusal or revocation in writing and such notice shall be sent by certified mail to the applicant at the address of the applicant, as set forth in the application for a license. The applicant shall have ten days after receipt of such notice to appeal such refusal or revocation. Such appeal shall be perfected by
filing a written notice of appeal with the Director of Public Safety. Thereupon, the applicant shall not have less than ten days notice of the date and place of the hearing. The appeal shall be heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission, which Commission shall have the power after such hearing to confirm the refusal or revocation or order the license to be issued. The Commission shall cause notice of its decision to be sent by certified mail to the applicant at the address of the applicant, as set forth in the application for the license, within 30 days of the date of the hearing.
(b) The Chairperson of the Planning and Zoning Commission may subpoena witnesses and records in connection with the hearing.
(Ord. 136-1981. Passed 6-1-81; Ord. 8-2007. Passed 1-16-07.)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 8-2007. Passed 1-16-07.)