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(a) No person known to be a thief or an associate of thieves, an habitual drunkard, a receiver of stolen property or incapable of keeping the records and making the reports provided for in this article shall be deemed to be a suitable person to receive a license as an auto salvage dealer, scrap iron and metal processor or recycler, secondhand dealer, junk dealer or pawnbroker.
(b) Any person, corporation, partnership, copartnership or firm to whom a license as such may have been granted may have his license suspended or revoked by the City Council at any time that the City Council may deem or determine that the licensee is not in compliance with § 12-56, or has been convicted of any violation of this article after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard before such City Council or a hearing panel of the Council in accordance with the rules for hearings previously adopted by the Council.
(c) In case any person, corporation, partnership, copartnership, firm, or any clerk, agent, servant, or employee of the person, corporation, partnership, copartnership or firm shall be found guilty of violating §§ 12-64, 12-65 or 12-66 hereof or MCLA §§ 445.401 et seq. or MCLA §§ 446.201 et seq., in a court of competent jurisdiction, the license issued to such entity shall be deemed to be revoked ipso facto and such entity shall not be permitted to carry on such business within the City for a period of one year after such conviction.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3575, passed 6-30-2004)
All vehicles and premises licensed, used or intended for use in connection with a license granted under this article shall be inspected before a license is issued or renewed.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 1605, passed 10-17-1960; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)
Each licensee shall receive a metal tag for each vehicle licensed under the terms of this ordinance and said tag shall be attached to the vehicle. The design of the license tag shall be changed annually and said tag shall be issued by the City Clerk.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 1605, passed 10-17-1960)
Any applicant seeking to establish an auto salvage yard, scrap yard, junk shop or junk yard in a location not previously used for that purpose, or any licensee seeking to move or establish a junk shop or junk yard in a location not previously used for that purpose, shall first obtain the consent in writing of sixty-five percent of the owners of residential property within three hundred feet of any part of the area in which the proposed business is to be conducted. Such area shall include any portion to be used for the storage of any property in connection with such proposed business. A junkyard shall not be located as to seriously expose adjacent properties.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 1605, passed 10-17-1960; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)
(a) In addition to the requirements of State statutes referred to in this article, every person licensed under said sections shall require that the person from whom goods or a pledge is purchased or pawned give:
(1) His name;
(2) Address;
(3) Place of employment, if any;
(4) General description; and
(5) Legible fully rolled thumbprint. If either thumb is amputated, mutilated or disfigured so that a legible rolled classified print cannot be obtained, then the legible rolled classified print of the finger next to the thumb will be accepted, but must be designated on the report. However, any person with a fixed place of business within Genesee County for a period in excess of six months, or his agent, is not required to give a thumbprint as stated above, when the material or goods involved is a used motor vehicle acquired for the purposes of wrecking or salvaging therefrom.
(b) Aluminum siding.
(1) Every person licensed under this article shall also require that the person from whom aluminum siding is purchased or pawned first present his City of Flint permit from the Building and Safety Inspections Division, showing that removal of the siding was authorized. No siding may be purchased or pawned from persons not in possession of a valid permit.
(2) Every person licensed under this article shall also maintain a record showing the permit number, date of issuance, and date of purchase of aluminum siding.
(Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3065, passed 7-11-1988; Ord. 3576, passed 6-30-2004; Ord. 3764, passed 3-8-2010)
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