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No person, corporation, partnership, copartnership or association shall sell or purchase by sale, barter, exchange or otherwise, an article under a license issued pursuant to this chapter from or to any person, corporation, partnership, copartnership, or association between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day. In addition, no person, corporation, partnership, copartnership, or association shall sell or purchase by sale, barter, exchange or otherwise, any junk between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 3580, passed 6-30-2004)
Every person licensed under this article shall post in a conspicuous place in or upon his shop, store, wagon, vehicle, barn or other place of business, a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon, and shall keep a separate book, or electronic record, open to inspection by members of the police force, Sheriff’s office and other public officers, in which shall be written in the English language at the time of the purchase or exchange of such article or junk all information required under the applicable ordinances in this article and the following:
(a) A description of such articles or junk; including salvaged iron, aluminum, brass, lead, copper and other base metal and their compounds or combinations, the quantity and/or weight of such items;
(b) The name, description and residence of the person, including the driver’s license number and the vehicle license number or a non-driver’s license identification number, from whom the same was purchased and received; and
(c) The day and hour when the purchase or exchange was made.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3581, passed 6-30-2004)
(a) Articles or junk purchased or exchanged shall be retained by the purchaser thereof for not less than 15 days before disposing of them, in an accessible place in the building or other suitable location, where such articles or junk are purchased and received. A tag shall be attached to such articles or junk in some visible and conspicuous place with a number written thereon to correspond with the entry number in such book or electronic record. For items not reported electronically, such purchaser shall prepare and deliver on Monday of each week to the Chief of Police before noon, a legible and correct copy, written in the English language, from such book, containing a description of each article or junk, including, for salvaged iron, aluminum, brass, lead, copper and other base metal and their compounds or combinations, the quantity and/or weight of such items, purchased or received during the previous week, the hour and day when the purchase was made and the description of the person from whom it was purchased. Such statement shall be verified by the affidavit of the person subscribing his name thereto; provided that this section shall not apply to old rags or waste paper; provided further that the 15-day retention requirement shall not apply to licensed scrap iron and metal processors and recyclers.
(b) Any person who is engaged in the business of buying, exchanging, collecting, receiving, storing or selling any used motor vehicle(s) for the purpose of wrecking or salvaging parts therefrom shall report each such transaction to the City of Flint Police Department within five business days (excluding Saturday and Sunday) from the date of the transaction. Such report shall contain, as to each transaction, a description of each such motor vehicle acquired, including its vehicle identification number, the hour and day when the purchase was made and a description of the person from whom it was acquired. Such report shall be on forms approved by the City of Flint Police Department and shall be made under oath. The used motor vehicles shall be retained in the same physical state in which they were at the time of acquisition for a period of five business days (excluding Saturday and Sunday) after the time the report is received by the City of Flint Police Department before being disposed of or altered in any fashion.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 2647, passed 6-26-1978; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985; Ord. 3582, passed 6-30-2004)
No person shall receive any article from any person who is at the time intoxicated or from any habitual drunkard or from any person known by said person to be a thief or an associate of thieves or a receiver of stolen property, or from any person whom he has reason to suspect is not the owner of the property or from any minor under the age of eighteen (18) years without consent of the parents of such minor.
(Ord. 426, passed 5-26-1941; Ord. 1685, passed 7-23-1962; Ord. 2334, passed 10-26-1970; Ord. 2945, passed 3-11-1985)
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