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For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Any personal property which is or may be salvaged for reuse, resale, reduction, or similar disposition, or which is possessed, transported, owned, collected, accumulated, dismantled, or assorted for any of the aforesaid purposes. No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association of natural persons, incorporated or unincorporated, shall directly or indirectly, himself or herself or by his or her agent or employee, engage in the business of a junk dealer or junk gatherer within the corporate limits of the village without having first obtained a license therefor from the Village Council.
(1984 Code, § 8-04-010) (Ord. 57, passed 1-12-1937; Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984)
Applications for such licenses shall be made in writing to the Village Council and filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer. It shall give all such information as may be deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, including the name and address of the applicant, the business or trade name under which the applicant is to operate, previous experience in the business, the names and addresses of all persons interested in the issuing of the license, and the place or places of residence and occupation of the applicant and of all persons interested in said business for the two years preceding the date of said application, and if the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses and such previous places of residence and occupation of officers, and a correct description of the land upon which the applicant proposes to locate said business. It shall contain an agreement upon the part of the applicant that he or she will accept the license, if granted to him or her, upon the condition that it may be suspended or revoked at the will of the Village Council.
(1984 Code, § 8-04-020) (Ord. 57, passed 1-12-1937)
Said licensee shall, at least once each month, remove all refuse material not suitable for sale, and the same shall be disposed of in accordance with the direction of the Village Council and in a manner
satisfactory to it.
(1984 Code, § 8-04-030) (Ord. 57, passed 1-12-1937)
If the village is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to engage in the business of a junk dealer or junk gatherer, it shall giant a license; provided, that if the business of a junk dealer is to be conducted on a vacant lot or in a partially enclosed structure, no license shall be granted until the applicant thereof shall have enclosed such property with a fence erected in such a manner as to obliterate the premises from the view in accordance with Council requirements, which fence shall at all times be properly maintained by the licensee.
(1984 Code, § 8-04-040) (Ord. 57, passed 1-12-1937; Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984)
It shall be unlawful for any junk dealer:
(A) To maintain a junkyard or store junk in any part of the village, except his or her duly licensed yard;
(B) To receive or purchase from or sell to any minor under the age of 16 years any article without the written consent of the parent of the minor; or
(C) To make use of any part of the streets, sidewalks, or highways of the village for the storage of junk or secondhand material or to build or maintain any open fires on any street, highway, or sidewalk of the village or within 30 feet of any building, fence, or structure.
(1984 Code, § 8-04-060) (Ord. 57, passed 1-12-1937; Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984) Penalty, see § 113.99
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