For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions 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, accumulated, dismantled, or assorted for any of the aforesaid reasons. Without limiting the definition of junk the term shall include used or salvaged metals and their compounds or combinations, used or salvaged ropes, bags, papers, rags, glass, rubber and similar articles or property and used motor vehicles which are employed, owned or possessed for the purpose of wrecking or salvaging parts therefrom.
JUNK DEALER. A person who engages in the business of buying, exchanging, accumulating, receiving, storing or selling any article or articles which may be reasonably be defined as junk except that this definition shall not apply to retail merchants who repossess their own merchandise sold on a title retaining contract or chattel mortgage basis.
JUNKYARD or SHOP. Any place at which a junk dealer buys, exchanges, accumulates, receives, stores, sells or otherwise handles junk.
SECOND-HAND DEALER. Any person who engages in the business of buying, exchanging, accumulating, receiving, storing or selling any second-hand property, except that this definition shall not
apply to retail merchants who repossess their own merchandise sold on a title-retaining contract or chattel mortgage basis.
SECOND-HAND PROPERTY. Any used household furniture, used wearing apparel, used lumber, brick or tile, used plumbing fixtures, used electrical fixtures, used articles made of metals, used jewelry, used tools and any other used articles or personal property bought and sold by other than the original user.
SECOND-HAND STORE. Any place at which a second-hand dealer buys, exchanges, accumulates, receives, stores or sells second-hand property.
(Ord. 6.2, passed 6-15-65)