(A) Any person desiring to engage in the business of junk dealer or to operate a junk yard shall first make written application with the City Administrator on a form prepared by the city for a license. The application shall contain the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the applicant or applicants, if there be more than one, or the corporate officers if the applicant be a corporation;
(2) The location of the premises where the junk yard is to be maintained giving the street number and the legal description of the same;
(3) The name and address of the owner or owners of the premises for which the license is being sought;
(4) The name, address and telephone number of the person in charge of the business;
(5) A detailed description of the nature of the business to be conducted and the nature of the materials to be collected, bought, sold or otherwise handled;
(6) No licensee shall store or cause to be stored any articles of junk on any other premises other than the premises licensed in the license.
(B) Licenses are not transferable from person to person or premises to premises.
(C) It is unlawful for any licensee under this section to carry on the junk business in any location other than the location designated in the application and license.
(D) No license shall be issued to any person or persons whose application for license has been denied within the previous 24 month period.
(1998 Code, § 5.24, Subd. 3)