ARTICLE IX. JUNKYARDS 1

1  Cross references-Health and sanitation, Ch. 5; abandoned vehicles, § 6-41 et seq.; ratproofing, § 7-226 et seq.
State law references-Junk dealer purchasing from minor, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 23, §§ 2366, 2367; municipal powers as to places of business of dealers in junk, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, § 11-42-3; junkyards and scrap processing facilities near certain highways, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 121, § 461 et seq.; Copper Purchase Registration Law, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 121 1/2, § 321 et seq.

Sec. 3-271. Definitions.

   The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

   Junk means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

   Junkyard 1: Any building where junk is bought, sold, bartered or exchanged, either at wholesale or retail, or any building where junk is collected, received, stored or held in possession for resale, barter or exchange, either at wholesale or retail, or any building where junk is held for the convenience of the owner of the junk.

(Code 1972, § 3-11-1)

1 415 ILCS 95/2.

Sec. 3-272. Waiting Period Prior To Disposal Of Items:

   No junkyard shall resell, smelt, vulcanize or change the identity of any article it has received by purchase or otherwise, until at least five (5) days after such article was received, unless the junk is held for the convenience of the owner of the junk.

(Code 1972, § 3-11-2)

Sec. 3-273. Dealers Acting As Pawnbrokers 2 :

   No junk dealer shall receive any article in pledge or pawn, nor shall any such dealer loan or advance any sums of money on the security of any article or thing.

(Code 1972, § 3-11-3)

2  205 ILCS 510/1.

Sec. 3-274. Purchases From Minors 3 :

   No dealer in junk shall receive by purchase or otherwise any article or thing from any minor.

(Code 1972, § 3-11-4)

3  720 ILCS 345/1; 65 ILCS 5/11-42-3.

Sec. 3-275. Stolen Property 4 :

   Persons dealing in junk will refrain from purchasing any article or thing suspected of being stolen or known by

such dealer to be stolen. Every junk dealer who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles, things or junk which may have been stolen shall forthwith on demand exhibit the same to any member of the department of police or to any member of the board of trustees, and if any such articles or things are suspected by the dealer of having been stolen, and such suspicion originated after such article or thing was in the possession of the dealer, he or she will notify the department of police immediately.

(Code 1972, § 3-11-5)

4  720 ILCS 5/15-6, 5/16-1.