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No person, firm or corporation having a license from said city to keep a second hand store or junk shop or junk yard shall purchase or receive from minors without written consent of the parents or guardians any article or property whatsoever, and any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall not be eligible to receive a license from the city thereafter.
(Prior Code, § 21-23) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) The Police Department and the City Health Officer shall have power to inspect the premises of any holder of a license issued under this chapter or any vehicle engaged in such business.
(B) The City Council may, by resolution, provide that junk yards be concealed from public view by the erection of a suitable fence or planting, or a structure as may be approved by the Director of Building and Zoning.
(Prior Code, § 21-24)
(A) No person, firm or corporation shall locate, build, construct, operate or maintain any junk yard, or store any junk in violation of the zoning ordinance of the city, or (unless such material originates on the premises) in any block in the city where a majority of the houses abutting on both sides of the street in the block are used exclusively for residence purposes without having first secured the written consent of the owners of a majority of the frontage abutting on such street on both sides within such block.
(B) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BLOCK. The portion of the street between the two intersections with other public streets nearest the specified location on each side; provided that, if, on either or both sides of such location, there is no such intersection within 300 feet of the center of the specified location, the block shall be considered as terminating at a point 300 feet from such center.
STREET. Such highways as have been dedicated by either common law or statutory dedication as public streets and are actually in use as such; and the term shall not be construed to include or mean merely service highways which are commonly known as alleys.
(Prior Code, § 21-25)
LICENSES
It shall be unlawful to operate or carry on the business of keeper of a junk yards, junk shop, store or place, for the purchase or sale of junk, rags, old repel paper or bagging, old iron, brass, copper or empty bottles without having obtained a license therefor as is herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 21-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle for the collection or distribution of junk without having a license therefor as herein provided. If the operator of said vehicle also has a junk yard in the city, said license shall be in addition to the license for said junk yard.
(Prior Code, § 21-11) Penalty, see § 10.99
Any person, firm or corporation desiring to operate and maintain a junk shop or junk yard for the purpose of collecting, selling, delivering or distributing junk, shall pay the sum as set out in the fee schedule for an annual license. Each paper dealer collecting or storing paper for sale shall pay a license fee as set out in the fee schedule for an annual license.
(Prior Code, § 21-12)
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