As used in this chapter:
(a) “Scrap metal facility" means any facility, establishment or place of business that is maintained or operated for the primary purpose of receiving, storing, processing, buying, or selling scrap metal for remelting or recycling purposes.
(b) “Scrap metal facility licensee" or "licensee" means any person holding a scrap metal facility license issued pursuant to this chapter and includes any person acting as the license holder's authorized agent or employee.
(c) “Scrap metal" means any scrap article or material composed of iron, steel, or nonferrous metal or metal alloy, including but not limited to, copper, brass, bronze, aluminum, or stainless steel.
(d) "Motor vehicle" shall have the same meaning as set forth in Ohio Revised Code 4501.01 B.
(e) "Vehicle identification number or derivative thereof" means any number or derivative of such a number that is embossed, engraved, etched, or otherwise marked on any vehicle or vehicle part by the manufacturer. "Vehicle identification number" also includes a duplicate vehicle identification number replaced upon a vehicle under the authority of the registrar of motor vehicles.
(f) "Retail transaction" means any transaction involving any person other than an industrial or commercial account, a nonprofit account, or a governmental account, in which a scrap metal facility purchases or receives scrap metal.
(g) “Industrial or commercial account" means any person, operating from a fixed location, that sells scrap metal to a scrap metal facility pursuant to a written agreement or written account certification.The term may include other scrap metal facilities.
(h) "Nonprofit account" means any nonprofit organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. 501(a), and that sells scrap metal to a scrap metal facility pursuant to a written agreement or written account certification.
(i) "Governmental account" means any political subdivision, as defined in Section 2744.01(F) of the Ohio Revised Code, that sells scrap metal to a scrap metal facility pursuant to a written agreement or written account certification.
(Ord. 42-07. Passed 8-27-07.)