A. License to be Displayed: The Town Clerk shall issue an appropriate insignia designating the type of license issued to applicant which shall be prominently displayed on the premises of the junk store or junk yard, or upon the junk wagon of any such junk dealer or junk peddler.
B. Hours of Operation: No junk dealer shall receive junk from any person between the hours of seven o’clock (7:00) P.M. and six o’clock (6:00) A.M., nor shall he sell, purchase or collect any junk in any public alley between the hours of five o’clock (5:00) P.M. and seven o’clock (7:00) A.M.
C. Purchase from Other Junk Dealers: No person licensed as a retail junk dealer shall be permitted under a retail junk dealer’s license to purchase junk from another retail junk dealer.
D. Receipt of Junk, Holding Period:
1. Every wholesale junk dealer who is also a retail junk dealer shall keep all junk purchased in retail quantities separate and distinct from wholesale junk for a period of two (2) days during which time said retail junk shall be open to inspection of any member of the Township’s law enforcing authorities, and no such junk shall be melted, vulcanized or otherwise changed in form or its identity destroyed within such time.
2. No junk dealer shall sell or dispose of any junk within two (2) days of the time of collecting, receiving or purchasing same, excepting, however, sales of a junk peddler to a retail junk dealer whose duty it shall be to hold such purchases for the two (2) days as herein provided.
E. Purchase from Minors: No junk dealer shall purchase any articles whatsoever from any minor without the written consent of the minor’s parent or guardian. The penalty for such violation shall be a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. (Ord., 1962; amd. Ord. TO-2022-13, 9-13-2022)