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It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to keep, maintain, conduct or operate a junkyard within the corporate limits of the village without first obtaining a license so to do as herein provided. A separate license shall be secured for each junkyard located on non-contiguous lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land.
(Prior Code, § 113.003) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968) Penalty, see § 114.99
Before any license under the provisions of this chapter is issued, any person, firm, partnership or corporation desiring to operate a junkyard in the village shall first make a verified application in writing to the Village Clerk, stating thereon the full name of the applicant, his or her residence address, the trade name of the applicant, the legal description of the premises where the junkyard is to be located, the size and approximate location of each entrance thereto and exit therefrom, whether or not the premises where the junkyard is to be located is enclosed on its perimeter with a solid, non-transparent wall or fence of a minimum height of seven feet measured from ground level, excepting the entrances and exits, and whether or not the public streets and alleys adjacent to the premises where the junkyard is to be located has junk thereon. If the applicant is a firm or partnership, the names and residence addresses of all the partners and, in case of a corporation, the names and residence addresses of the president and secretary, shall be stated in the application.
(Prior Code, § 113.004) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968)
Any applicant for a license to keep, maintain, conduct or operate a junkyard shall be disqualified for any of the following reasons:
(A) Not a person of good character;
(B) Falsification of an application for a license hereunder;
(C) License for a junkyard theretofore issued to the applicant has been revoked during the preceding 24 months; and/or
(D) Failure to meet any one of the minimum physical requirements for a junkyard, as specified in § 114.02 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 113.005) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968)
(A) Any and all licenses issued hereunder shall state that such license is issued in the name of the junk dealer solely for the purpose of keeping, maintaining, conducting and operating a junkyard, the expiration date thereof, the legal description of the premises where the junkyard is to be located, that such license shall be used and the privileges thereof exercised only at the described premises, and that such license is non-assignable and non-transferable.
(B) Such license shall further provide that it is issued subject to all the provisions of this chapter; that, upon the first conviction for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, in addition to the fine, such junkyard shall remain closed for a period of 30 days; that, upon the second conviction for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, such license shall become null and void, and the licensee shall forfeit all sums paid for such license, and that the licensee by the acceptance of such license expressly agrees to all the terms and conditions thereof and to the terms and provisions of this chapter, and all amendments thereof.
(Prior Code, § 113.006) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968)
There is hereby levied and imposed a license fee and tax on all junkyards in the village in the amount of $2,500 per year. This license fee and tax shall be paid at the time the junkyard operator applies for a license and shall not in any event be subject to proration for a portion of a year. The license shall expire on April 30 of each year.
(Prior Code, § 113.007) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968; Ord. 2000-025, passed 7-3-2000)
(A) No licensee hereunder shall purchase or receive any article whatsoever from any minors without the written consent of their parents or guardians.
(B) Any licensee hereunder shall at all times allow any police officer or patrol officer of the village and the public health authorities free access to any and all portions of the junkyard for the purpose of inspection.
(Prior Code, § 113.008) (Ord. 181, passed 1-16-1968) Penalty, see § 114.99
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