GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 114.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   JUNK. Clothing, household items, scrap iron, tin, brass, copper, lead, zinc and all metallic substances, secondhand watches, knives, guns, cameras, jewelry, fishing equipment and similar items, handled, purchased, received or offered for sale by dealers in junk, and shall mean and include secondhand plumbing and electric fixtures, wires, globes, brass pipe, lead pipe and pipe of other metals, melted metals of any kind, parts of machinery or machines that may be identified as such, any fixture pertaining to a residence, business house or other house of any kind, automobile accessories, including horns, hubcaps, prestolite tanks, tires and all detached and detachable parts of any automobile, motorcycle, bicycle or motor vehicle of any kind or any vehicle of any kind, hydrants, faucets, lawn hose, lawn sprinklers, gas fixtures, fittings and appliances, garden tools, mechanical tools of every description, harness, rags, rubber, rope, bottles and utensils of every description. The enumeration of the articles in this definition shall not be held to exclude other articles that may be reasonably included under the general definition of JUNK when given its usual trade meaning.

   JUNK DEALER. Any person primarily engaged in collecting, handling, buying or selling any of the articles defined as “junk” or otherwise engaged in the business of buying or selling secondhand articles or as a trading post.

(1998 Code, § 94-31) (Ord. 11-11, passed 4-20-2011)

§ 114.02 REGULATIONS TO BE POSTED AT PLACE OF BUSINESS.

   Every junk dealer and dealer in secondhand material shall keep a copy of the regulations prescribed by this chapter posted in a conspicuous place at his or her place of business.

(1998 Code, § 94-32) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 114.03 RECORD OF PURCHASES REQUIRED; CONTENTS.

   (A)   Each junk dealer, dealer in secondhand material or person who shall purchase any kind of junk or secondhand material shall keep an accurate daily record of each article purchased, and the time when purchased, and also an accurate description of the person selling the article, giving his or her name, color, sex, age and residence. All such entries shall be made at the time of the purchase.

   (B)   Every junk dealer is hereby required to keep and maintain a record, used exclusively for this purpose, in which at the time of the transaction and coincident therewith shall be explicitly, plainly and intelligently written in ink and in the English language, without alterations or erasure, the name, residence and street number of the person or the agent, messenger or drayman of the person, and the race of the person from whom the junk was purchased or obtained, and the nature of the junk and, if the junk is a finished product or several parts of a finished product, then each of the parts shall be separately listed and described, including the serial number if any and any other descriptive marks or symbol. There shall also be recorded the day of the week, month and year when the purchase was made, and whether or not the person from which the junk was obtained was male or female. Such record shall further contain the source and place from which the junk came or was obtained.

   (C)   When any junk dealer shall receive junk from any common carrier from a point without the limits of the city, the record required to be kept by junk dealers shall be sufficient if it shows the name of the common carrier, the nature of the material received, the license number and a complete description of the common carrier, the driver’s license number and a complete description of the driver of the carrier and gives the name and address of the person from whom the junk was received.

(1998 Code, § 94-33) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 114.04 INSPECTION OF RECORD OF PURCHASES.

   The record specified in § 114.03 of this chapter shall be accessible at all times to police officers and other peace officers and all police officers and peace officers shall have the right at all times to examine the records when searching or looking for lost or stolen articles or in determining whether or not the provisions of this chapter are being faithfully kept and observed. Any person who refuses to permit any officer to inspect the records shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1998 Code, § 94-34) Penalty, see § 10.99

§ 114.05 EVIDENCE AS TO OWNERSHIP TO BE OBTAINED FROM SELLERS.

   Before any junk dealer shall purchase junk of any description, he or she shall secure from the person selling the junk evidence showing how the junk came into the possession of the seller.

(1998 Code, § 94-35)