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Junkyards with open storage for wrecked or salvaged automobiles, machinery, appliances or other used commodities and equipment must be screened by the construction of a wall or fence around the yard, of masonry or of a concrete or metal frame or base which supports a permanent type wall material, the surface of which does not contain openings and which surface shall constitute a visual barrier. The wall or fence shall be constructed to a height of eight feet above the ground surface. No openings shall be permitted for access unless a solid gate equaling the height of the wall is provided. The gate shall remain closed at all times, except when in actual use.
(1998 Code, § 94-39) Penalty, see § 10.99
LICENSES
No person shall transact or engage in business as a junk dealer within the corporate limits of the city until he or she shall have secured an annual license therefor, issued by the Police Department.
(1998 Code, § 94-61) (Ord. 11-11, passed 4-20-2011) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) An applicant for a junk dealer’s license shall make request therefor in writing, addressed to the Chief of Police, which application shall contain the name, residence and street number of the applicant. In the case of a firm or partnership, the application shall show the individual members of the firm or partnership and, if a corporation, the names of the officers thereof. The application shall contain the following words: “The license hereby applied for shall be subject to all the provisions and regulations of the ordinances of the City of Texas City relating to junk and junk dealers.”
(B) The application for a junk dealer’s license shall be signed and sworn to by the person applying therefor, before some officer authorized by law to administer oaths, or in the case of a partnership or corporation by one member of the firm or officer or agent of the corporation. The application shall be filed with the Chief of Police.
(1998 Code, § 94-62)
(A) Action by Chief of Police. Upon receipt of an application for a license required by this subchapter, the Chief of Police shall carefully examine the facts of the application and approve or disapprove the application. Grounds for denial shall include the following:
(1) The application contains a materially false or fraudulent statement; and
(2) The applicant, or an officer, partner or employee thereof, has been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the five years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(B) Action by City Commission.
(1) If the Chief of Police disapproves the application, the applicant may request that the application be referred by the Chief of Police to the City Commission.
(2) The Commission shall then either approve or disapprove the application; provided that, before a disapproval, the Commission shall give the applicant an opportunity to be heard and give him or her written notice of the time and place of the hearing at least five days prior thereto, at which time the applicant may appear and be heard. After the hearing, if the City Commission finds the applicant to be an unsafe and improper person to engage in business as a junk dealer, it may, in its discretion, disapprove the application.
(1998 Code, § 94-63) (Ord. 11-11, passed 4-20-2011)
Upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and upon the approval of the application by the City Commission or the Police Department, the Police Department shall issue the license provided for in this subchapter and shall number all licenses consecutively.
(1998 Code, § 94-65) (Ord. 11-11, passed 4-20-2011)
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