The following regulations shall be applicable to scrap yards.
(A) No scrap yard processor or any of the processor’s employees shall receive, in the line of such business, any article by way of pledge or pawn, nor loan or advance any sum of money on the security of any article or thing.
(B) Every scrap yard processor shall upon demand, exhibit all goods which he or she has on hand and give a description of persons selling the same to any member of the Police Department upon request, and shall keep a book containing the names from whom he or she purchased brass, tin, copper, aluminum or any metal, except old iron, which book shall be open during business hours to the inspection of any police officer.
(C) No scrap processor shall sell or remove from his or her place of business any article purchased by him or her until the same shall have been in his or her possession for 72 hours, unless such article shall have been purchased directly from some reputable factory or company.
(D) No scrap yard may store or handle hazardous materials unless done so consistent with all other state, federal and local regulations.
(E) A scrap yard is subject to annual administrative inspections or complaint based inspections to ensure the property is maintained in accordance with the health, safety and welfare of the community, materials are stored in an orderly manner to allow access to inspect and that property otherwise complies with the city code.
(F) Upon conviction of any scrap processor for violating or failing to comply with any provisions of this section, the license of such scrap processor shall be revoked and the convicted persons shall not be licensed as a scrap processor for a period of two years from the date of his or her convictions, and the scrap yard shall not be licensed for that particular business for a period of one year from the date of the conviction of the scrap processor.
(Prior Code, § 40-85) (Ord. 1394, passed 2-10-2014; Ord. 1477, passed 6-17-2019) Penalty, see § 10.999