CHAPTER 838
Junk Dealers and Yards
838.02 License required.
838.03 License application; display; fee.
838.04 Scope of licenses; transferability.
838.05 Records.
838.06 Period of retention for materials received or purchased.
838.07 Maintenance of premises
838.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Licensing and regulation of junk dealers and yards - see 1st Class §1502-XLIII
Valueless except for junk defined - see Vehicle Code §102
Removing abandoned vehicles from roadway - see Vehicle Code §3352, 7310
Stripping motor vehicles - see Vehicle Code §3712
Junk vehicles - see Vehicle Code §7301 et seq.
Storage of motor vehicles - see TRAP. Ch. 450
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Junk” means used and secondhand goods and materials, including, but not limited to, scrap metal and scrapped motor vehicles.
(b) “Junk dealer” means any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk or maintaining a junk yard.
(c) “Junk yard” and “salvage yard” mean a place used and maintained for the collection storage and disposal of junk.
(Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
No person shall engage in the business of junk dealer in the Township without having first obtained a license from the Township Secretary to do so. The license shall be for the calendar year and shall be renewed annually on or before January 1 of each year, provided that in case the application is lawfully made after July 1 of any year, the cost of the license shall be one half of the annual fee and shall be good until the end of the then current calendar year. (Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
838.03 LICENSE APPLICATION; DISPLAY; FEE.
Licenses shall be issued only upon application, which application shall be made upon forms to be obtained from the Township Secretary. The application shall state the name of the person applying for and requesting the license, the street and number of the premises from which the business is to be conducted, the home address of the applicant, other places of the same type operated by the applicant, or in which the applicant has an interest, and such other information of like nature as may be required from time to time by the Board of Township Commissioners. The license, when issued, shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises for which it is issued and the number of the license shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the outside of every vehicle used for business purposes by such dealer. The annual license fee shall be two hundred dollars ($200. 00), payable to the Township Treasurer, for the use of the Township. Such fee shall accompany the application. The application fee shall be immediately returned to the applicant in all cases where the application is denied. (Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
838.04 SCOPE OF LICENSES; TRANSFERABILITY.
(a) No person licensed under this chapter shall, by virtue of one license, keep more than one place of similar business within the Township, nor shall such person engage in business as a junk dealer in any place other than the place designated upon his license.
(b) No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable from one person to another.
(ORD. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
Every junk dealer shall provide and shall constantly keep a book in which shall be clearly written down in the English language at the time of the purchase of any junk, a designation of every article or material purchased or received by him, the date and the hour of such purchase or receipt and the person from whom such article or material was purchased or received. Such book and all junk purchased, received or handled by any junk dealer shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Police Department or any other official of the Township. (Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
838.06 PERIOD OF RETENTION FOR MATERIALS RECEIVED OR PURCHASED.
Every junk dealer licensed under this chapter shall keep and retain upon the licensed premises, for a period of forty-eight hours after the purchase or receipt thereof, all junk received or purchased by him and he shall not disturb or reduce the same or alter its original form, shape or condition until such period of forty-eight hours has elapsed. (Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
838.07 MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES.
Junk dealers licensed under this chapter shall maintain the licensed premises in the manner prescribed in this section:
(a) Such premises shall at all times be maintained so as not to constitute a nuisance or menace to the health of the community or of residents nearby or a place for the breeding of rodents and vermin.
(b) No garbage or other organic waste, and no paper, rubbish, rags or other flammable articles or materials, shall be stored in such premises.
(c) Whenever any motor vehicle is received in such premises as junk, all gasoline and oil shall be drained and removed therefrom and none shall be permitted to remain upon the premises.
(d) The manner of storage and arrangement of junk and the drainage facilities of the premises shall be such as to prevent the accumulation of stagnant water upon the premises and to facilitate access for fire-fighting purposes.
(e) Such premises shall not be open for business nor shall any work be done therein in connection with the storage, processing and transporting or removal of junk at any time on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or on any other day of the week before 7:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m.
(f) All such premises shall be enclosed with a fence of the chain-link type of a height of six feet. All gates shall be locked at all times except during business hours or when actually being used for ingress or egress.
(Ord. 150. Passed 6-15-55.)
(EDITOR’S NOTE: See Section 202.99 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
1998 Replacement