Junk dealer is a person buying, selling and dealing in junk.

Junk under the provisions of this article, shall be held to mean metal, rubber, sacks and bags, auto tires and tubes.

(Code 1978, 8-201; Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry on in the city the business of buying, selling or dealing in junk, without having first obtained from the city a permit to engage in such business. To obtain such permit the person desiring to engage in such business shall execute and deliver to the city clerk a bond, with good and sufficient sureties, in the sum of $500 conditioned that the person engaging in the business shall faithfully observe each and every rule established by the terms of this article regulating the conduct of the business. When such bonds shall have been filed with the city clerk and shall have been approved by the mayor, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to issue to the said person a permit good for one year from the date thereof authorizing the said person to engage in the business of buying, selling or dealing in junk in the city, the permit shall specify the exact location where such business shall be carried on and shall authorize the business at such location only and not elsewhere.

(Code 1978, 8-202; Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)

It shall be unlawful for junk dealers to take, purchase or receive any junk from any person under the age of 18 years, or from any person in a state of intoxication or from any person known to be a thief or an associate of a thief or a receiver of stolen property.

(Code 1978, 8-203; Code 1994; Code 2003; Code 2015)