CHAPTER 112:  JUNK DEALERS; SALE OF USED VEHICLES

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

	USED AUTOMOBILE or TRAILER SALES LOT.  An open area used for the display, sale 
	or rental of used motor vehicles, trailers, motorcycles, or other similar 
	devices.

	JUNK YARD.  A place where waste, discarded, or salvaged materials are bought, 
	sold, exchanged, stored, baled, cleaned, packed, disassembled or handled in an 
	open area or partly in an open area.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65)

§ 112.02	PERMIT REQUIRED; APPLICATION; FEE.
		On or before the 10th day of January of each year, the owner and/or 
		operator of any used automobile or trailer sales lot and the owner 
		and/or operator of any junk yard shall secure from the City Clerk of 
		the city a permit to conduct said business, which application for 
		permit shall show the estimated value of current inventory, the legal 
		description of the property on which the business is to be located, the 
		street address at which the business is to be located, the names and 
		addresses of all parties interested therein, and shall pay a fee of $5 
		for a used car lot and $15 for a junk yard license.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65; Am. Ord. 9, passed 7-6-65)  Penalty, see § 112.99

§ 112.03	CITY COUNCIL REVIEW OF APPLICATION.
	(A)	The City Clerk shall secure from the City Treasurer a statement of the 
		status of all personal and real property taxes in connection with said 
		business location as of the date of the application for said license.

	(B)	The City Clerk shall report the application together with the 
		certificate of the City Treasurer to the City Council, who shall 
		determine whether or not a license permit should be issued to the 
		applicant at the location set forth in the application.

	(C)	In the event the City Council shall refuse to issue said license 
		permit, the City Clerk shall refund the license permit fee paid by the 
		applicant and return the application with a notation that the City 
		Council has refused to issue the license permit.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65; Am. Ord. 9, passed 7-6-65)

§ 112.04	ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; REVOCATION.
		The City Council may impose such restrictions or requirements as may be 
		necessary to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare of the 
		inhabitants of the city before issuing the license permit. In the event 
		such specifications and requirements by the City Council are not 
		complied with within a reasonable time, the City Council shall have the 
		right to revoke the license permit.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65)

§ 112.05	TERM OF PERMIT.
		The permit, when issued, shall be effective from January 1 of the year 
		for which application is made to December 31.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65; Am. Ord. 9, passed 7-6-65)

§ 112.99	PENALTY.
		Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who shall violate the 
		provisions of this chapter in any particular shall, upon conviction 
		thereof, be fined not to exceed $100 or may be imprisoned in the County 
		Jail not exceeding 90 days, or may be both fined and imprisoned in the 
		discretion of the Court, and each day a violation of this chapter 
		continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 9, passed 5-3-65)