§ 5.52.040. Operating requirements.

A.

Every junk collector using any boat, or other vehicle for collecting junk in the City, shall procure from the Director of Financial Management one (1) decal of such design as shall be specified by the Director of Financial Management. No junk collector shall operate such boat or other vehicle, as above-mentioned, unless the decal is securely fastened on the left front side of the boat or other vehicle in a conspicuous place and plainly visible.

B.

No person shall collect junk within the City between the hours of seven p.m. and eight a.m. of the following day.

C.

No person shall carry on the business of junk dealer or junk collector in a manner that will result in litter on public or private property.

D.

Every junk dealer shall maintain a record of every transaction which includes the date and the hour of the day when each article was purchased or received, and the true name and address, as nearly as the same is known to or can be ascertained by such junk dealer, and the personal signatures of the person or persons by whom the articles were sold or delivered, together with a description of the person or persons as may be required by the Chief of Police, and the correct license number and type of any vehicle used in the delivery of such goods; and the report shall also show the amount purchased, and a complete description of each article purchased or received; and if an article so purchased or received has a number, letter, engraving, figure or other mark showing or designating the size, quality, make or design of such article, then the report shall show all such numbers, letters, engravings, figures and marks; and if the article has a serial number, the serial number shall also be shown. Every report or record required by the terms of this Chapter to be maintained or kept shall be written or printed entirely in the English language in a clear and legible manner. Every record required pursuant to this Chapter shall be open at all times to inspection by the Chief of Police, or any police officer in the pursuit of his/her official duties; provided, however, that this Section shall not apply to, goods or things purchased from any dealer or tradesman who is duly licensed to operate such business in the City. The records mentioned in this Section shall be filed and kept at the street and number of the place where the junk dealer states, in the business license application, that the business will be carried on, and it shall be the duty of every junk dealer and foundry, and of every employee, manager or agent of such junk dealer to display and exhibit such records to the Chief of Police or to any Police Officer in the pursuit of his/her official duties on the demand, oral or written, of the Chief of Police or Police Officer.

(Ord. C-7423 § 21, 1996: Ord. C-6260 § 1 (part), 1986)