§ 25-95. Junk dealers and scrap metal processors.

(a)

In construing this section, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words or phrases shall mean:

Junk means old scrap metals, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

Junk dealer means any person who is engaged in the business of operating a junkyard.

Junkyard means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.

Scrap metal processing plant means an establishment or place of business maintaining and operating machinery and equipment used to process scrap iron, steel and other metals.

Scrap metal processor means a person maintaining and operating a scrap metal processing plant.

(b)

Every person engaged in business as a scrap metal processor shall pay an annual business tax of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for each location.

(c)

Every person engaged in business as a junk dealer shall pay an annual business tax of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each location.

(d)

Each person who travels from place to place purchasing junk shall pay an annual business tax in the county of thirty dollars ($30.00), and he shall, before leaving the county, submit a list of the junk he has purchased, together with his name and address, and the name and address of the person from whom the junk was purchased, to the county sheriff's department.

(e)

Every person engaged in business as a junk dealer or scrap metal processor, when purchasing or selling any article, shall keep a full and complete record of each transaction showing from whom and when each article was purchased or acquired and to whom sold, and the date of such sale. These records shall be maintained for a period of not less than three (3) years, and shall at all times be subject to inspection by any duly authorized person or law enforcement officer.

(f)

Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to punishment as provided in section 25-52.

(Code 1965, § 7-90; Ord. No. 80-15, § 24, 9-15-80; Ord. No. 2006-24 , § 1, 12-19-06)