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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 290 - 4/18/1963 - JUNK PEDDLERSORDINANCE NO. 290 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF JUNB PEDDLERS NOW, THEREFORE, BF IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DiPage, Illinois& Section 1. That Chapter 22 of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "Article XVI. Junk Peddler's. "22,1601. Definitions. "Junk. The word "junk" is hereby defined to mean and include old iron, chain, brass, copper, tin, lead, or other base metals, old rope, old bags, rags, waste, empty bottles of different kinds and sizes when the number of each kind or size is less than one gross, and all articles and things discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of, or consisting of, any one or more of the materials or articles herein mentioned. "Junk peddler. The term "junk peddler" is hereby defined to mean every person who uses a junk wagon as defined herein and travels from place to place within the Village for the purpose of purchasing junk .ar of collecting junk for resale or makes a business of purchasing junk from anyone who desires to sell it and carries it away upon purchasing or collecting it. "Junk wagon. The term "junk wagon" is hereby defined to mean every truck, wagon, automobile, push cart or other vehicle used by a junk peddler in the collection, disposition or transportation of junk from one place to another. "Fence. The word "fence" is hereby defined to mean and include any place for the purchase, reception or keeping of stolen goods. "22.1602. Fees. The annual fee for a junk peddlers license shall be $50.00. Every junk peddler who shall operate a junk wagon in connection with his business shall pay the sum of $25.00 annually for a junk wagon license. This license and fee shall be in addition to the junk peddlers license mentioned above. The licensing period and the fee applicable thereto shall be for a period commencing on the first day of May of each year and ending on the 31st day of April of the following year. "22.1603, Identification. Every junk peddler, before using a junk wagon in the Village, shall obtain from the Village Clerk a metal plate or other suitable emblem on which shall be stamped the words "Elk Grove Village Junk." Said emblem shall be displayed on said junk wagon in a conspicuous place and as determined by the Chief of Police of the Village. Such person shall also at the same time that said emblem for a junk waton is secured obtain from the Village Clerk a metal badge for the driver of each licensed junk wagon, Such badge shall be worn in a conspicuous place on the outside of the coat or shirt of said driver. Each junk wagon shall be: permanently marked with the name of the licensed peddler together vi3th the correct street address of his or its place of business and the telephore number of same. "22.1604. No person shall operate as a junk peddler nor shall use a junk wagon without being first licensed for such purpose. "22.1605. Application, An application for any licenses provided for herein shall be made to the Village Clerk and thereupon transmitted to the Village President. Said application shall contain the name and business of the applicant, his place of residence, any junk licenses which he may heretofore have secured from any other Village or City, a statement as to whether or not he has ever been convicted of keeping, operating or conducting a fence. Corporate applicants shall state in its application that none of its officers, stockholders -1- or employees have kept, operated, conducted or have been convicted of keeping, operating or conducting a fence. "22.1606. The President of the Village shall issue a license to junk peddlers and for junk wagons, provided such persons applying for same shall produce satisfactory evidence of good character and reputable standing and have not been guilty of violating any ordinance or laws of the Village and State. "22.1607. No junk peddler shall receive any article or thing by way of pledge or pawn nor shall such peddler loan or advance any sum of money on the security of any article or thing. No person licensed as a junk peddler shall receive or hold a license to conduct the business of a pawn broker, second hard dealer or itinerant dealer in second hand clothing. No junk peddler shall purchase any article whatsoever from any minor without the written consent of the minor's parent or guardian under .a penalty of not less than k1.00 nor more than X50.00 for each offense. "22.1608. No person shall 'keep, maintain or conduct a place for the purchase, reception or keeping of stolen goods as a fence. "22.1609. No junk peddler shall conduct his business between the hours of 7:00 o'clock P.M. and 6:00 o'clock A.M. nor shall he sell, purchase or collcot any junk on Sundays or holidays. "22.1610. Every junk peddler who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles, things or junl- which may have been lost or stolen, or are alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen, shall forthwith on demand exhibit same to any member of the Police Department. Junk wagons shall be open to the inspection of members of the Police Department at any time. "22.1611. Whenever there shall be filed with the Chief of Police a sworn statement by an owner of property that he has reason to believe that certain of his goods, specifically described in the sworn statement, have been atol= and are in the possession of a junk peddler, any member of the Police D3partmont shall have the right to inspect the place of business of said junk peddler a" a reasonable hour, and the refusal of the junk peddler to give such permission shall constitute sufficient cause for the Village President to revoke said junk peddler's licenses. "22.1612. The license of any person licensed as a junk peddler shall be revoked if such licensee be convicted of keeping, maintaining or conducting a fence, as shall the license of any corporation having any officers, stockholders or employees who have been convicted of keeping, maintaining or conducting a fence, unless such corporation shall produce satisfactory evidence to the President that such officer, stockholder or employee has disposed of his interest in said corporation and has completely severed his connection with said corporation. "22.1613. Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article where no other penalty is provided shall be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than 1200.00 for each offense and every day on which such violation continues shall be regarded as constituting a separate offense." Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED this 18th dey of lipril, 1963. APPROVED this 18th day of April, 1963. James R. Gibson _ esi en Atteatt Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk PUBLISHED this 25th day of April, 1963 in the Elk Grove Herald