Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 6 — Business Licenses and Regulations
Dixon Municipal Code Ch. 6.04 Junk Dealers
Dixon Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Dixon
Cite as: Dixon Municipal Code Chapter 6.04 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 6.04.010. License required.¶
No persons shall engage in what is commonly called "junk business" or shall keep or maintain what is commonly called a "junk shop" or "junkyard" or be what is commonly known as a "junk dealer" in the City unless a license shall have been granted therefor by the City Council.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.020. Prerequisites to issuance of license.¶
No license shall be granted to a junk dealer or for a junk shop or junkyard or to carry on the junk business in the City unless the licensee shall be a person of good moral character nor unless the licensee shall pay therefor a license fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month on the first day of each calendar month nor unless the junk shop or junkyard or junk business shall be carried on at a place to be designated by the City Council and in accordance with regulations established therefor.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.030. Limitation on designation of locations of junkyards.¶
The City Council shall not designate any place in the City for the maintenance of a junk shop or junkyard or the carrying on of a junk business unless all persons owning dwelling houses within a distance of five hundred (500) feet of the place consent to the maintenance of the junk shop or junkyard or the carrying on of the junk business at such place.
(Ord. 13-004 § 2; Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.040. Record of receipts – To be made one (1) hour after receipt – Contents.¶
Anyone engaging in the junk business in the City shall make and keep a record of every article received by him, which record shall be made within one (1) hour after the article is received and shall contain a description of the article, the name and address of the person from whom the article was received and the amount paid therefor.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.050. Record of receipts – To be open to inspection of police.¶
The record referred to in DMC § 6.04.040 shall be open to inspection of any officer of the law at any time.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.060. Articles not to be sold for thirty (30) days – Exceptions.¶
Every article received by a junk dealer in the junk business shall be kept and not be resold, melted down, or altered or repaired for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt thereof; provided, however, that if such article is inspected by an officer of the law during the thirty (30) days and the officer shall issue a written permit for the sale of the article, the article may thereafter be sold or otherwise disposed of.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.070. Purchases from minors and intoxicated persons.¶
No junk dealer or person engaged in the junk business shall purchase any article in the business from any person under sixteen (16) years of age or from an intoxicated person or from a habitual drunkard.
(Ord. 12-004)
§ 6.04.080. Licenses to be revocable.¶
Any license issued by the City Council as provided by this chapter shall be subject to revocation by the City Council at any time.
(Ord. 12-004)
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