Torrance Municipal Code Art. 12 Junk Collector and Junk Dealer

(Amended by O-2129; O-2288; O-2843; O-3170; O-3229; O-3354; O-3364)

The license tax for junk collectors and junk dealers shall be $558.0010

Junk collector shall mean any person having no fixed place of business in the City, carrying on the business of collecting, buying or selling, from house to house or from place to place, any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, paper, metal or other articles commonly known as junk or salvage.

Junk dealer shall mean any person having a fixed place of business in the City carrying on the business of buying, selling or otherwise dealing in, either at wholesale or retail, any old rags, sacks, bottles, cans, paper, metal or other article commonly known as junk or salvage.

In the case where the junk collector is an organization formed and operated for charitable, benevolent or religious purposes, the license tax may be waived by the License Review Board in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 31.6.4.