Windsor Municipal Code Art. 3 Operation

All junk purchased by junk dealers licensed or regulated under the provisions of this chapter shall be held for a period of at least seven (7) days before the same shall be sold; provided, however, that property classed by this chapter as junk may be sold in and for use within the Town within seven (7) days after purchase; provided that a complete record of such sale is kept for inspection by the officers named in Section 3-16-315 and some lasting identification mark is placed upon each article so sold.

No junk dealer licensed or regulated by this chapter shall receive any personal property by way of pledge or pawn, nor shall a junk dealer engage in the business of pawnbroking on the same premises wherein a junk shop or junk yard is located.

No junk dealer shall purchase or collect any junk in the Town between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Every person collecting, buying or selling junk shall keep at his/her place of business a substantial well-bound book and shall promptly enter therein an exact description of all personal property purchased by him/her, the date of purchase, name and address or place of business of the person from whom purchased, and all particular or prominent marks of identification that may be found upon such property. Such book shall be kept neat and clean, and all entries made therein shall be neatly and legibly written in ink. Such book shall at all times during the ordinary hours of business be open to the inspection of the Police Chief or any Police Officer of the Town, County or State.

Every person engaged in business within this Town, either a junk dealer or itinerant junk peddler as defined in this section, or who engages in a business within this Town of buying, selling, collecting or otherwise dealing in junk shall pay a license fee to the Town, an annual amount established by resolution of the Town Council, payable per annum in advance, for every vehicle used in such business.

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Editor's Note: As to finance and taxation generally, see Title I of this Code.

All vehicles used in connection with the business of junk dealing or junk peddling shall be provided with a windshield license decal containing a number by the Treasurer-Tax Collector upon payment of the license fee prescribed by this chapter, and such decal shall be attached to the lower right-hand corner of the windshield of the vehicle.

Such windshield decal shall not be transferable.

The Treasurer-Tax Collector is authorized to procure such decals for the purpose above set forth.

Junk dealers or itinerant junk peddlers shall receive from the Treasurer-Tax Collector, upon payment of the license fee provided for by this chapter, an identification card containing a number, which identification card shall be carried upon the person of the junk dealer or itinerant junk peddler. Such identification card shall not be transferable.

The Treasurer-Tax Collector is hereby authorized to procure such suitable identification cards, as above set forth, as shall be necessary to comply with the terms of this chapter.

All persons heretofore licensed as a junk dealer or itinerant junk peddler shall be entitled to continue as such licensees upon complying with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that no original investigations shall be required as to such persons as provided for in Section 3-16-205.