LAKE LINDEN VILLAGE CODE

ORDINANCE SERIES 7000 – BUSINESSES AND TRADES

CHAPTER 7040 - SECOND HAND AND JUNK DEALERS

Section 1.  Definition.

            Any person whose principal business is that of purchasing, selling, exchanging, storing or receiving second hand articles of any kind, cast iron, old iron, old steel, tool steel, aluminum copper brass, lead pipe or tools, lighting and plumbing fixtures, is hereby defined as a second hand dealer or junk dealer.

Section 2.  License Required.

            No person shall engage in the business of second hand dealer or junk dealer without first        obtaining a license. No such license shall be granted until the Village President shall find that the proposed business will not tend to create a hazard to the public health or tend to depreciate property in the area unduly or retard the natural development of the area, or be a violation of any provision of this Code.

Section 3.  Provisions of State Law.

            Licenses under this Chapter shall be issued by the Village President and shall otherwise be subject to the Provisions of Act 350 of 1917, Public Acts of the State of Michigan (MCLA  445.401 Et. Seq.). Except as otherwise provided in Act 350 of 1917, Public Acts of the State of Michigan, the provisions of Chapter 7000 of this Code shall be applicable to licenses issued hereunder.

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