HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 2947 TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING
being a by-law foz~ the licensing,
regulating and governing of Salvage
Yards, Second Hand Goods Shops and
Dealers in Second Hand Goods.
WHEREAS The Municipal Act, R.SoO. 1960 Ch.
as amended authorizes the enactment of this By-Law~
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED and it is hereby
enacted as a By-law of the Council of the Corporation
of the Township of Picketing as follows:
1. In this by-law, whenever the terms hereinafter
defined are used, they shall have the meaning hereinafter
ascribed to them.
(1) "Salvage Yard" includes an automobile wrecking
yard or premises, a place where motor vehicles are disassembled
and resold, a place where farm implements are disassembled and
resold, a place where second hand goods are collected to be
sorted and a place where used lumber and used building materials
are stored for sale or resale or other disposal.
(11) "Second hand goods shop" is a place wheme second
hand goods are kept for sale ol- l'esale or other disposal.
(111) "Second hand goods" includes waste paper, rags.
bones, bicycles, automobile tires, old metal, clothing, bottles,
hardware and other scrap material and salvage.
(iV) "Dealers in second hand goods" includes pemsons
who go from house to house, o~ along highways, for the purpose
of collecting, pumchasing, or obtaining second hand goods,
and includes a person who so does, om the agent om servant
of such person.
2. Notwithstanding any othel~ pz'ovision in this by-law
contained, no license shall be ~equired by persons engaged in
any of the tmades, callings, businesses or occupations to which
this Schedule relates for patl-iotic or charitable purposes
in ~he purchase, sale o~ exchange of al'ticles commonly known
and ~ecognized as valuable antiques and works of art, either
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in their original condition or as renovated, remodelled, repaired
or ~e-manuf attuned.
3. Any license issued under this By-law may be issued
to authorize the licensee to deal in one class only of second-
hand goods or in more than one class as may be specified in
the license and such licensee shall not be entitled to deal
in any class of second-hand goods not covered by his license.
~. No person shall have, keep~ operate or carry on any
salvage yard, second hand goods shop, or act as a dealer in
second hand goods within the boundaries of the Township of
Picketing, without having first obtained a license from
the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Picketing
so to do.
5. The Annual fee for a license under this By-law shall
be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).
6~ Every person requiring a license under the provisions
of this By-law shall obtain a separate license in respect of
each and every salvage yard, second hand goods shop, or other'
place used for the transaction of business or for taking in
or stol~ing second-hand goods.
7. Every salvage yard, second hand goods shop or other
place or premises in respect of the use of which a license was
issued under this By-law shall be liable to inspection at
all reasonable times by a By-law Enforcement Officer, Police
Constable, or any other person or officer authorized in this
behalf and no person so licensed shall refuse admission to such
officer or person after o~ upon demand made.
8. Every salvage yard, second hand goods shop or other
place or premises, the owner or keeper of which is licensed
under this By-law shall be kept clean, in a neat condition, and
in good ~epair. No goods or merchandise shall be displayed
on the outside of any such store, shop, yard or other place,
and all goods shall be exhibited in an orderly manner.
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9. NO person being a holder of a license under the
provisions of this By-.law shall alter, repair, dispose of or
in any way part With any goods or articles purchased or taken
in exchange until after the expiration of three days from the
date of purchase, exclusive of S~ndays and holidays and during
these three days the goods or ar%icles so obtained shall remain
on the licensed premises and be kept apart from goods previously
purchased.
10. Every person being the holder of a license under the
provisions of this By-law shall enter in the English language
written in ink, in a plain legible hand. a record of all goods
mecelved or taken in exchange or otherwise obtained, either
at The licensee's place of business or elsewhere. The entry
must be made at the time the go~ds are received or immediately
thereafter, and shall include in addition to the date on which
and the hour at which the goods are received, a full description
of article or articles including the serial and model number,
if any, and The Manufacturer's name, if any, and the name and
address of the person from whom the goods are received, and
if purchased, the price paid therefor.
11. No person shall have, keep or operate any salvage
yamd unless the premises are enclosed by a board fence
originally constructed and kept repaired with new lumber and
painted and maintained to present a neat and tidy appearance.
The said fence shall be of sufficient height and
construction so that none of the goods stored on the premises
shall be visible to a person six feet tall standing at the
grade level of the neares~ roadway and distant one hundred
feet from the nearest lot line, provided that in no event
shall the said fence be less than seven feet in height.
12. Where automobiles or vehicles a~e exhibited for sale,
such automobiles shall be stored behind a fence as described in
paragraph ll, unless such automobile bears a certificate of
mechanical fitness certifying that it is mechanically fit, as
laid down in section 49 of the Highway Tl-affic Act R.S.0. 1960
and subsequent amendments thereto.
S 13, Where a licensee is also the holder of a license
for storage of automobiles, such automobiles shall be stored
behind a fence as described in paragraph
14. Every owner or keeper of a Salvage yard, second hand
goods shop om other place or premises for the pumchase, sale
or exchange of second hand goods, shall during the whole period
in which the license is in force, exhibit over the street
doom or in the front window of the premises in respect to which
a license is issued, om in some other conspicuous place on
the fmont thereof satisfactory to the Council of the Township of
Picketing in large plain letters in the English language, the
words "Licensed Salvage Yard" or "Licensed Second-hand Shop"
or as the case may be and shall also keep the license constantly
exposed in a conspicuous place in the interiom of the licensed
premises,
1§, Any license granted under this By-law shall be
revoked upon the second conviction of a breach of this By-law
or a conviction under the Criminal Code of Canada.
16. Any person convicted of a breach of any of the
provisions of this By-law shall forfeit and pay~ at the
discretion of the convicting Magistrate, a penalty not
exceeding Thmee Hundred Dollars ($300.00) exclusive of costs,
for each offence,
17. This By-law shall come into force and take effect
on the 1st day of January 19B5,
lB. All by-laws contrary to or inconsistent w~th this
by-law are hereby repealed,
READ a FIRST, SECOND and THIRD time and passed in
open Council this /~' ~day of'~,,~- A.D. 196~.
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