ARTICLE II. JUNK DEALERS*

Sec. 9-16.

License -Required.

No person shall be a collector of or dealer in junk, old metals or secondhand articles, or a keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals, or secondhand articles, unless licensed therefor by the selectmen.

Sec. 9-17.

'Same -Grant; issuance; record.

All licenses required by section 9-16 shall be granted by the selectmen and issued by the town clerk who shall record the same.

(Gen. By-laws, Art. 13, § 2, 11-12-40)

Sec. 9-18.

Exemption from license requirements.

None of the provisions of sections 9-16 and 9-17 shall apply to a regularly established business for the sale of antiques or curios.

(Gen. By-laws, Art. 13, § 3, 11-12-40)
*Cross reference -Private collectors of garbage, trash and refuse, Ch. 7, Art. II.

“ARTICLE II, JUNK, SCRAP, DEBRIS”

Section. 9-19.

Junk, Scrap, Debris

Any items such as junk, scrap rubble, debris, building salvage, abandoned autos, machinery, wreckage or damaged or demolished buildings and other discarded or secondhand items, if not directly utilized by a legally-operating use, or if not subject to Sections 9-1 through 9-18 or other sections of the Bylaw, and if located in any yard or any vacant lot abutting a public way or publicly used area, shall be subject to the requirements of this article.

Section. 9-20.

Same – Removal, Treatment

Such items identified in Section 9-19 shall be suitably screened from view or shall be cleared from the site.  Suitable screening shall mean, at a minimum, that the material has been removed to a portion of the site that is not within dimensional setbacks described in the Zoning Bylaw, and that it shall be screened from view and access by the public by using attractive and otherwise permitted walls, fences and/or plant materials

Section. 9-21

Same – Penalties

Any owner of property in violation of this bylaw shall be fined not more than $50 per offense. Each day that a willful violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(By-Law 5-7-02, Art. 29)