§ 843-3. License Required.

No person shall act as a second-hand dealer or junk dealer within the city limits of Cincinnati without first obtaining from the city manager or the city manager's designee a license to act as a second-hand dealer or junk dealer except that auctioneers duly licensed under the provisions of Chapter 811 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code need not obtain a second-hand dealer's license under the provisions of this chapter.

Nothing in this section is intended to apply to the sale or purchase of aluminum cans.

License Requirements for Second-Hand Dealers and Junk Dealers. Before an original license is issued for a second-hand dealer or junk dealer, the person seeking the license shall make application therefore with the city manager or city manager's designee. If the dealer owns or operates a store, facility, or yard, the dealer shall attach to the application an accurate plot plan of the area, showing the actual shape and dimensions of the lot or area to be used, and shall provide any other additional information that may be requested by the city manager or city manager's designee or director of buildings and inspections in determining whether the applicant should be granted the requested license. An application shall be approved by the director of buildings and inspections and the city police prior to granting a license and shall show that the applicant has complied with all city ordinances and rules and state laws regarding sales and purchasing, duties of dealers, licensing, zoning, drains, signs, driveways, fencing and barrier curbs. The city manager or city manager's designee shall be empowered to suspend, revoke, or deny reissuance of any existing license when it is shown through an investigation by the city police or buildings and inspections departments that the licensee has not complied with all city ordinances and rules and state laws regarding sales and purchasing, duties of dealers, licensing, zoning, drains, signs, driveways, fencing and barrier curbs.

Under no circumstances shall any license to operate a junk yard be issued or renewed until the fencing requirements section forth in Section 843-7 of this chapter have been met and the fence has, after completion, received final approval by the director of buildings and inspections. No license to operate a junk yard shall be renewed if, in the opinion of the director of buildings and inspections, the premises are not adequately fenced pursuant to Section 843-7 of this chapter. Anyone who operates a motor vehicle salvage lot on the same premises and who has obtained a license therefore shall not be required to also obtain a license under this chapter.

(Sec. 741-2; ordained by Ord. No. 51-1969, eff. Feb. 5, 1969; a. Ord. No. 435-1969, eff. Jan. 15, 1970; renumbered to C.M.C. 741-2, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 261-1976, eff. June 16, 1976; a. Ord. No. 030-2012, § 9, eff. March 15, 2012; a. Ord. No. 435-2012, § 8, eff. Dec. 15, 2012; a. Ord. No. 297-2013, § 3, eff. Oct. 25, 2013; Emer. Ord. No. 238-2015, § 18, eff. July 1, 2015)

Analogous to C.O. 741-5; r. Ord. No. 51-1969, eff. Feb. 8, 1969.

Editor's note

Ord. No. 030-2012, §§ 26 and 27, effective March 15, 2012, state that § 843-3(c) shall expire twelve (12) months after the ordinance goes into effect, and that the Council shall have the option to extend the effective dates of § 843-3(c), pending an evaluation of data provided by the City Administration.

Cross reference

Penalty, § 843-99.