§ 17-1. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

Junk: Scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead, scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, cloth, rubber, rope, tinfoil, bottles, old cotton, wearing apparel, mechanical garden tools, utensils, dismantled or used plumbing fixtures, appliances and/or parts, dismantled gas fixtures, fittings, pipes, appliances and/or parts, dismantled or used water heaters, fixtures, fittings, pipes and/or parts, used lawn hose or harness, doors, window sash or glass, mantels and/or parts thereof, or any character of unserviceable buildings and/or building materials, and houses to be wrecked. The term "junk" shall also include unserviceable or secondhand automobiles purchased from the general public for the purpose of being dismantled, together with the purchase of unserviceable or used parts and accessories, not including tires and tubes.

Junk dealer, junk shop: Any person buying, selling, receiving for storage or as a pledge for the payment of moneys loaned, or in any way acquiring or dealing in junk, but shall not include licensed pawnbrokers, the operator of a junk wagon nor any person purchasing junk from licensed junk dealers exclusively.

Junk wagon: Every wagon operating in the city for the purpose of purchasing, collecting or gathering up or selling junk throughout the city or any portion thereof.

(Ord. No. 0178, § 3, 9-3-35)