§ 5.27. Dealers in junk, metal, rags, paper, etc.  


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  • (a) For every person having a fixed place of business in the City, and engaged in conducting, managing, or carrying on the business of buying or selling, at wholesale or retail, any old metal such as old iron, brass, copper or other metals, commonly known as junk or scrap metal, shall pay a tax pursuant to Section 5.22 each year.
    (b) For every person engaged in the business of buying or selling or otherwise dealing in used or secondhand rags or papers, and who is commonly known as a secondhand rag or paper dealer maintaining a fixed place of business in the City, shall pay a tax pursuant to Section 5.22 each year.
    (c) Every person engaged in the business of conducting or operating, at wholesale or retail, any secondhand steel or cast iron oil pipe, water pipe, oil-well casing, and/or fittings for the same, and who is commonly known as a secondhand pipe dealer, maintaining a fixed place of business in the City, shall pay a tax pursuant to Section 5.22 each year.
    (Ord. No. 802, § 31; Ord. No. 868, § 31; Ord. No. 871; Ord. No. 907, § 8; Ord. No. 931, § 10; Ord. No. 1056, § 1, Exh. A.)