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 Brookhaven
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 42. Junk Dealers

  § 42-2. License required.  

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  • All junk dealers, scrap processors and vehicle dismantlers who maintain a place of business in the Town of Brookhaven are hereby required to obtain a license from the Town Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven to operate and maintain said junk business, scrap metal processing facility or vehicle dismantling facility within said Town. To obtain such license, the applicant must submit to the Town Clerk an application, in affidavit form and duly verified, which application must include the following information:
    A. 
    Whether the applicant has been convicted of larceny or knowingly receiving stolen property or any violation of Article 6 of the General Business Law since January 1, 1933.
    B. 
    The location of all premises where said applicant stores junk, permanently or temporarily, in the Town of Brookhaven, including all premises where it is contemplated that junk may be stored in the subsequent 12 months. In the event that additional premises are used for junk storage and if such premises were not included in the previous application, the applicant is required to file a supplementary application including all of the information and in the same form and subject to the same conditions as the original application. If such supplementary application is duly approved, a supplementary license will be issued without further cost.
    C. 
    The zoning classification in which each of the premises described in Subsection B hereof is situated.
    D. 
    A statement whether each of said premises as described in Subsection B hereof complies with Chapter 85, Zoning, of the Town of Brookhaven in all respects, with special notation whether the premises are surrounded on all sides by a solid fence at least eight feet in height.
    E. 
    A statement that the applicant will not employ any child under 16 years of age in connection with said junk business.
    F. 
    The date at which the applicant commenced his junk business in the Town of Brookhaven, said date being the earliest date in which continuous operation of such business began. Also, the date that the premises described in Subsection B hereof were first and continuously used for the storage of junk.
    G. 
    Such other information as the Town Clerk deems necessary for the proper processing of the application.