9673-06 Amend Chapter 4 - Theft of Aluminum, Copper, and Related Items

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Scrap Metal Dealers, Junk Dealers, Valuable Metal Dealers, Recycling Operations and Ordinance Substitute Bill No. 12-06 Page 2 The new regulations are believed to be reasonable and necessary in furthering the health and public safety interests of our community. ~ocr~, ~1~~~e, ~e i,G~ a~~~ ~r~ed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. Chapter 4, Article 4, Section 4-51 of the South Bend Municipal Code shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 4-51 Scrap Metal Dealers, Junk Dealers, Valuable Metal Dealers and Recycling Operations .* (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) Business records mean the records of an~purchase, trade, barter or other transaction that involves the receipt of scrap metal and/or valuable metals which are required as part of the licensing_procedures addressed herein, but do not include correspondence, tax returns or financial statements. (2) Ferrous metals mean those metals which will attract a magnet. ~ ~ Junk dealers mean any person who keeps or maintains a yard, covered or uncovered, space or place, within the City for the purpose of, and engaging in the business of, buying or selling, exchanging or storing of old or used materials, bottles, glassware, paper, bagging, rags or rope, or any other type of material commonly referred to as "junk." (4) Nonferrous metals mean those metals which will not normally attract a magnet, including copper, brass and aluminum. (5) Purchase means acquiring an item of value where consideration is to be paid. (6) Purchase of valuable metal means acquiring a valuable metal product or products by a valuable metal dealer in a single transaction of less than one hundred dollars x$100.00), but does not include purchases between scrap metal processing facilities which are defined in Indiana Code § 8- 12-1-3 d . {~} ~ Recycling operators means any person who keeps or maintains a yard, covered or uncovered, space or place, within the City for the purpose of, and engaging in the business of, buying or selling, exchanging or storing of old or used materials, junk, scrap metals, or scrap materials. * New amendments are underlined or