Sec. 8-201. - License required.

No person shall engage in the business of purchasing, selling, bartering or dealing in junk, old metals or any secondhand articles, including automobiles, whether as a keeper of a shop, storehouse or flea market operation for the reception of such materials or as gatherer of such materials in any bag, wagon or cart or as foundryman or other person receiving the materials for the purpose of melting the materials or of converting the materials into castings. No person shall establish, operate or maintain an automobile junkyard within this city, unless such persons shall be duly licensed by the city council and subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth in this article.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 8-161)

State Law reference— License for junk and secondhand dealers, G.L. 1956, §§ 5-21-1, 5-21-2.