§ 82-55. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Aluminum material means a product made from aluminum, an aluminum alloy or an aluminum byproduct. The term includes an aluminum beer keg, but does not otherwise include an aluminum can used to contain a food or beverage.

Building construction materials mean copper pipe, tubing or wiring; aluminum wire; aluminum siding; plumbing supplies; electrical supplies; window glass; window frames; doors; door frames; downspouts; gutters; lumber; air conditioning units and other similar materials.

Bronze material means:

(1)

A cemetery vase, receptacle or memorial made from bronze;

(2)

Bronze statuary; or

(3)

Material that is readily identifiable as bronze.

Copper or brass material means insulated or noninsulated copper wire or cable of the type used by public utilities or common carriers, copper or brass items of a type commonly used in construction or by public utilities or any combination consisting only of those items.

Chief of police means the chief of police of the city.

Clear thumb print impression means an intentional recording of the friction ridge detail on the volar pads of the thumb.

Electronic database means an electronic filing system in which data is organized by fields and records.

Licensee means a person who holds a license to conduct business as a scrap metal processor or secondhand dealer.

Metal recycling entity means a person, who, from a fixed location, engages in the business of utilizing machinery or equipment for the processing or manufacturing of iron, steel or nonferrous metallic scrap and whose principal product is scrap iron, scrap steel or nonferrous metallic scrap for remelting purposes.

Minor means any person less than 18 years of age.

Personal identification document means:

(1)

A driver's license;

(2)

A military identification card;

(3)

A passport issued by the United States or by another country and recognized by the United States; or

(4)

A personal identification certificate issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety under V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 521.101 or a corresponding card or certificate issued by another state.

Regulated material means aluminum material, bronze material or copper or brass material.

Scrap metal means a direct product or byproduct of any form of a manufactured, shaped, or processed iron, steel, aluminum, brass, copper, lead, tin, zinc, or other nonferrous metallic material.

Secondhand metal dealer means an auto wrecker, a scrap metal processor or any other person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about from place to place procuring regulated material or any person operating, carrying on, conducting or maintaining a scrap metal yard or other place where scrap metal or cast-off regulated material of any kind is gathered together or kept for shipment, sale or transfer.

Secondhand dealer means a person who engages in the business of buying, selling, trading or otherwise dealing in used items, other than metal items.

Show means any display and offering of used items for sale or trade by more than one dealer at a single location.

Used means any items, goods, products, wares, chattels, or articles of any sort which have previously been owned by someone other than the manufacturer, or a dealer whose business it is to sell such items, goods, products, wares, chattels, or articles when new to the consumer.

(Ord. No. 10,780, § 3, 12-13-07)