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A. A scrap metal dealer shall not provide payment for any scrap metal on site at the time of the scrap metal transaction. Payment shall be made by mailing a check or money order to a physical address provided by the seller through a current driver license or other identification prescribed in Section 19-60(3). The check or money order shall be made payable to the business name for an industrial account. This section:

1. Except as provided in subsections (A)(2), (3) and (4) of this section, only applies to industrial accounts, copper and aluminum wire with a diameter of at least three-eighths of an inch.

2. Except as provided in subsections (A)(3) and (4) of this section, applies to all scrap metal transactions of $300.00 or more.

3. Does not apply to industrial accounts if the industrial accounts annually preregister employees who are authorized sellers on behalf of the industrial accounts.

4. Applies to all transactions involving air conditioner cooling coils, including industrial accounts, except that for these transactions a scrap metal dealer may give a seller on site a check made payable to the industrial account.

B. This section does not apply to transactions involving used aluminum beverage containers or materials consisting of a metal product in its original manufactured form that is comprised of no more than 20 percent by weight nonferrous metal. (Ord. No. G-5462, § 24, 2009; Ord. No. G-6182, 2016)