Little Chute, WI Business Licensing & Operations: Secondhand Dealers (2026)
Key Facts
- License required for
- Secondhand/junk material yards
- Approving body
- Village board
- License term
- Annual, ends June 30
- Board may require
- Perimeter fence
Summary
Anyone keeping a yard or building in Little Chute to store or deal in secondhand metals, rags, bottles, or junked vehicles needs a village junk dealer's license approved by the village board.
No person shall keep or maintain in the village any building or yard for the keeping or storing in commercial quantities or for dealing in any old, used, or secondhand materials of any kind, including rags, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron, or other metals or junked motor vehicles or the parts thereof, without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Village of Little Chute Code § 10-160(a) requires a license before keeping or maintaining any building or yard in the village for storing in commercial quantities, or dealing in, old, used, or secondhand materials: rags, paper, rubbish, bottles, rubber, iron or other metals, or junked motor vehicles and their parts. The village board authorizes the license only after finding the site and materials suitable for public health, safety, and welfare, and not a fire hazard or nuisance, and can require a board fence around the premises as a license condition. The license runs on an annual term ending June 30, and the board may revoke it if the business becomes a nuisance or the licensee is convicted of violating junk-dealer laws.
Violations & Fines
Operating a junk or secondhand-materials yard without a license violates § 10-160(a); the village board can revoke an existing license under § 10-160(d) for nuisance conduct or a related conviction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a scrap metal or secondhand yard need a license in Little Chute?
Can Little Chute revoke a junk dealer's license?
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