It shall be unlawful for any property owner, tenant or licensee to store
outside of a building or on any property in the City of Garfield any scrap,
junk or waste materials or to process or prepare such materials.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
SCRAP, JUNK AND WASTE MATERIALS
Includes but is not limited to scrap paper, scrap metal, unlicensed
and unusable automobiles, trucks or mechanized equipment or parts thereof,
including tires, discarded plumbing utensils, rags and/or bottles and any
and all other materials that are likely to create a nuisance, emit obnoxious
odors, be offensive to the senses or emit obnoxious smoke or noises.
This chapter shall not operate or be enforceable against any business,
trade or manufacture which has received a license from a proper agency of
the City of Garfield.
Upon the conviction of any person, persons, firm or corporation for
a violation of this chapter, said condition which is the basis of said conviction
must be alleviated by the violator within seven days of conviction thereof,
and in the event it is not, the city shall have the right to undertake the
alleviation of the condition and to assess the expense thereof to the property
owner.
[Amended 5-20-1980 by Ord. No. 1723; 4-25-2006
by Ord. No. 2457]
Any person or persons, firm or corporation who violates any of the above
regulations or provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000;
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.