Application for a junkyard permit shall be filed
with the Town Clerk's office.
[Amended 11-7-2000]
The Town Clerk shall collect in advance from
the applicant for said permit the fee specified in Table 1 plus the
cost of posting and publishing the notice required by 30-A M.R.S.A.
§ 3754.
A.
State law requires that a public hearing be held by
the municipal officers, with the hearing date to be set by the Town
Clerk in keeping with regularly scheduled meeting dates.
B.
The municipal officers shall, before granting a permit
to establish, operate or maintain a graveyard or junkyard, hold a
public hearing, notice of which shall be posted at least seven days
and not more than 14 days prior to said hearing in not fewer than
two public places in Wells and in one newspaper of general circulation
in Wells.
C.
The municipal officers shall give written notice to
the Department of Transportation by ordinary mail not less than seven
nor more than 14 days prior to the hearing.
The municipal officers may stipulate reasonable
conditions or limitations which shall be attached to the permit covering
the operation, use and other related matters and which shall be considered
part of the permit.
Whoever violates any provision of this article
shall be penalized as specified in 30-A M.R.S.A. §§ 3758
and 4452. Any violation of the terms, conditions or limitations imposed
on the permit shall constitute a violation of the permit and of this
article.
It shall be the duty of the state police, as
well as local and county officers of the law, and the municipal officers
or their designee to enforce this article.
