For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meaning set forth:
SALVAGE YARD
The business of purchasing, selling, exchanging or storing old iron,
brass, copper, tin, lead, dismantled or partly dismantled used motor vehicles,
parts of used motor vehicles, all paper, rags, rubber, glass, and other secondhand
materials of like nature, secondhand lumber, doors, window frames, plumbing
fixtures and any secondhand materials acquired by reason of the demolition
of any structure.
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT LOCATION
Any premises which consists of a part of one, or one or more lots
and which are adjacent and contiguous to each other and, if described by metes
and bounds, would have one continuous and uninterrupted boundary line.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use any open air plot of ground,
yard or parcel of land or building as a salvage yard, as defined above, without
first obtaining a license therefor from the Township Council.
Before any application for a license to conduct such business shall
be accepted by the Township Clerk, there shall be presented to him or her,
at the time of the making of such application, a paid tax bill receipted by
the Tax Collector indicating that all property taxes due on the proposed premises
have been paid.
Any such license, when issued, shall in no wise be construed so as to
permit the owner of the business to operate or maintain such business upon
any other location or in any other building other than that set forth and
described in the application and license.
Licenses issued under this chapter shall be good and valid from the
date of issue until the 31st day of December, next, after granting the same.