[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough
of Gibbsboro as Section 7-5 of the Revised General Ordinances (Ch. 105 of
the 1982 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any waste material or discarded material, old lumber or materials
obtained from dismantled buildings or old iron or other metal or substance;
glass, paper, machine parts, accessories, discarded machinery or discarded
machines, in whole or in part, unregistered motor vehicles which are unfit
for reconditioning or for sale for highway transportation, used parts of motor
vehicles and any material commonly known and generally referred to as "junk"
in the ordinary meaning of the word which is acquired or collected commercially.
Any person who buys or otherwise acquires junk for commercial purposes
within the Borough or who collects and stores junk therein.
Any building in which junk is placed, collected, stored or kept.
Any lot of land on which junk is placed, collected, stored or kept.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or operate a junk
shop or junkyard or to purchase, sell, store or deal in junk at any place
within the Borough without first having obtained a license in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
Every applicant for a license under the provisions of this chapter shall
file with the Borough Clerk a written application signed by the applicant
containing such information as the Borough Council shall require. The application
shall be presented by the Borough Clerk to the Borough Council at its next
regular meeting. No license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk until he
is authorized so to do by a resolution adopted by the Borough Council.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 82-2]
The annual license fee for each license issued pursuant to this chapter
shall be $100.
All licensed premises shall be subject to inspection at all times by
members of the Police Department or any other representative of the Borough.
A.Â
All junkyards conducted in the Borough shall have the
lot fenced in by a suitable fence, the height and construction of which shall
be approved by the Mayor and Council.
B.Â
No junk shall be stacked, piled, placed or stored within
250 feet of any frame building or within 100 feet of any fireproof building.
C.Â
No motor vehicle shall be dismantled within 250 feet
of any dwelling house, except a dwelling house situated on the licensed premises.
D.Â
No junk or refuse material shall be burned within 250
feet of any building.
E.Â
Precaution shall be taken by each licensee to safeguard
any flammable, combustible or explosive materials from fire, and no licensee
shall stack, pile or place junk upon the licensed premises in such manner
as to create a fire hazard.
F.Â
No junk shall be stacked, piled, placed or stored nearer
than 500 feet to any highway, and all junk shall be so stacked, piled, placed
or stored so as to prevent injury to persons lawfully passing along the highway
in front of the premises, in the event that the stacks, piles or junk otherwise
placed should fall or become dislodged.
G.Â
All junk shall be stacked, piled or otherwise placed
a sufficient distance from the side line of the licensed premises so as to
prevent the same from falling upon or doing injury to the adjoining premises
or persons lawfully using the same, or other effective means provided to prevent
any injury.
H.Â
All gasoline, fuel or other explosive material shall
be drained and removed from any motor vehicle within 24 hours after it is
received on any premises licensed, and the gasoline, fuel or other explosive
material shall either be removed from the premises or kept in a leakproof
tank to be buried on the premises to a sufficient depth so that the top of
the tank shall not be nearer to the surrounding ground than 2Â 1/2 feet,
and the tank, together with the filling parts and vents, shall not be placed
nearer to any building located on the premises or upon any adjacent premises
than 20 feet and shall be kept back from the curbline of the street in front
of or adjacent to the premises a distance of 60 feet.
I.Â
It shall be unlawful for any automobile junk dealer to
permit any vehicle received on any premises in the Borough to remain in the
open in such a manner that rainwater shall collect and remain in any of the
parts for a longer period than 24 hours.
J.Â
All parts of any motor vehicle so designed as to collect
and hold rainwater if left exposed in the open shall be housed in a watertight
building with a foundation and floor so constructed of concrete, brick or
other suitable material as to prevent the harboring of any rats, mice or vermin.
K.Â
All flammable material removed from the motor vehicles
and not removed from the premises or immediately destroyed shall be kept or
placed in a fireproof building or room.
L.Â
It shall be unlawful to stack, pile, place or store parts
of motor vehicles upon the premises in such a manner as to create a fire hazard
or to create a place for the harboring or breeding of rats, mice or vermin.
