[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Mansfield 6-6-1949. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 25.
Littering — See Ch. 27A.
Motor vehicles sales and storage — See Ch. 29.
Motor vehicle towing and storage — See Ch. 30.
Nuisances — See Ch. 33.
Zoning — See Ch. 65.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNKYARD
A place, location, yard, covered or uncovered, or place, in the Township of Mansfield, kept, maintained or used for the purpose of buying and selling, exchanging or storing rags, old metals, old bottles, old glassware, old plumbing fixtures, old lumber, unregistered motor vehicles unfit for reconditioning, dismantled old motor vehicles or parts thereof, used motor vehicle parts, motor vehicle junk or any other old material commonly called "junk."
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall operate or maintain or establish a junkyard or engage in the business of keeping a junkyard within the Township of Mansfield without having first applied for and obtained license so to do from the Township Committee of the Township of Mansfield, in the County of Burlington.
No license shall be granted except upon written application therefor made upon forms to be obtained from the Township Clerk and unless said junkyard shall comply with all of the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable ordinance of this municipality or laws or regulations of the State of New Jersey or any department thereof.
Each license so granted shall authorize the operation of the junkyard therein described until December 31 of the year in which it is issued, and may, at any time upon 10 days' notice and after hearing thereon, be suspended or revoked by the Township Committee for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.
The annual fee for each license shall be $500, and no part thereof shall be prorated.
Each such applicant shall furnish with his application a bond with corporate surety conditioned for faithful observation of all the provisions of this chapter, in the sum of $5,000.
No license shall be granted for any junkyard that is not operated within a building of concrete block or similar fireproof construction and roofed over and provided with substantial doors and secure locks.
No business shall be conducted at a junkyard before 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., and such junkyards shall be closed entirely on Sunday. During the time or times when said junkyards shall be closed, all doors and other openings affording access thereto shall be securely locked.
Any junk or other waste matter burned in connection with any junkyard shall be burned in closed receptacles with chimneys of an adequate height so that smoke or noxious fumes or odors emanating therefrom may be dissipated without annoyance to the residents in the neighborhood. Each such chimney shall be provided with screens or other devices to prevent the escape of embers, sparks or ashes therefrom.
No junk shall be permitted to accumulate or be placed, stored or deposited in the open, but shall be only stored, accumulated or placed within the building constituting the junkyard as heretofore provided.
Every persons, firm or corporation licensed under this chapter shall at all times maintain the licensed premises in a safe and sightly manner with due regard to the public safety or health of persons or property in the vicinity in which the junkyard is located.
Any and all licenses issued under this chapter shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be made from time to time by the Township Committee to further effectuate the provisions hereof for the proper operation and regulation of the places of business named in such license.
[Amended 5-5-1988 by Ord. No. 1988-11]
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or to such combination of punishments as the Municipal Judge may, in his or her discretion, deem appropriate and just; and each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and each day the same is violated shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.
If any section, clause or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section, clause or provision so adjudged to be invalid, and the rest of this chapter shall remain valid and effective.
The provisions of this chapter shall be construed as in addition to and not in place of any other requirements of any other ordinances, statutes or regulations of this municipality or of the State of New Jersey or any department or agency thereof.