[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Palmyra 10-13-1964 (Ch. 37 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A place, location, yard, covered or uncovered, or place in
the Borough of Palmyra 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, 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 Borough of Palmyra without having
first applied for and obtained a license to do so from the Borough
Council of the Borough of Palmyra in the County of Burlington.
No license shall be granted except upon written
application therefor made upon forms to be obtained from the Borough
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 one junkyard therein described until December 31 of the
year in which it is issued and may at any time, upon five days' notice
and after hearing thereon, be suspended or revoked by the Borough
Council for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter.
The annual fee for each license shall be $250,
and no part thereof shall be prorated.
[Amended 6-13-1966]
A.
No license shall be granted for any junkyard that
is not operated within the limits of the property described in the
application and not enclosed by a solid wall six feet high or solid
fence six feet high with substantial gates and locks.
B.
Solid fencing may be redwood, cedar or its equivalent,
subject to approval of the Building Inspector.
C.
Any junkyard existing on the effective date of this
chapter shall so enclose the yard within six months from the effective
date hereof.
No license shall be granted for any junkyard
located within 300 feet of any building of another property owner.
Proper precaution shall be taken to prevent
rats, mice or other vermin or insects from being harbored or bred
in said junkyard.
No business shall be conducted at any junkyard
before sunrise or after sunset. During the time the junkyard is 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 so that smoke or noxious fumes or
odors emanating therefrom may be dissipated without annoyance to the
residents in the neighborhood and in strict conformity with all state
or local air pollution laws or regulations.
Junk shall not be permitted to accumulate or
be placed, stored or deposited in the open but shall be stored, accumulated
or placed only within the area constituting the junkyard, as described
in the application.
Every person, 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 and
health.
No junkyard shall occupy an area greater than
three acres.
This chapter shall apply to any junkyards now
in existence or hereafter created.
