[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton as
Ch. 19, Art. II, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead, scrap
zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, bones, rags, paper, used
cloth, used rubber, used rope, used tinfoil, used bottles, old or used machinery,
used tools, used appliances, used fixtures, used utensils, used lumber, used
boxes or crates, used pipe or pipe fittings, used tires and other manufactured
goods that are so worn, deteriorated or obsolete as to make them unusable
in their existing condition, but are subject to being dismantled.
Any buildings, structures and premises where junk, waste, discarded
or salvage materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled
or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, house wrecking and structural
steel materials and equipment, but not including the purchase or storage of
used furniture and household equipment, used cars held for sale in operating
condition and not for the purpose of being sold for scrap or salvage.
All outdoor storage facilities in junkyards shall be enclosed in a substantial,
solid, nontransparent fence not less than eight (8) feet, nor more than ten
(10) feet high. Such enclosure shall at all times be painted and kept in good
order.
No material or merchandise of any sort shall be stored in front of the enclosure provided for in § 301-2.
No materials or wastes shall be deposited on any junkyard premises in
such form or manner that they may be transferred off such premises by natural
causes or forces.
All materials or wastes on junkyard premises which might cause fumes
or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible by or otherwise
be attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed
containers.
No person shall burn in any junkyard refuse or junk, including rubber
tires, batteries and rubber from wires or any type of junk or old used automobiles
which may cause fumes or odors injurious to the health and welfare of adjoining
residents.
No person shall keep or maintain any junkyard within the city unless
a license therefor shall have been previously obtained.
Every person desiring to keep, maintain or operate a junkyard shall
file with the Department of Public Safety an application for a license. The
application shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the particular
place for which the license is desired and the size of the area and the name
of the owner or owners of the premises.
A license to keep or maintain any junkyard shall be issued only by the
Superintendent of Building Inspection of the Department of Public Safety and
shall be for a period of one (1) year or any fractional part thereof The license
year shall commence on the first Monday of September of each year.
The license issued under this chapter may be transferred by the owner
for the duration of the term for which issued. However, the Department of
Public Safety shall be notified of the proposed transfer, and the transfer
may be made only upon the approval of the Director of the Department.
