[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of North Haledon as Ch. 96 of the 1990 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
No person shall engage in the business of keeping a junkyard in the Borough for the purpose of buying or selling, exchanging or storing of old rags, metals, bottles, glassware, tinware, papers or any other material commonly called "junk"; provided, however, that this chapter shall not prohibit the storage of, buying or selling of secondhand automobiles or parts thereof, as otherwise permitted by Chapter 600, Zoning.
[Amended 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990]
No person shall engage in the business of storage
and/or buying or selling secondhand or used automobiles or parts thereof
in the Borough.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Describes any dealer engaged in the business of storing,
displaying, buying or selling secondhand automobiles or parts thereof.
The make, model, engine number and serial number
of all motor vehicles received by any person engaged in the business
of motor vehicle junk dealer shall be reported to the Chief of Police
of the Borough within 24 hours after the receipt thereof and before
the same are dismantled or otherwise disposed of.
All gasoline, fuel or other explosive material
shall be drained and removed from any motor vehicle within 24 hours
after it is received for resale or junking on any premises located
in the Borough. 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 level than
2 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 50 feet.
It shall be unlawful for any automobile junk
dealer to permit any vehicle received on any premises in the Borough
to be or remain in the open in such a manner that rainwater shall
collect and remain in any of the parts thereof for a longer period
than 24 hours.
A.
There shall be no exterior storage of parts.
B.
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.
C.
It shall be unlawful to stack, pile or place 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.
It shall be unlawful to stack, pile or place
any motor vehicle or any part or parts thereof closer to the curbline
of the street adjacent to or in front of the premises than 50 feet.
All parts of the motor vehicles shall be so
piled, stacked or otherwise placed a sufficient distance from the
sideline of the premises 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 such injury.
[Amended 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990]
Every person engaged in the business of selling used motor vehicles or motor vehicle junk dealer shall pay a license fee as provided in Chapter 275, Fees.
A.
All persons now engaged in or hereafter engaging in
the business of motor vehicle junk dealer shall, from and after December
11, 1936, make application to the Borough Clerk, who is hereby designated
as the licensing officer for the purpose of this chapter.
B.
The application shall be in writing and shall set
forth the name of the person or persons, firm or corporation, their
respective addresses or principal place of business and shall describe
the premises upon which the business is to be conducted, giving the
street frontage and approximate depth of the premises, and the application
shall be accompanied by the license fee hereinabove provided.
C.
The Borough Clerk is hereby directed to present the
applications to the Borough Council at its next meeting and is hereby
authorized to issue a license to such persons or person, firm or corporation
on approval of the same by the Borough Council, and the license shall
be effective from the date of issue to December 31 of the year in
which the license is issued.
D.
All persons, firms or corporations, upon the expiration
of any license granted hereunder, shall make application to the Borough
Clerk for a license to conduct the business for the ensuing year or
part thereof and shall pay for the license the same fee as hereinabove
set forth.
The Borough Clerk, upon the issue of any license
under the provisions of this chapter, shall turn over the license
fee to the Borough Collector.
The Health Officer designated by the Board of
Health of the Borough and the police officers of the Borough are hereby
authorized and directed, during reasonable business hours, to make
reasonably periodic and effective inspection of all of the premises
and buildings for the purpose of ascertaining that the business is
being conducted on the licensed premises in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
This chapter is passed for the purpose of raising
revenue and regulating the business hereinabove referred to.
