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:
MOTOR VEHICLE JUNK DEALER
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.
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.
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.
[Added 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.