[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Yeadon 12-7-1995 by Ord. No. 1245 as Ch. 820 of the 1995 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Nuisances — See Ch. 203.
Solid waste — See Ch. 261.
Zoning — See Ch. 300.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK
Any discarded or salvageable article or material, including, but not limited to, scrap metal, paper, rags, glass, containers, scrap wood, motor vehicles, trailers, machinery and equipment, with the exceptions of farm machinery and mobile homes or house trailers which are occupied or are properly placed and planned for occupancy.
JUNK DEALER
Any person who buys, sells, salvages, stores or in any way deals in junk or owns, leases, operates or maintains a junkyard within the municipality.
JUNKYARD
Any place where junk is stored or accumulated. Any premises having two or more unlicensed motor vehicles and/or unlicensed trailers thereon shall be deemed to be a junkyard, except that the foregoing shall not apply to duly licensed automobile dealers having operable vehicles on their premises for resale. Such exception shall not apply to inoperable vehicles being stored primarily for salvage purposes.
No person shall operate, maintain or carry on the business of a junk dealer or keep any junk, junkyard or other store or place for the purchase, sale or transfer of junk.
The provisions of § 182-2 shall not apply to, or interfere with, proper procedures authorized by the courts under statutes of the commonwealth.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 10 days in the Borough lockup or not more than 30 days in the county jail or workhouse, or both such fine and imprisonment. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.