[Adopted as Ch. XVI, Sec. 16:04, of the 1975
Municipal Code]
No person or persons, firm or corporation, shall
engage in the business of keeping a junkyard, that is, no person or
persons, firm or corporation shall keep and maintain a yard covered
or uncovered, space or place, in the City of Salem for the purpose
of auto wrecking or buying and selling, exchanging or storing cages,
cullet, junk stoves and junk refrigerators, junk metals, junk paper
or junk of any kind or parts thereof or motor vehicle junk without
being licensed to do so by the Council of the City of Salem. A fee
of $100 per annum shall be charged for such license, which shall be
returned in full if the application is denied or refused by the Council.
Inspection reports shall be submitted, prior to issuance of the license,
by Chief of Police, Fire Inspector or Fire Chief and Health Officer.
No junkyard license shall be issued in the City
of Salem other than renewal for a junkyard properly licensed and operating
at the time of application.
[Amended 10-16-1995 as Ord. No. 95-15; 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-06]
Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000; or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person who is convicted
of violating this article within one year of the date of a previous
violation of the same article and who was fined for the previous violation,
shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender.
The additional fine imposed by a court upon a person for a repeated
offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine
fixed for a violation of the article, but shall be calculated separately
from the fine imposed for the violation of the article.
[Adopted as Ch. XVI, Sec. 16:05, of the 1975
Municipal Code]
Application for a license shall be made to the
Treasurer of the City of Salem, specifying the name of the party,
business address, date of issuance and fee paid. The license shall
be issued in duplicate, one copy to be retained by the Treasurer and
one given to the licensee.
There shall be no proration of license fee,
but such license shall be good from the time issued until December
31 of the year in which it was issued.
[Amended 10-16-1995 as Ord. No. 95-15; 7-20-2020 by Ord. No. 20-06]
Any person violating this article shall, upon conviction, be
subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000; or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Any person who is convicted
of violating this article within one year of the date of a previous
violation of the same article and who was fined for the previous violation,
shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender.
The additional fine imposed by a court upon a person for a repeated
offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine
fixed for a violation of the article, but shall be calculated separately
from the fine imposed for the violation of the article.