[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Council) of the Township of Allamuchy 7-18-1959 (Ch. 88 of the 1981 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 8-15-1959]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to maintain, operate or conduct a junk shop or junkyard in or upon which junk, as hereinafter described, shall be purchased, sold, stored, repaired, renovated or restored within the Township of Allamuchy, except that no premises shall be licensed as a junkyard within 250 feet of any residence, motel, church, school or any public building or 150 feet from any public highway without first having obtained a license for such purpose as hereinafter provided, except also that this exception shall not apply to junkyards in existence at the time of passage of this amendment.
For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions are hereby established:
JUNK
Includes rags, scrap iron, shavings, borings, old dope, old iron, brass, copper, tin, lead and other old materials, unregistered automobiles which are unfit for reconditioning for sale for highway transportation, used parts of motor vehicles, old bottles, glass, lumber, paper, discarded machinery or parts thereof and any other secondhand articles or used materials and merchandise and such other articles or things as commonly come within the classification of "junk."
Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation desiring to obtain a license as herein required shall file with the Township Clerk a written application, signed by the applicant or applicants, which application shall state:
A. 
The name and residence of the applicant and, if a firm or association, the names and addresses of the officers and the registered agent or partners.
B. 
The detailed nature of the business to be conducted and the classes of material which it is proposed to store therein, the premises at which it is proposed to establish the business, including a full description of such premises, and whether the applicant owns the premises or leases it.
The Township Council of the Township of Allamuchy may restrict the number of licensed premises within the Township and may impose such reasonable regulations and rules with regard to said business so to be conducted not contrary to law as the Township Council of the Township of Allamuchy may deem necessary and proper for the preservation of public health, safety and welfare of the Township and its inhabitants and as may be necessary to carry into effect the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Township by law.
The license shall authorize the licensee to conduct the said business at the place specified in the license and shall not be transferable to another location nor assignable or transferable in any manner.
Before any application for a license to conduct said business shall be accepted by the Township Clerk, there shall be presented to him at the time of the making of said application a paid tax bill by the Tax Collector of the Township of Allamuchy indicating that said applicant has paid all personal property taxes due from such applicant for the chattels on the licensed premises for the year preceding the year for which the new license is sought.
The Township Council of the Township of Allamuchy shall issue all licenses under this chapter, and they shall be good and valid from the date of issue until the 31st day of December next after granting the same.
[Amended 12-29-1962; 10-5-1978; 5-7-1981; 5-21-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-05; 8-13-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-08]
All persons, firms or corporations receiving such license or licenses shall pay to the Township of Allamuchy an annual fee of $250 for each license issued.
Every person, firm, partnership or corporation to whom such license may be issued shall, when engaging in business within the Township of Allamuchy, be in possession of such license and is hereby required to have such license on exhibition at all times.
The property upon which said business shall be conducted shall be enclosed by a hedge or fence not less than six feet high nor more than eight feet high. Said hedge shall be kept in a trimmed and neat condition at all times where the said property is either entirely or partly bounded by the said natural barrier. This section shall not preclude the erection of a different type of enclosure, such as a brick or stone wall, wooden fence or cyclone fence, but this cannot be done without the consent of the Township Council of the Township of Allamuchy.
Any licensee or the person in charge of any licensed premises who shall receive or be in possession of any goods, articles or things which may have been stolen or lost or alleged or specified to have been stolen or lost shall, forthwith upon demand to view the same, present the same to the representative of the Township of Allamuchy.
All goods, articles, merchandise or motor vehicles must be stored and kept within the enclosed fence above described and not upon the sidewalk, street or any part thereof.
No licensee or his agent shall knowingly buy, sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or have in his possession any motor vehicle from which the manufacturer's serial number or any other number or identification mark has been removed, defaced, altered, covered or destroyed for the purpose of concealing the identity of such vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any licensee to stack, pile or place any of the aforesaid secondhand materials upon the licensed 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.
Any member of the Township Council of the Township of Allamuchy, the Health Officer, the representative of the Township or any authorized agent of the Township shall have the right at any and all reasonable times to inspect any or all parts of the licensed premises.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[Amended 8-15-1959; 4-1-1982]
It shall be unlawful for persons to deposit or leave more than two unlicensed vehicles, automobiles, trucks or other automotive equipment or any part thereof, or any other junk in open fields or upon other unfenced private property without first obtaining the permission of the Township Council of Allamuchy and of the owner of such property. Farmers may store farm machinery, wooden crates, haystacks and used lumber on their own property for their own use if placed 250 feet from another residence, motel, church, school or public building and 75 feet from any highway.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 144, Farming.
[Amended 9-3-1981[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate a provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to the general penalty in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Township Code. The imposition of a penalty for a violation of this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. Such violation shall be remedied within a reasonable time, and each day that such violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).