By the adoption of this chapter the Village Board of the Village
of Corinth declares its intent in so doing to be to regulate, control
and license the activities or businesses known as auto graveyards,
junkyards, secondhand parts collection areas, the processing of used
metals for resale and the dumping, storage and disposal of waste,
secondhand or used materials of whatever composition. Said Village
Board hereby declares that such activities or businesses can constitute
a hazard to property and persons and a public nuisance.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTO
Passenger auto, truck, tractor-truck, trailer, bus, motorcycle
or other vehicle, however propelled, as well as tractors, bulldozers,
machinery and equipment.
PERSON
An individual, an association, a partnership, or a corporation.
No person shall engage in or conduct on real property within
the Village of Corinth, either for himself or for and on behalf of
any other person directly or indirectly as agent, employee or otherwise,
any activity or business, either for profit or otherwise, at wholesale
or retail, which involves the collection, storage, dumping, disassembling,
dismantling, salvaging, sorting or otherwise handling or arranging
for sale, resale, storage or disposal or otherwise of bodies, engines
or parts of autos, or of any other secondhand or used property of
whatever material it is composed or any waste material, whether composed
of wood, paper, cloth, cardboard, plastics, metals, stone, cement
or otherwise, without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter
provided.