[CC 1994 §51.010; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Article:
The area of a junkyard as described in a junk dealer's license
or application for license as provided for in this Article.
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects,
or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment within
the City or an employee of such an operator.
Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper,
trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles,
or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous
material.
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined above, within
the City.
An establishment, area, or place of business maintained,
operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of
junk or for the operation of an automobile graveyard, garbage dump
or sanitary fill.
[CC 1994 §51.020; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer
or itinerant junk dealer in the City, whether personally, by agents
or employees, singly, or along with some other business or enterprise,
without first having obtained a license therefore from the City Clerk
in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
[CC 1994 §51.030; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
A.
An applicant
for license under this Article shall file with the City Clerk a written
application upon forms provided by the City Clerk, and pay a fee as
hereinafter prescribed.
1.
Said
application shall include the junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer's
name, residence address, and telephone number of applicant; the exact
address or location of the place where the business is or is proposed
to be carried on; and such other information as the City Clerk may
reasonably require.
[CC 1994 §51.050; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
A.
Upon
receipt of an application for a junk dealer's license as provided
for herein, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be
made of the applicant's business responsibility and moral character.
1.
If the
findings of said investigation are favorable to the applicant, the
City Clerk shall, within thirty (30) days after the filing of the
application and payment of the fee, issue a junk dealer's license
to the applicant.
[CC 1994 §51.060; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
No license issued under this Article shall be transferred or
assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one to whom
it was issued.
[CC 1994 §51.070; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June following the issuance
thereof. For a partial year license, the fee shall be prorated quarterly.
No license fee shall be returned to the holder upon sale, transfer,
or dissolution of the business for which the license was issued.
[CC 1994 §51.080; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
A.
The following
general operating requirements shall apply to all junk dealers licensed
in accordance with the provisions of this Article:
1.
The
license issued pursuant to this Article shall be plainly displayed
on the business premises.
2.
The
junkyard, together with things kept therein, shall at all times be
maintained in a sanitary condition.
3.
No space
not covered by the license shall be used in the licensed business.
4.
No water
shall be allowed to stand in any place on the premises in such a manner
as to afford a breeding place for mosquitoes.
5.
Weeds
and vegetation on the premises, other than trees, shall be kept at
a height not more than four (4) inches.
6.
No garbage
or other waste liable to give off a foul odor or attract vermin shall
be kept on the premises; nor shall any refuse of any kind be kept
on the premises, unless such refuse is junk as described herein and
is in use in the licensed business.
7.
No junk
shall be allowed to rest upon or protrude over any public property,
street, alley, walkway, or curb or become scattered or blown off the
business premises.
8.
Junk
shall be stored in piles not exceeding ten (10) feet in height and
shall be arranged so as to permit easy access to all such junk for
fire-fighting purposes.
9.
No combustible
material of any kind not necessary or beneficial to the licensed business
shall be kept on the premises; nor shall the premises be allowed to
become a fire hazard.
10.
Gasoline
and oil shall be removed from any scrapped engines or vehicles on
the premises.
11.
No
junk or other material shall be burned on the premises in any incinerator
not meeting the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department, which
approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
12.
No
noisy processing of junk or other noisy activities shall be carried
on in connection with the license business on Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving,
or any time between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
13.
The
area on the premises where junk is kept (other than indoors) shall
be enclosed, except for entrances and exits, with a solid vertical
wall or fence of a minimum height of eight (8) feet measured from
ground level. Entrances and exits shall not be wider or more numerous
than reasonably necessary for the conduct of the licensed business.
[Ord. No. 13-10 §1, 6-10-2013]
[CC 1994 §51.090; Ord. No. 94.10, 5-16-1994]
Section 610.070 shall not apply to the operation of junkyards outside of the City limits, even though the owner thereof be licensed in accordance with this Article.
