[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Aleppo 12-10-1963 by Ord. No. 30. Amendments noted where applicable.]
From and after the passage of this chapter, it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons or corporation to operate or conduct a business
within the Township as a junk dealer or to use or allow to be used
his, her or its property as a junkyard, salvage yard, or other place
used and maintained for the collection, storage, and disposal of used
and secondhand goods and materials without first obtaining a license
to operate such business within the Township from the Township Secretary.
[Amended 6-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
A.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Township is hereby designated
and authorized to issue a license to any person or persons or corporation
upon the payment by the applicant of the sum of $1,500 to the Township
annually, provided said applicant qualifies under all of the terms
and conditions of this chapter.
B.
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Township is further designated
and authorized to renew said license annually upon the payment of
a like sum of $1,500 by the applicant, provided that said applicant
at that time can qualify under the terms and conditions of this chapter
and has not previously had his license revoked for a violation thereof.
[Amended 6-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Township shall not be authorized
to issue any license unless the applicant for such license can demonstrate
to the satisfaction of the Code Enforcement Officer that the property
for which a license is sought as a junkyard has been properly fenced,
and that no junk, scrap or other secondhand materials or metals shall
be stored or placed within 75 feet of any public road in the Township
and shall not be closer than 25 feet to any adjoining owner's property
line; provided, further, that said property for which the license
is sought shall be properly screened from all adjoining properties,
and that said junkyard has been in continuous operation prior to October
1958.
[Amended 6-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
The Code Enforcement Officer of the Township shall be authorized
to revoke the license of any applicant licensed hereunder who has
violated the terms or conditions of this chapter during his licensed
period or any renewal thereof.
[Amended 6-11-1985 by Ord. No. 124; 6-18-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-04]
Any person, persons, or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof before any issuing
authority, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $1,000 for each
offense and may be sentenced to a period of incarceration not exceeding
90 days in the Allegheny County Jail. Each incident in violation of
this chapter shall be considered a separate offense and may be punishable
as same.
Nothing contained herein shall in any way affect the right of
the Township to prohibit the establishment of junkyards not already
in existence as provided for in other ordinances of the Township.
