[R.O. 2013 §615.010; CC §51.010; CC 1991 §620.010]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Chapter:
BUSINESS PREMISES OR PREMISES
The area of a junkyard as described in a junk dealer's license
or application for license, as provided for in this Chapter.
ITINERANT JUNK DEALER
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects
or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment within
the City, but who is not an operator of a junkyard within the City
or an employee of such an operator.
JUNK
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 non-ferrous
material.
JUNK DEALER
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined below, within
the City.
JUNKYARD
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.
[R.O. 2013 §615.020; CC §51.020; CC 1991 §620.020]
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 therefor from the City Clerk
in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2013 §615.030; CC §51.030; CC 1991 §620.030]
An applicant for license under this Chapter shall file with
the City Clerk a written application upon forms provided by the City
Clerk and pay a fee as hereinafter prescribed. 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.
[R.O. 2013 §615.040; CC §51.040; CC 1991 §620.040]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as
established from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen
and on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2013 §615.050; CC §51.050; CC 1991 §620.050]
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.
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.
[R.O. 2013 §615.060; CC §51.060; CC 1991 §620.060]
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or
assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one to whom
it was issued.
[R.O. 2013 §615.070; CC §51.070; CC 1991 §620.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of April 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.
[R.O. 2013 §615.080; CC §51.080; CC 1991 §620.080]
A. The
following general operating requirements shall apply to all junk dealers
licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter:
1. The license issued pursuant to this Chapter 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 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 of 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 activity shall be carried
on in connection with the license business on Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving
or at 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.
[R.O. 2013 §615.090; CC §51.090; CC 1991 §620.090]
Section
620.080 shall not apply to the operation of junkyards outside of the City limits, even though the owner thereof be licensed in accordance with this Chapter.