[Ord. No. 256 §§1 —
6, 5-6-1960]
A.
Any
person, corporation, partnership or association who shall, within
the corporate limits of the City of Oak Grove, Missouri, keep or maintain
on the premises owned or occupied by him/her, a junk yard, machinery
storage yard or auto storage shall be required to obtain a special
permit from the Board of Aldermen to keep, maintain and operate same.
It shall be a matter of discretion with the Board of Aldermen as to
the granting of such special permit.
B.
Further,
it is provided that any applicant for such a special permit must present
proof that the applicant has or will, within thirty (30) days, construct
a chain link fence entirely surrounding the location of the junk yard
or machinery storage yard operation, which chain link fence shall
be six (6) feet in height.
C.
Further,
it is provided that, as a condition of the granting of the special
permit, the owner or operator of the business shall not burn vehicles
or automobile equipment thereon, and if such burning occurs, the special
permit may be revoked by the Board of Aldermen after notice to the
holder of the special permit.
D.
Any
person applying for such special permit to the Board of Aldermen shall
be required, if same is granted, to pay into the hands of the City
Collector the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a license fee.
The term of such license shall be for the remaining part of the calendar
year in which such special permit may have been granted and thereafter,
upon renewal, the license shall be for the calendar year.
E.
In
the event the Board of Aldermen shall refuse to grant such special
permit, then the applicant shall, if already in operation, immediately
cease all operations and remove same from his/her property, and upon
his/her failure to do so, such person shall be deemed guilty of committing
a nuisance and upon conviction of continuing in operation shall be
fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. It is specifically provided
that each day such person shall continue to operate after the action
of the Board of Aldermen in refusing such special permit shall be
deemed a separate offense, chargeable hereunder.
F.
In
the event that it is reported to the Board of Aldermen that there
is such an operation and business in the City of Oak Grove, the operator
or owner of which refuses to apply for such special permit and comply
with the provisions hereof, then such continued operation shall be
deemed a misdemeanor with each day of operation being deemed a separate
offense and such operator or owner upon conviction shall be fined
not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for each offense.
