[R.O. 2012 §620.010; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.010]
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
Any old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead, or other base
metals; old cordage, ropes, rags, fibers, or fabrics; old rubber;
old bottles or other glass; bones; wastepaper and other waste or discarded
material which might be prepared to be used again in some form; and
any or all of the foregoing; and motor vehicles, no longer used as
such, to be used for scrap metal or stripping of parts, but "junk"
shall not include materials or objects accumulated by a person as
by-products, waste, or scraps from the operation of his/her own business,
or materials or objects held and used by a manufacturer as an integral
part of his/her own manufacturing processes.
JUNK DEALER
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined above within
the City.
JUNKYARD
A yard, lot, or place, covered or uncovered, outdoors or
in an enclosed building, containing junk as defined above, upon which
occurs one (1) or more acts of buying, keeping, dismantling, processing,
selling or offering for sale any such junk, in whole units or by parts,
for a business or commercial purpose, whether or not the proceeds
from such act or acts are to be used for charity.
[R.O. 2012 §620.020; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.020]
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. 2012 §620.030; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.030]
A. 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.
B. 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. 2012 §620.040; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.040]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as
established form time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen
and on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2012 §620.050; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.050]
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.
B. 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. 2012 §620.060; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.060]
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or
assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one (1) to
whom it was issued.
[R.O. 2012 §620.070; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on December 31 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. 2012 §620.080; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.080]
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 the 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 businesses.
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 blow 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 firefighting 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. 2012 §620.090; Ord. No. 2025, CC 1981 §51.090]
Section
620.080 shall not apply to the operation of junkyards outside the City limits, even though the owner thereof be licensed in accordance with this Chapter.