As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with
another business or not, where two or more unregistered, old, or secondhand
motor vehicles, no longer intended or in condition for legal use on
the public highways, are held, whether for the purpose of resale of
used parts therefrom, for the purpose of reclaiming for use some or
all of the materials therein, whether metal, glass, fabric or otherwise,
for the purpose of disposing of the same or for any other purpose;
such term shall include any place of storage or deposit for any such
purposes of used parts or waste materials from motor vehicles which,
taken together, equal in bulk two or more such vehicles; provided,
however, the term "junkyard" shall not be construed to mean an establishment
having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap and
whose principal produce is scrap iron, steel or nonferrous scrap for
sale for remelting purposes only.
The Town Board of the Town of Potsdam, has adopted, and will
use the New York State Motor Vehicle Junkyard Law, General Municipal
Law § 136, for regulating the same in the Town of Potsdam.
Motor vehicle junkyards will be allowed in the R-A District, after applying for and receiving a special use permit, and complying with all regulations for a special use as per Chapter 306, § 306-7C(3)(c).
A violation of this article shall be punishable by a fine not
to exceed $250 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or
both such fine and imprisonment. Each week that such violation is
carried on or continues shall constitute a separate violation.
