[R.O. 1992 § 620.010; CC 1984 § 51.010]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Chapter:
The area of a junkyard as described in a junk dealer's
license or application for license, as provided for in this Chapter.
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.
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.
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined herein, within
the City.
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. 1992 § 620.020; CC 1984 § 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. 1992 § 620.030; CC 1984 § 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. 1992 § 620.040; CC 1984 § 51.040]
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. 1992 § 620.050; CC 1984 § 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. 1992 § 620.060; CC 1984 § 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 to whom
it was issued.
[R.O. 1992 § 620.070; CC 1984 § 51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on May 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. 1992 § 620.080; CC 1984 § 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 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 Fire Department, which
approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
[Ord. No. 2618-16, 11-15-2016]
12.
No noisy processing of junk or other noisy activity shall be
carried on in connection with the licensed 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.
14.
No oil or petroleum product, new or used, shall be discharged
into any ditch or watercourse.
[R.O. 1992 § 620.090; CC 1984 § 51.090]
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.
