[CC 1995 § 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.
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.
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined above, within
the City.
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.
[CC 1995 § 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.
[CC 1995 § 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.
1.
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.
[CC 1995 § 51.040]
The Board of Aldermen deem it reasonable and necessary to fix
the fee for the operation of a junkyard in the corporate limits of
the City of Golden City, Missouri. Such fee shall be ten dollars ($10.00)
per year.
[CC 1995 § 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.
1.
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.
[CC 1995 § 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.
[CC 1995 § 51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall
expire on the 31st day of December 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.
[CC 1995 § 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, 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 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 reasonable necessary for the conduct of the licensed business.
[CC 1995 § 51.090]
Section 615.080 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.
