[1975 Code § 32.06]
No person shall conduct or maintain any junk shop or junkyard
in the City without having first obtained a license so to do.
[1975 Code § 32.06; amended by 2003 Code]
All applications for licenses shall be in writing and contain
the name of the person desiring the license, the place where the applicant
proposes to maintain such junk store or junkyard, the kind of business
the applicant proposes to establish, conduct or maintain, and shall
be accompanied by the written consent of the necessary property owners
and the license fee. Upon granting the license, the City Administrator
shall certify the same to the City Clerk.
[1975 Code § 32.06; amended by 2003 Code]
The license fee for each junk store or junkyard shall be $100
per annum.
[1975 Code § 32.06; amended by 2003 Code]
The applicant shall, before any license shall be issued, give
bond to the City in the sum of $2,500 conditioned that he will not
violate any of the provisions of this chapter nor of the statutes
of the state with reference to junk stores or junkyards.
[1975 Code § 32.06; amended by 2003 Code]
It shall be unlawful to locate, build, construct, keep, conduct,
operate or maintain a junk store or junkyard, either at wholesale
or retail, within 300 feet of any church, public school, library or
hospital or home for the aged or indigent persons in the City, nor
shall any junkyard be located, established, conducted or maintained
on any site where 1/2 of the buildings within a radius of 300 feet
of the proposed site are used for retail store purposes or used exclusively
for residence purposes without the written consent of a majority of
the property owners, according to the frontage, within a radius of
300 feet of the proposed site of said building or yard.
[Ord. 435, 5-18-1992; amended by 2003 Code]
A.
Enclosed Building Or Fence Required: Any junk store or junkyard established
in the City shall keep all materials, junk, discarded or abandoned
items and the like within a fenced in area, which fenced in area shall
entirely enclose the location at which the junk store or junkyard
is established.
B.
Fence Specifications; Maintenance: Any required fence shall be a
solid, nontransparent fence six feet in height, which shall be kept
neatly painted or stained, in a uniform color, and in good repair
at all times, and which shall be constructed of plank board or corrugated
iron, so as to exclude the premises from public view.
C.
Height Of Stored Materials: Storage required to be enclosed in a
building or behind a solid fence shall not be of greater height than
the enclosed building or fence.
D.
Advertisements On Fences Prohibited: The required fence shall not
be used for billpostings or other advertising purposes; except, that
a sign may be placed thereon in compliance with the sign regulations
for the zoning district in which such premises are located.
[Ord. 435, 5-18-1992]
Any such establishment shall, as far as practicable, be kept
clear and clean of all rubbish or waste material. No open fire for
the burning of rubbish, trash, motor vehicles, or any part thereof,
or other waste material shall be permitted at any such location.
[Ord. 435, 5-18-1992]
All tanks and engines from motor vehicles shall be kept thoroughly
drained of gasoline and other petroleum products.
[Ord. 435, 5-18-1992]
The location at which the junk store or junkyard is established
shall have not more than two entrances/exits, with each entrance/exit
being allowed to serve as both an entrance and an exit, each of which
entrance/exit shall not exceed 15 feet in width and which entrance/exit
shall be located along the perimeter of the premises. Such entrance/exit
shall have a solid, nontransparent gate or gates which shall be closed
during hours other than hours of business.
[1975 Code § 32.06; amended by 2003 Code]
No person licensed to conduct or maintain a junk store or junkyard
within the City shall purchase or receive any machinery or junk of
any description from any person under the age of 18 years without
the written consent of the underage person's parent or guardian.
[Ord. 435, 5-18-1992]
Any person maintaining or operating a junk store or junkyard
shall keep at his place of business a book in which a record shall
be kept of the day and time of day of each purchase, or receipt of
personal property (including those items received for no consideration),
the name, residence and description of the persons selling or giving
and actually delivering the personal property, including motor vehicles,
motor vehicle parts, or motor vehicle accessories, the amount of the
purchase price, a description of the items, and if the item purchased
or received is a motor vehicle, the make, state license number, motor
number, body number, style, seating capacity of the vehicle purchased,
make and identifying number of the radiator, speedometer, and other
items purchased, together with any other information concerning said
property, as may be necessary to prove ownership or identity of the
personal property purchased or received, including vehicles or automobile
parts or accessories as may be purchased or obtained for free.
