[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]
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.