The operation of any automobile wrecking yard or any automobile junkyard or the use of any property for the storage of wrecked or junked automobiles within the city limits or within an area of five thousand (5,000) feet from such city limits is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and to be unlawful.
(2002 Code, sec. 4.1601)
Any person who shall within the city limits or within an area of five thousand (5,000) feet from such city limits, as such limits may now be or may hereafter be extended, who shall operate an automobile wrecking yard or an automobile junkyard, or who shall use any property within such area as a storage place for wrecked or junked automobiles, shall upon conviction thereof be found guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day such offense is committed shall be considered a separate offense.
(2002 Code, sec. 4.1602)
The city council is authorized to require any person violating the terms of this article to cease and desist from such violation, and upon failure of the person or persons responsible for such violation to voluntarily cease and desist therefrom the council may through appropriate court proceedings enjoin such violation. Such authority on the part of the council to abate such nuisance by court action shall not in any wise affect the penalty provisions of this article.
(2002 Code, sec. 4.1603)