Any person violating any of the terms or conditions of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined as provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day a violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(2002 Code, sec. 113.99)
Any place used or maintained by any person, partnership or corporation as a junkyard or dumping ground, or for the wrecking or disassembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn-out, wrecked or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind, or of any of the parts thereof, or for the maintenance or operation of a place for the accumulation of rubbish of any description, is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance, being obnoxious and offensive to the inhabitants of the city, because of its interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by the inhabitants, and is prohibited within the city limits, unless the same is conducted in the manner hereinafter stated, following the payment of the license fee hereinafter prescribed.
(2002 Code, sec. 113.20)
Any person, partnership, or corporation granted a license as provided for in section 4.03.031 shall keep the premises used in the operation and maintenance of the business in a neat and orderly condition. The property and premises on which the business of private disassembling, wrecking, storing or leaving of worn-out, wrecked or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, appliances or machinery of any kind [is conducted] shall be enclosed by a tight board or metal fence of sufficient height to obscure same from the vision of people on neighboring property or from people driving upon any public street or alley. The fence shall be kept in a neatly painted condition, and no junk of any character, or parts or machinery of any kind, shall be allowed to remain outside the fence.
(2002 Code, sec. 113.22)
Any person, partnership or corporation desiring to use or maintain any property within the city for any of the purposes mentioned in section 4.03.002 shall make written application to the city secretary for a license, which application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and a legal description of the property or premises upon which the business is to be conducted, and the city secretary shall have the power either to grant or reject the application. If the application is granted, a license to operate the business shall be issued by the city secretary upon the payment of a fee of $5 per annum. Any license so issued shall expire on January 1 next succeeding the date of its issuance, but may be renewed from year to year in like manner as is provided for the original license.
(2002 Code, sec. 113.21)
The city council shall have the power to revoke the license provided for herein at any time for good cause, but only after notice has been given to the owner or owners of the business of a hearing to be held not less than ten days after the service of the notice.
(2002 Code, sec. 113.23)