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 parts thereof, or for the maintaining or operation of such places 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 said inhabitants and is hereby prohibited within the city limits unless the same is conducted in the manner hereafter prescribed.
(Ordinance 114, sec. 1, adopted 12/18/1939; 1994 Code, sec. 4.301)
Any person, partnership, or corporation desiring to use or maintain any property within the city limits for any of the purposes mentioned in section 5.04.001 hereof shall make written application to the city administrator-secretary for a license, which said application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and a legal description of the property or premises upon which said business is to be conducted and the mayor shall have the power either to grant or reject such application. If the application is granted, a license to operate such business shall be issued by the city administrator-secretary upon the payment of a fee in the amount established by the city. Any license so issued shall expire on January 1st next succeeding the date of its issuance, but may be renewed from year to year in like manner as is provided for in the original license.
(Ordinance 114, sec. 2, adopted 12/18/1939; 1994 Code, sec. 4.302; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Any person, partnership, or corporation granted a license as provided for in section 5.04.002 hereof shall keep the premises used in the operation and maintenance of said business in a neat and orderly condition. The property and premises on which such business is conducted shall be enclosed by a tight board fence at least eight (8) feet high and said 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 such fences; provided, however, that any existing business of this character now being operated and maintained in the city shall be allowed six (6) months within which to construct a fence of the kind and character required hereby.
(Ordinance 114, sec. 3, adopted 12/18/1939; 1994 Code, sec. 4.303)
The city administrator-secretary 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 of the business of a hearing to be held not less than ten days after the service of such notice.
(Ordinance 114, sec. 4, adopted 12/18/1939; 1994 Code, sec. 4.304; Ordinance adopting 2024 Code)
Any person violating any of the terms and conditions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day's violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 114, sec. 5, adopted 12/18/1939; 1994 Code, sec. 4.305)