[Amended 9-27-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
By the adoption of this chapter, the Town Board of the Town of Corinth
declares its intent in so doing to be to regulate, control and license the
activities or businesses known as "auto graveyards," "junkyards," and "secondhand
parts collection areas" and the processing of used metals for resale and the
storage and/or disposal of other used or secondhand property intended for
resale. Said Town Board hereby declares that such activities or business can
constitute a hazard to property and persons and a public nuisance. Such materials
may be highly flammable and sometimes explosive. Gasoline tanks on old autos
often contain in some quantity combustible gasoline and the engine and other
parts of such autos are frequently covered with grease and oil which is also
flammable. The tires, plastic seats, tops and other elements of such autos
are also flammable; batteries and other elements of such autos can contain
acids and other matter potentially harmful to humans. These autos frequently
contain sharp metal or glass edges or points upon which a human could receive
serious cuts and abrasions. These autos can constitute attractive nuisances
to children and certain adults. The presence of such junkyards, even in areas
zoned for business or industry, is unsightly and tends to detract from value
of surrounding land and property, unless such areas are properly maintained
and operated.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
AUTO
Passenger autos, trucks, tractor trucks, trailers, buses, motorcycles
or other vehicles, however propelled, as well as tractors, bulldozers, machinery
and equipment.
JUNKYARD
Any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with another
business or not, where two (2) or more unregistered, old or secondhand motor
vehicles, no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the public highways,
are held, whether for the purpose of resale of used parts therefrom, for the
purpose of reclaiming for use some or all of the materials therein, whether
metal, glass, fabric otherwise, for the purpose of disposing of the same or
for any other purpose; such term shall include any place of storage or deposit
for any such purposes of used parts or waste materials from motor vehicles
which, taken together, equal in bulk two (2) or more such vehicles; provided,
however, that the term "junkyard" shall not be construed to mean an establishment
having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap for sale
for remelting purposes only.
MOTOR VEHICLE
All vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power
originally intended for use on public highways.
MUNICIPALITY
The Town of Corinth.
[Amended 12-5-1996 by L.L.
No. 2-1996]
PERSONS
An individual, an association, a partnership or a corporation.
[Amended 9-27-2007 by L.L. No. 2-2007]
No person shall engage in or conduct on real property within the Town
of Corinth, either for himself or for and on behalf of any other person, directly
or indirectly as agent, employee or otherwise, any activity or business, either
for profit or otherwise, at wholesale or retail, which involves the collection,
storage, disassembling, dismantling, salvaging, sorting or otherwise handling
or arranging for sale, resale, storing or disposal or otherwise of bodies,
engines, or other parts of autos or of any other secondhand or used property
without first obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
[Amended 12-5-1996 by L.L.
No. 2-1996]
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of § 136 of the General
Municipal Law, no junkyard hereafter established shall be licensed to operate
within five hundred (500) feet of a church, school, hospital, public building
or place of public assembly.