[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Eatontown 7-23-1969 as Ch. 42 of the 1969 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
JUNK
All discarded material such as bottles, iron and other metals, rags, paper, rubber and old tires, and any other material of similar nature that is generally accepted and known as junk.
JUNK DEALERS, JUNK SHOPKEEPERS and JUNKYARDS
Persons dealing in junk and having such junk for any purpose whatsoever on any premises in the Borough of Eatontown.
MOTOR-VEHICLE JUNKYARD
Any business and any place of storage or deposit of one or more unregistered motor vehicles which are unfit for reconditioning for use for highway transportation or used parts of motor vehicles or material which has been a part of a motor vehicle, the sum of which parts or material shall be equal in bulk to one or more vehicles.
No person shall operate as a junk dealer, junk shopkeeper, junkyard or motor-vehicle junkyard in the Borough of Eatontown without first having obtained a license for that purpose as herein specified, and such licenses shall conform to all rules and regulations as set forth herein.
All licenses issued hereunder under this chapter shall expire on December 31 following the date when so licensed, without regard to the time of said year when issued, and the fees as herein fixed shall be the license fee for said time, whether it be for all or part of such license year.
Any person desiring a license as a junk dealer, junk shopkeeper or junkyard or a motor-vehicle junkyard shall first present a petition to the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Eatontown, which petition shall set forth the name of the person or persons and the corporation or corporations to be licensed, the location of the property where the said business is to be conducted and shall state a complete description of the property by metes and bounds, and a sketch showing the same in relation to the properties within the radius of 200 feet of the said place to be licensed, together with the addresses of all the said owners. Said application shall state the nature of the said business, whether it is a motor-vehicle junkyard, or what type of junk is to be placed upon the said premises, giving a complete and all-inclusive description of the same, and if a motor-vehicle junkyard shall state the maximum number of parts that will be kept at any one time on said premises and, in case of junk, the maximum number of tons of junk that will be stored upon said premises at any one time and shall set forth in detail the enclosure which shall surround the same property, the height of fence or other manner of enclosure, and shall state the maximum number of persons to be employed in said business and shall state the methods the licensee will use to prevent the accumulation or attraction of rats or other rodents on the premises where the licensee shall operate, and shall state working hours and, in case of junk or other than motor-vehicle junkyards, shall state the hours when the junk on said premises will be handled, and in case of motor-vehicle junkyards shall state the working hours when the demolition of cars located on said property will take place.
Each person procuring a license for premises under this chapter shall be obliged to surround the said property with an enclosure or a fence or other proper enclosure and shall institute such methods as will prevent the accumulation or attraction of rats or other rodents on the said premises, and no junk shall be handled or cars demolished at such hours as will disturb the people living in the surrounding neighborhood, and such premises shall be such proper accommodations to guarantee that there will be no bad health conditions or nuisances in or around the said premises.
When the said application shall have been received, an inspection of the said premises shall be made by the Inspector of the Board of Health of the Borough of Eatontown, whether the same complies with all the regulations herein set forth or that may hereafter be imposed in regard to the operation of the said business. The Mayor and Council will fix a hearing upon the said application and a notice of the said hearing shall be mailed to all persons mentioned and set forth in the said application for said licensee as residing within the said 200 feet.
After the said hearing has been held and the Mayor and Council find that all requirements set forth herein have been complied with and issuing of the said license shall not be detrimental to the public health and are satisfied that the said licensed premises shall be conducted according to the requirements herein, they shall then and thereon order the Clerk to issue said license.
Each and every person or corporation or corporations violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, and the officer before whom any such person or corporation may be brought may impose such punishment by fine or imprisonment in the county jail as he may see fit, not exceeding the maximum herein fixed.