As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any land or structure or part thereof, used for the collecting,
storage or sale of wastepaper, rags, scrap metals, used or salvaged
building or other discarded material or for the collecting, dismantling,
storage and salvaging of machinery or vehicles. It shall also mean
any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with another
business or not, where two or more unlicensed vehicles, no longer
in condition for legal use on public highways are held, whether for
the purpose of resale of used parts or materials therefrom or not.
Such term shall also include any place of storage or deposit for any
such purpose of used parts or waste materials from motor vehicles
which, taken together, equal in bulk two or more such vehicles.
All junkyards shall be so operated and conducted
as to not unduly disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood in
which the same are situated so as to not create a nuisance.
All junkyards shall be surrounded by a wooden
fence six feet in height or by a similar fence of other opaque material.
Said fence shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer and
shall be kept in good repair; and junk or accumulation stored within
such fence shall be so located as not to be visible above said fence
from a point in the middle of the adjoining highway. All such fences
which abut a public street shall be kept back at least 10 feet from
the public sidewalk; if there is no such sidewalk, then such fence
shall be at least 20 feet from the edge of the public street or highway.
All junk, motor vehicles or parts thereof shall
be piled in a junkyard neatly so as to eliminate all fire hazards
and cared for in such a way that no unpleasant odor shall arise therefrom.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023[1]]
The owner or operator of a junkyard shall keep
in his place of business in a proper book an entry of all purchases
made by him, written in ink, a daily record of all articles purchased,
the name, residence, age and occupation of the person from whom each
article was purchased, together with the price paid, and such record
shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any police
officer, the City Manager, the Chief of Police, the Commissioner of
Public Safety or any Judge of the city. No entry in such record shall
be changed, erased, obliterated or defaced.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was subject to mandatory referendum
and approved by the electors of the City of Oneida 11-7-2023.
[Amended 7-18-2023 by L.L. No. 6-2023[1]]
If any goods, articles or things shall be advertised
in any newspaper printed in the city as having been lost or stolen
and shall come into the possession of the owner or operator of any
junkyard, such person shall give information thereof in writing to
the Chief of Police and state from whom any goods, articles or things,
lost or stolen or alleged or supposed to have been lost or stolen,
and were received and shall exhibit the same on demand to any police
officer or to the City Manager or to the Commissioner of Public Safety
or to Chief of Police or to any Judge of the city or to any person
duly authorized in writing by the Chief of Police or Judge, who shall
exhibit such authorization to such person.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law was subject to mandatory referendum
and approved by the electors of the City of Oneida 11-7-2023.
