As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOARD
The Board of Supervisors of Fairview Township, York County,
Pennsylvania, its designated agents, representatives and/or employees.
FARM MACHINERY
All types of machinery and equipment which are originally
manufactured for farm use and which have been used for agricultural
purposes.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Any garbage, refuse, sludge from an industrial or other wastewater
treatment plant, sludge from a water supply treatment plant or air
pollution control facility and other discarded material, including
solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from
municipal, commercial, industrial, institutional, mining or agricultural
operations, and from community activities or any combination of the
above (but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic
sewage or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows
or industrial discharge which are point sources subject to permits
under § 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended (86 Stat. 880), or source, special nuclear or by-product
material as defined by the United States Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (68 Stat. 923), which because of its quantity, concentration
or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics, may: cause or
significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase
in morbidity in either an individual or the total population; or pose
a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment
when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed. The definition of "hazardous waste" set forth in the Solid
Waste Management Act is incorporated by reference (35 P.S. § 6018.103).
JUNK
Discarded materials, articles or things, or materials, articles
or things which were purchased for salvage or scrap value, or which
were collected or obtained at no charge or which were collected or
obtained for a fee by the prior owner for the purpose of disposal
or recycling including, but not limited to, metal, paper (including
newspaper), rags, glass, plastic, rubber, fibers, fabric, rope, cans,
bottles, cardboard, lumber, wood, building materials, inoperable motor
vehicles, motor vehicle parts, trailers, machinery and equipment,
household appliances or parts of any of the above, held by a person
for resale and/or reuse.
JUNK DEALER
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who buys, sells,
savages, stores or accumulates junk or who allows anyone to buy, sell,
salvage, store or accumulate junk on real property owned by such person
within the Township. The term "junk dealer" includes any person who
shall store or accumulate upon his or another's premises or who
shall permit the storage or accumulation upon premises owned by him
any two or more inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicles or such vehicles
that do not have current and valid inspection stickers as required
by the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or
who shall store or accumulate upon his or another's premises
or who shall permit the storage or accumulation upon premises owned
by him any four or more inoperable pieces of farm machinery; providing
that any person who operates an existing or after established garage,
service station or repair facility shall not be classified as a "junk
dealer"; provided, that the operator of said garage, service station
or repair facility is not storing vehicles for parts and that the
garage, service station or repair facility does not fit within the
definition of "junkyard."
JUNKYARD
Any place or establishment where junk, as herein defined,
is stored, kept, accumulated or disposed of or upon which one or more
acts of buying, selling, offering for sale, salvaging, storing, dismantling
or processing of junk occurs, whether or not such operations are conducted
for profit, or any premises having two or more unlicensed or inoperable
motor vehicles or such vehicles that do not have current and valid
inspection stickers as required by the motor vehicle laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. The term "junkyard" shall not include premises operated
as garages, service stations or repair facilities where not more than
two inoperable, unlicensed or uninspected vehicles are stored at one
time, where no one vehicle is stored for more than 30 days, where
the total storage time for all such vehicles does not exceed 120 days
per year and where such vehicles are not being stored for salvage
purposes.
LICENSE
The permit granted to a person who accumulates, stores or
disposes of junk as hereinbefore defined.
MOTOR VEHICLES
All types of automobiles, trucks, trailers, tractors, motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and all other self-propelled machinery
of all kinds, with the exception of farm machinery.
PERSON
Any individual or individuals, partnership, association,
firm, company, corporation or other legal entity, including the partners,
officers and directors thereof.
PREMISES
Any parcel or tract of land situated in the Township having
a separate Tax Map parcel number for County assessment purposes.
SOLID WASTE
Any waste including, but not limited to, municipal, residual
or hazardous wastes, including solid, liquid, semiliquid or contained
gaseous material. The definition of "solid waste" set forth in the
Solid Waste Management Act is incorporated by reference (35 P.S. § 6018.103).
TOWNSHIP
Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania.