[RSMo. §226.660; Ord. No. 673 §1, 2-24-1975; Ord. No. 1225 §1, 2-12-1996]
Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
Article:
AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD
Any establishment, area, or place of business maintained,
used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked,
scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or parts thereof.
BUSINESS PREMISES or PREMISES
The area of a junk yard or automobile graveyard as described
in a junk dealer's license or application for license, as provided
for in this Article.
ITINERANT JUNK DEALER
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects,
or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment, but
who is not an operator of a junk yard or automobile graveyard within
the City or an employee of such an operator.
JUNK
Any old or scrap copper, brass, tin, lead or other base metals,
cordage, rope, rags, fibers, fabrics, batteries, bottles or other
glass, bones, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste, or junked, dismantled,
or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old
or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
JUNK DEALER
A person who operates a junk yard, as defined above, within
the City.
JUNK YARD
An establishment, area, or place of business maintained,
operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of
junk or for the operation of an automobile graveyard, garbage dump
or sanitary fill.
[Ord. No. 673 §2, 2-24-1975]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer
or itinerant junk dealer in the City, whether personally, by agents
or employees, singly, or along with some other business or enterprise,
without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk
in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
[Ord. No. 673 §3, 2-24-1975]
A. An
applicant for license under this Article shall file with the City
Clerk a written application upon forms provided by the City Clerk,
and pay a fee as hereinafter prescribed.
B. Said application shall include the junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer's name, residence address, and telephone number of applicant; the exact address or location of the place where the business is or is proposed to be carried on; and such other information as required by Section
605.050 of this Title.
[Ord. No. 673 §4, 2-24-1975]
The fees for licenses required under this Article shall be as provided in Section
605.020 of this Title for a General Business License. No separate fee shall be payable for the license required by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 673 §5, 2-24-1975]
A. Upon
receipt of an application for a junk dealer's license as provided
for herein, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be
made of the applicant's business responsibility and moral character.
B. If
the findings of said investigation are favorable to the applicant,
the City Clerk shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of the
application and payment of the fee issue a junk dealer's license to
the applicant.
[Ord. No. 673 §8, 2-24-1975]
A. The
following general operating requirements shall apply to all junk dealers
licensed in accordance with the provisions of this Article:
1. The license issued pursuant to this Article shall be plainly displayed
on the business premises.
2. The junk yard, together with things kept therein, shall at all times
be maintained in a sanitary condition.
3. No space not covered by the license shall be used in the licensed
business.
4. No water shall be allowed to stand in any place on the premises in
such manner as to afford a breeding place for mosquitoes.
5. Weeds and vegetation on the premises, other than trees, shall be
kept at a height of not more than four (4) inches.
6. No garbage or other waste liable to give off a foul odor or attract
vermin shall be kept on the premises; nor shall any refuse of any
kind be kept on the premises, unless such refuse is junk as described
herein and is in use in the licensed business.
7. No junk shall be allowed to rest upon or protrude over any public
property, street, alley, walkway, or curb or become scattered or blown
off of the business premises.
8. Junk shall be stored in piles not exceeding ten (10) feet in height
and shall be arranged so as to permit easy access to all such junk
for fire fighting purposes.
9. No combustible material of any kind not necessary or beneficial to
the licensed business shall be kept on the premises; nor shall the
premises be allowed to become a fire hazard.
10. Gasoline and oil shall be removed from any scrapped engines or vehicles
on the premises.
11. No junk or other material shall be burned on the premises in any
incinerator not meeting the approval of the Board of Aldermen which
approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
12. No noisy processing of junk or other noisy activity shall be carried
on in connection with the licensed business on Sunday, Christmas,
Thanksgiving, or at any time between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 7:00
A.M.
13. The area on the premises where junk is kept (other than indoors)
shall be enclosed, except for entrances and exits, with a solid vertical
wall or fence of a minimum height of eight (8) feet measured from
ground level. Entrances and exits shall not be wider or more numerous
than reasonably necessary for the conduct of the licensed business.
[Ord. No. 903 §29, 6-27-1983]
Violation of any provision of this Article is a misdemeanor.
Every day any such violation continues shall constitute a separate
offense.