[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Shamong 6-1-1954 by Ord. No. 13. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A place, location, yard, covered or uncovered, or place in
the Township of Shamong kept, maintained or used for the purpose of
buying and selling, exchanging or storing rags, old metals, old bottles,
old glassware, old plumbing fixtures, old lumber, unregistered motor
vehicles unfit for reconditioning, dismantled old motor vehicles or
parts thereof, used motor vehicle parts, motor vehicle junk or any
other old material commonly called “junk.”
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall
operate or maintain or establish a junkyard or engage in the business
of keeping a junkyard within the Township of Shamong without having
first applied for and obtained license so to do from the Township
Committee of the Township of Shamong, in the County of Burlington.
No license shall be granted except upon written
application therefor made upon forms to be obtained from the Township
Clerk and unless the said junkyard shall comply with all of the provisions
of this chapter and any other applicable ordinance of this municipality
or laws or regulations of the State of New Jersey or any department
thereof.
Each license so granted shall authorize the
operation of one junkyard therein described until December 31 of the
year in which it is issued and may, at any time upon five days' notice
and after hearing thereon, be suspended or revoked by the Township
Committee for failure to comply with any of the provisions of this
chapter.
The annual fee for each license shall be $1,000,
and no part thereof shall be prorated.
Each such applicant shall furnish with his application
a bond with corporate surety conditioned for faithful observation
of all the provisions of this chapter in the sum of $5,000.
No license shall be granted for any junkyard
that is not operated within a building of concrete block or similar
fireproof construction and roofed over and provided with substantial
doors and secure locks.
No license shall be granted for any junkyard
located within 500 feet of any dwelling or other building.
Proper precaution shall be taken to prevent
rats, mice or other vermin or insects from being harbored or bred
in said junkyard.
No business shall be conducted at a junkyard
before 8:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m., and such junkyards shall be closed
entirely on Sunday. During the time or times when said yards shall
be closed all doors and other opening affording access thereto shall
be securely locked.
Any junk or other waste matter burned in connection
with any junkyard shall be burned in closed receptacles with chimneys
of an adequate height so that smoke or noxious fumes or odors emanating
therefrom may be dissipated without annoyance to the residents in
the neighborhood. Each such chimney shall be provided with screens
or other devices to prevent the escape of embers, sparks or ashes
therefrom.
No junk shall be permitted to accumulate or
be placed, stored or deposited in the open but shall be only stored,
accumulated or placed within the building constituting the junkyard
as heretofore provided.
Every person, firm or corporation licensed under
this chapter shall at all times maintain the licensed premises in
a safe and sightly manner with due regard to the public safety or
health of persons or property in the vicinity in which the junkyard
is located.
No junkyard shall occupy an area greater than
3,000 square feet.
Any and all licenses issued under this chapter
shall be issued subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as
may be made from time to time by the Township Committee to further
effectuate the provisions hereof for the proper operation and regulation
of the places of business named in such license.
[Amended 5-6-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-005]
Any person, firm, corporation, association or legal party whatsoever who or which shall violate, or authorize or procure a violation, or cause to be violated, any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty, § 1-15, governing general penalty provisions.
