Atlantic City, NJ
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 158 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
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Article I Operation and Maintenance of Junkyards
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Affirmative Action
- Ch 10 Airport Advisory Board, Municipal and Regional
- Ch 11 All Wars Memorial Building Committee
- Ch 12 Arson Investigation Unit
- Ch 13 Arts Commission
- Ch 14 Atlantic City Ward Commission
- Ch 14A Burial Expenses
- Ch 15 Contracts
- Ch 15A Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Documents, City
- Ch 19 Drug-Free Public Housing Facility, Public Park and Public Building Zones
- Ch 20 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 21 Entertainers and Special Events
- Ch 21A Environment
- Ch 21B Environmental Commission
- Ch 22 Ethics
- Ch 28 Flag, Official
- Ch 30 Hiring Policies
- Ch 31 Housing Advisory Commission
- Ch 32 Housing Authority
- Ch 35 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 37 Insurance
- Ch 40 Citizens Advisory Board
- Ch 41 Landlord-Tenant Affairs Board
- Ch 43 Local Development Board
- Ch 44 Mayor's Office for Film and Television Commission
- Ch 45 Meetings, Public
- Ch 46 Multicultural Affairs, Advisory Board on
- Ch 47 Personnel
- Ch 48 Personnel Policies
- Ch 52 Police
- Ch 53 Procurement
- Ch 54 Purchasing Board
- Ch 55 Redevelopment Fund
- Ch 56 Residency Requirements
- Ch 57 Salaries, Titles and Other Compensation
- Ch 57A Shade Tree Committee
- Ch 58 (Reserved)
- Ch 59 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Utilities
- Ch 64 Weapon-Free School Zones
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 71 Air Pollution
- Ch 76 Alarms
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 81 Amusement Games and Devices
- Ch 87 Auctions, Demonstrations and Sales
- Ch 89 Aviation and Airport Regulations
- Ch 90 Background Checks
- Ch 92 Beaches, Boardwalk and Oceanfront
- Ch 93 Bird and Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 94 (Reserved)
- Ch 97 (Reserved)
- Ch 98 Boardwalk Trams
- Ch 99 Boats
- Ch 103 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 104 Buildings, Abandoned
- Ch 105 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 106 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 107 Bulkheads
- Ch 108 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 108A Checks, Returned
- Ch 109 Clairvoyants, Mediums and Fortune-Tellers
- Ch 110 Clinical Facilities
- Ch 111 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 113 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 114 Criminal Record Checks, Use of
- Ch 115 Curfew
- Ch 118 Displaced Persons
- Ch 121 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 123 Emergency Services
- Ch 125 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 126 Fire Insurance Liens
- Ch 128 Firesafety
- Ch 132 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 137 Food Establishments
- Ch 138 Foods, Adulterated
- Ch 140 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 143 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 145 Hawkers, Peddlers and Vendors
- Ch 146 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 147 Heat and Heating Equipment
- Ch 148 Historic Preservation
- Ch 150 Horses and Horse-Drawn Vehicles
- Ch 152 Housing
- Ch 155 Jewelry Appraisal; Precious Metals
- Ch 158 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 158 Art I Operation and Maintenance of Junkyards
- § 158-1 Definitions.
- § 158-2 Fencing required.
- § 158-3 Height of stored junk.
- § 158-4 Construction of wall, fences and gates; permits.
- § 158-5 Time to comply with provisions.
- § 158-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 163 Land Use Development
- Ch 170 Licenses and Fees
- Ch 171 Copies of Documents Maintained by City Clerk
- Ch 172 Copies of Documents Maintained by Engineer's Office and Police Department
- Ch 173 Littering
- Ch 176 Cannabis
- Ch 178 Marine Off-Loading Facilities
- Ch 182 Massage Parlors
- Ch 183 Motorcycles, Mopeds and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 184 Newsracks
- Ch 186 Noise
- Ch 190 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 194 Occupancy Permits
- Ch 197 Parades and Assemblies
- Ch 201 Parking Facilities
- Ch 202 Parking: Residential Areas
- Ch 203 Parks
- Ch 204 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 205 Pedestrian Mall
- Ch 206 (Reserved)
- Ch 207 Property Maintenance
- Ch 208 Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- Ch 209 Recycling
- Ch 209A Rental Property
- Ch 210 Rolling Chairs
- Ch 211 Rooming and Boarding Houses
- Ch 212 Sales, Going-Out-Of-Business
- Ch 215 Secondhand Goods Dealers
- Ch 216 Sex Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 217 Shore Protection, Emergency
- Ch 220 Smoke Detectors: Rental Dwelling Units
- Ch 221 Smoking
- Ch 221A Solar Energy Systems
- Ch 222 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 223 Stormwater Management
- Ch 227 Surfing
- Ch 228 Kayaking
- Ch 229 Swimming Pools
- Ch 231 Taxation
- Ch 233 Taxicabs, Jitneys and Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 234 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 235 Towing of Motor Vehicles
- Ch 236 Toy Guns
- Ch 238 Trailers and Campers
- Ch 243 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Electric
- Ch 246 Vending Machines
- Ch 248 Water
- Ch 251 Window Guards
- Ch 253 Wireless Communications
- Appendix
- Ch A265 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition of Legislation
[Adopted 9-30-1965 by Ord. No. 21-1965]
For the purposes of this Article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base metals;
old cordage, ropes, rags, fibers or fabrics; old rubber; old bottles
or other glass; bones; wastepaper and other waste or discarded material
which might be prepared to be used again in some form; any or all
of the foregoing; and motor vehicles no longer used as such to be
used for scrap metal or stripping of parts.
A person who operates a junkyard, as defined herein, within
the city.
A yard, lot or place, covered or uncovered, outdoors, containing
junk as defined hereinbefore.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
All persons operating or maintaining a junkyard must enclose
such portion thereof as faces any public street or highway by a solid
masonry or frame wall or fence. Said wall or said fence must be closed
and must be of a height of 10 feet above the sidewalk grade at the
property line. If the fence is built of wood, the same must be painted
and thereafter maintained by the owner or operator of the junkyard.
Any gate in said fence or wall cannot be over 25 feet in maximum width,
and said gate must also be of a solid construction to the height of
10 feet as aforesaid and must be kept closed, except when trucks or
other traffic are entering or leaving the junkyard.
No junk shall be piled higher than 10 feet in height and shall
be arranged so that the same cannot be seen from ground level across
the street from where said junk is piled or stored.
The wall or fence and gates provided for in this Article must
be built according to the Building Code of the City of Atlantic City,[1] and permits for the construction thereof must be obtained
from the Superintendent of Buildings of the City of Atlantic City.
All persons operating or maintaining a junkyard must have a
wall or fence erected as required by this article within 200 calendar
days after the effective date of this article.
[Amended 2-1-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989; 11-25-2008 by Ord. No. 104]
Any person violating any of the terms and provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City
of Atlantic City, be punished for each offense by a fine not to exceed
$2,000 or by imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days in the
county jail or in any place provided by the municipality for the detention
of prisoners, or both.
