[Ord. No. 574,
§ 1, 6-9-1969]
When used in this article, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:
Any one or more of the following:
A vehicle for which a certificate of junk has been issued by
the state secretary of revenue or the official designated by any other
state to issue such certificates.
Any vehicle in or on which it is found that any of the following
exists:
Its engine or motor or essential motor parts have been removed
for more than thirty (30) days.
Its tires or any tire have been deflated or its wheels have
been removed for more than seven (7) days.
It bears no official inspection sticker or any such sticker
is not current by more than thirty (30) days; provided that, a vehicle
under repair which is bona fide intended for future use or a vehicle
placed upon any premises at the direction of any police officer, or
any vehicle which is being disassembled by the owner thereof for parts,
which parts the owner intends to and does install into other vehicles
owned and operated by him in his business, shall not be deemed within
the foregoing definition.
Any discarded material or article such as is not ordinarily
disposed of as rubbish or refuse, and shall include, but not be limited
to, scrap metal and scrapped motor vehicles, and shall not include
any garbage or other organic waste, or any paper, rubbish, rags or
other flammable article or material.
Any person who shall engage in the business of selling, buying
and dealing in junk or abandoned or junked automobiles, trucks or
other vehicles or parts thereof.
[Ord. No. 574,
§ 2, 6-9-1969]
Any person engaged in business as a junk dealer or carrying
on the business of or maintaining a storage place or deposit for one
or more abandoned or junked automobiles, trucks or other vehicles
or parts thereof within the township shall secure a license from the
code enforcement office and pay a license fee of ten dollars ($10.00)
per year, payable on or before January first of every year.
[Ord. No. 574,
§ 2, 6-9-1969]
The license required by section 11-17 shall not be issued until the following conditions have been complied with:
(1)
The storage area, whenever it is fronted by a public highway, is
shielded by a six (6) foot high opaque fence or other permanent structure,
provided that where the storage area is located further than one hundred
fifty (150) feet from the public highway fronting same, no fence shall
be required.
(2)
The storage area is set back fifty (50) feet from any and all streets
abutting the property.
(3)
Such other conditions and specifications as the township council,
by resolution, may prescribe to protect the health, safety and general
welfare of the township.
[Ord. No. 574,
§ 2, 6-9-1969]
