As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
JUNK
Scrap and old iron, steel, chain, brass, copper, magnesium,
aluminum, tin, lead or other base metals, scrap lumber, old rope,
old bags, rags, wastepaper, paper clippings, scraps of woolens, clips,
bagging, rubber and glass, and empty bottles of different kinds or
sizes when the number of each kind or size is less than one gross,
any wrecked or dilapidated motor vehicle, engine or machinery received,
stored or held for more than 90 days, and all articles and things
discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of
or consisting of any one or more of the materials or articles herein
mentioned.
JUNK DEALER
Every person, firm, partnership or corporation that shall
engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering or exchanging,
or shall collect, receive, store or hold in possession for sale, barter
or exchange, any of the things in and by this section defined as "junk".
JUNKYARD
The premises on which a junk dealer is engaged in the business
of buying, selling, bartering, exchanging, or collecting, receiving,
storing or holding in possession for sale, barter or exchange, any
of the things in and by this section defined as "junk".
The minimum physical requirements at all times for each junkyard
shall be as follows:
A. The premises where the junkyard is located shall not have more than
two entrances thereto and two exits therefrom, each of which shall
not exceed 15 feet in width at the perimeter of the premises.
B. The premises where the junkyard is located shall be enclosed on its perimeter with a solid, nontransparent, vertical wall or fence of a minimum height of seven feet measured from ground level, except for the entrances and exits permitted by Subsection
A above.
C. The aforesaid solid, nontransparent wall or fence and the gates or
doors, if any, at the aforesaid entrances and exits shall not contain
any sign, poster or advertising matter of any kind whatsoever, except
one sign of the licensee thereon not exceeding 100 square feet in
size.
D. The public streets and alleys adjacent to the junkyard shall not
have junk thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, conduct
or operate a junkyard within the corporate limits of the City without
first obtaining a license to do so as herein provided. A separate
license shall be secured for each junkyard located on noncontiguous
lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land.
Before any license under the provisions of this chapter is issued,
any person desiring to operate a junkyard in this City shall first
make a verified application in writing to the Clerk in the absence
of provision to the contrary, stating thereon the full name of the
applicant, his residence address, the trade name of the applicant,
the legal description of the premises where the junkyard is to be
located, the size and approximate location of each entrance thereto
and exit therefrom, whether or not the premises where the junkyard
is to be located are enclosed on their perimeter with a solid, nontransparent
wall or fence of a minimum height of seven feet, measured from ground
level, except the entrances and exits, and whether or not the public
streets and alleys adjacent to the premises where the junkyard is
to be located have junk thereon. If the applicant is a firm or partnership,
the names and residence addresses of all the partners, and in the
case of a corporation, the names and residence addresses of the president
and secretary, shall be stated in the application.
Any applicant for a license to keep, maintain, conduct or operate
a junkyard shall be disqualified for any of the following reasons:
A. Not a person of good character.
B. Falsification of an application for a license hereunder.
C. License for a junkyard theretofore issued to the applicant has been
revoked during the preceding 24 months.
D. Failure to meet any one of the minimum physical requirements for a junkyard as specified in §Â
152-2 hereof.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The annual license fee for each junkyard shall be as set from
time to time by the City Council, payable in advance with the filing
of the application for the license, and shall not be subject to pro-rata
reduction for a portion of the year, either because of the application
for or because of revocation of a license; provided, however, that
only one annual license fee shall be payable for licenses which may
be issued whenever the applicant desires to keep, maintain, conduct
or operate junkyards on lots, blocks, tracts or parcels of land which
are situated on directly opposite sides of and abut upon each side
of a public street or alley. Where such place of business is not located
in the City, but the operator carries on the business of buying or
collecting or bartering for the items heretofore enumerated within
the City, the annual fee shall be as set from time to time by the
City Council for each junk dealer. The fee is payable as provided
in this code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No licensee hereunder shall purchase or receive any article
whatsoever from any minor under the age of 18, without the written
consent of the minor's parents or guardians.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
Any applicant for a license to operate a junkyard under this chapter must also comply with any requirements of Chapter
290, Zoning, of the City Code.