For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Scrap iron, scrap tin, scrap brass, scrap copper, scrap lead or scrap zinc and all other scrap metals and their alloys, and bones, rags, used cloth, used rubber, used rope, used tinfoil, used bottles, old or used machinery, used tools, used appliances, used fixtures, used utensils, used lumber, used boxes or crates, used pipe or pipe fittings, used automobiles or airplane tires and other manufactured goods that are so worn, deteriorated or obsolete as to make them unusable in their existing condition, but are subject to being dismantled.
JUNK MERCHANT. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, exchanging or dealing in old junk, metals, bottles, siphons, old rope, old iron, brass, copper, tin or lead, second-hand plumbing materials, second-hand gas and electric fixtures, old rubber tires or other used or old articles commonly designated as “junk” and having a store or stand or place of business.
JUNK YARD. A place where junk, waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including automobile wrecking yards, house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment, but not including the purchase or storage of used furniture and household equipment, used cars in operable condition, used or salvaged materials as part of manufacturing operations.
(Prior Code, § 5-1-1) (Ord. 78-5, passed 5-1-1978; Ord. 85-6C, passed - -1985)