Hereafter, any place used or maintained by any person as a junk yard or dumping ground or for the wrecking or disassembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind or for the storing or leaving of worn-out, wrecked or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors or machinery of any kind or of any of the parts thereof or for the maintenance or operation of such place for the accumulation of rubbish of any description, is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance 1 , being obnoxious and offensive to the inhabitants of the City because of its interference with the comfortable enjoyment of life and property by said inhabitants and is prohibited within the City limits unless the same is conducted in the manner hereafter stated, following the payment of the license fee hereafter prescribed. (Ord. 112, 3-1-40)
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| 1 | 1. See Title 4, Chapter 4 of this Code for nuisance provisions. |
A. License Required; Application: Any person desiring to use or maintain any property within the City for any of the purposes mentioned in Section 3-5-1 of this Chapter shall make written application to the City Secretary for a license, which application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and a legal description of the property or premises upon which said business is to be conducted, and the City shall have the power either to grant or reject such application, pursuant to State law.
B. License Fee: If the application is granted, a license to operate such business shall be issued by the City Secretary upon the payment of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per annum.
C. Expiration and Renewal: Any license so issued shall expire on January 1 next succeeding the date of its issuance, but may be renewed from year to year in like manner as is provided for the original license. (Ord. 112, 3-1-40; 1994 Code)
A. Neat and Orderly Condition: Any person granted a license as provided for in Section 3-5-2 of this Chapter shall keep the premises used in the operation and maintenance of said business in a neat and orderly condition.
B. Fence: The property and premises on which such business is conducted shall be enclosed by a right board fence at least ten feet (10') high and said fence shall be kept in a neatly painted condition, and no junk of any character or parts or machinery of any kind shall be allowed to remain outside such fence; provided, however, that any existing business of this character now being operated and maintained in the City shall be allowed thirty (30) calendar days within which to construct a fence of the kind and character required hereby. It is declared that the intent of the minimum ten (10) feet high fence is fully comply with any applicable State Law governing such uses; and to completely obscure and impede visibility of the piled contents (such as metals, etc.) from a normal street view perspective. Furthermore, for any new junk yards or any pre-existing buffer fence to be replaced at existing junk yards, the visual buffer shall be at a minimum ten (10) feet height, and shall be comprised of pre-cast concrete wall panels, concrete masonry unit (CMU), wood, masonry or masonry columns in combination with other permitted materials, or any like materials - aluminum sheet material shall not be permitted in these latter circumstances. The merits of these quality-of-life regulations regarding visibility of piled items, shall be binding, once adopted by the Board of Commissioners, to any pre-existing junk yard within the corporate limits of Alamo, Texas. (Ord. 112, 3-1-40; amd. Ord. 151-12-24, 12-3-2024)
The Board of Commissioners of the City shall have the power to revoke the license provided for herein at any time, for good cause, but only after notice has been given to the owner of the business of a hearing to be held not less than ten (10) days after the service of such notice. (Ord. 112, 3-1-40)
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