(A) Registration time period. All owners, operators, or maintainers of automobile graveyards or other junkyards existing at the effective date of this chapter shall register same with the county within a period of 180 days from the effective date of this chapter. All existing automobile graveyards or junkyards that have not been registered within 180 days shall be in violation of the registration provisions of this chapter. Unless such junkyards can be documented to the satisfaction of the Compliance Officer as existing prior to the effective date of this chapter they shall be considered new junkyards. If so documented, said junkyards may be considered existing junkyards; they are required to register and required to comply with a revised compliance schedule listed in division (G) of this section.
(B) Registration application. Registration shall be accomplished by completing a registration application and paying a fee as established by the Board of County Commissioners. The Compliance Officer shall provide the necessary forms for the registration application. The registration application shall include but not be limited to the following information: land owner’s and junkyard operator’s name, address and phone numbers for business and home, state and/or local business registration number or license, the location of the property by township, physical address and property identification number, the total acreage of the property and approximate acreage of the property and acreage involved in the junkyard operation. One copy of the completed signed registration application shall be submitted to the Compliance Officer.
(C) Time period for permit of registered junkyards. All existing junkyards at the effective date of this chapter, registered in accordance with division (B) of this section, shall be granted a period of 90 days from the effective date of registration to receive a permit. Thereafter they shall be in violation of the permitting provisions of this chapter.
(D) Permit required for junkyards. No person, firm or business entity shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard without obtaining a permit. Any expansion of a junkyard, whether pre-existing or newly permitted, shall require a permit. The permit shall only be issued upon the persons, firm or business entity seeking the permit submitting a statement that the existing or proposed junkyard does not violate any of the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall be valid unless revoked for non-conformance with this chapter.
(E) Permit application.
(1) Application for the permit shall be made to the Compliance Officer on such forms as the Compliance Officer shall prescribe, along with a nonrefundable permit fee as established by the Board of Commissioners. The permit application shall include, but not be limited to the information required for the registration application and a junkyard plan.
(2) The plan shall indicate setbacks, location of public rights-of-way, all existing and proposed structures, bodies of water, water sources, all structures within 500 feet of junkyard, driveways, entrances, fencing, screening, types of fencing, types of screening dimensions of junkyard, gross acreage, preparer of plan’s name(s) and address(es) and phone numbers. Plans shall be at a scale no larger than one inch equals 400 feet. Three copies shall be submitted. Any expansion of a junkyard, whether pre-existing or newly permitted, shall require a permit. Procedures and standards for an expansion permit shall be those required for a new establishment.
(F) Permitting procedure. The completed permit application and junkyard plan shall be submitted to the Compliance Officer. The Compliance Officer shall have the authority to either approve or deny the permit. A denied permit may be resubmitted within 14 days from the date of denial without incurring an additional permit fee.
(G) Permitting compliance.
(1) Existing junkyards shall conform to the approved permit and standards of this chapter in accordance with the graduated compliance schedule listed as follows. The times listed are from the date of plan approval.
(a) Meet § 93.07(B)(6) within one month;
(b) Meet § 93.07(B)(7) within three months;
(c) Meet § 93.07(B)(5) within 36 months;
(d) Meet § 93.07(B)(8) within 36 months;
(e) Meet § 93.07(B)(9) within 36 months;
(f) Meet § 93.07(B)(4) within 36 months.
(2) Junkyards discovered after the registration time period of division (A) above, but documented to the satisfaction of the Compliance Officer as being in existence prior to this chapter shall conform to applicable portions of this chapter. The time period of compliance shall run from the date of discovery. Items (G)(1)(a) - (c) shall have the time period listed, but items (G)(1)(d) - (f) shall have a time period of 12 months.
(3) New junkyards shall conform to the approved permit and standards of this chapter prior to the establishment of the use as a junkyard on the property. Failure to meet the requirements of the approved permit and standards of this chapter shall be a violation of the compliance provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 6-21-04)