(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Scrap metals, scrap materials, whether they are liquids, solids, or gases, branches of trees, and dismantled or wrecked automobiles, tractors, and machinery or parts thereof.
JUNK COLLECTOR. Any person going from place to place, or house to house, collecting or buying iron, copper, brass and zinc scraps, rags, bottles, or old paper, and selling the same to a junk dealer.
JUNK DEALER. Any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, receiving, collecting, or dealing in metal scraps, scrap iron, metals of any kind and in any form, bottles, rags, and used tires; the dismantling or taking apart of automobiles, other than for repair, or the wrecking of automobiles; the storage of automobiles unfit for operation; the storage of automobile bodies and parts thereof; the storage of automobiles or parts thereof kept for salvage; the storage of scraps from automobiles; or the storage of iron, metals, or junk.
JUNK YARD. Any place in the city where or from which any person shall conduct, engage in, or carry on the business of junk dealer as herein defined.
(1973 Code, § 10-309)
(B) Regulation. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, or hold open for public use any junk yard as herein defined without first obtaining a license to do so from the city. Application for a license to own, operate, or hold open for public use any junk yard shall be made in writing to the City Clerk/Treasurer and shall require the information and documents, or copies thereof, that the City Council deems necessary to determine whether to grant or reject the application. Upon approval of the application, the City Clerk/Treasurer shall issue the license upon the payment of a fee set by resolution of the City Council. The licensee shall then be subject to any occupation taxes, bond requirements, and other rules and regulations which the City Council may determine to be beneficial to the city. Any such bond shall be set by resolution of the City Council and will be conditioned upon the faithful observance of the provisions of this code. The bond shall be held for the benefit of any person who may suffer damage by the improper management of the junk yard.
(Neb. RS 69-202) (1973 Code, § 10-310)
(C) Nuisance. Any junk yard that becomes a danger to the public health, or is not operated in the manner herein provided, shall be deemed to be a public nuisance after the 30-day period of grace. The City Council shall then request the City Attorney to prosecute the owner, operator, director, or employee of the nuisance for violation of the provisions of this section.
(Neb. RS 18-1,720) (1973 Code, § 10-311)
(D) Premise. Any area or parcel of land used as a junk yard shall not have more than two entrances and two exits each of which shall not exceed 15 feet in width at the perimeter of the premise. The premise or parcel of land shall be enclosed with either a solid nontransparent wall or fence or link-weave steel wire, or combination thereof, with a minimum height of seven feet from the ground level, except for entrances and exits. The fence shall not contain any poster or advertising of any kind except one sign of the licensee not exceeding 100 square feet.
(1973 Code, § 10-312)
(E) Rodents. Any person who owns, operates, directs, or is employed by a junk yard shall make a diligent and continuous effort to exterminate all rats, mice, and other harmful rodents frequenting the junk yard.
(Neb. RS 18-1,720) (1973 Code, § 10-313)
Penalty, see § 10.99