(A) An application shall be made in writing to the Council for a permit to operate an automobile junkyard. This application shall include the following information:
(1) Name of the junkyard owner; and
(2) A sketch showing the location of the junkyard, all roads entering or adjacent to the property and all adjacent landowners and their names. The sketch will be drawn to a scale of not less than 200 feet to the inch.
(B) The Council shall publish a notice of a public hearing, giving adjoining landowners and other citizens an opportunity to be heard. Evidence at the public hearing shall be confined to proof of economic damage, if any, to be caused by the junkyard.
(1) If the Council shall be satisfied that no economic damage will be incurred, the Council shall issue the permit.
(2) If the Council feels neighboring property will be damaged by the licensing of the junkyard, the permit shall be denied.
(C) Any person aggrieved by the denial of a permit by the Council shall have the right to appeal the decision to the County Circuit Court.
(1997 Code, § 50-35)