The operation, erection, establishment and maintenance of a place by any person for the purpose of carrying on or engaging in the operation of a junkyard or other place for the storage and sale of wrecked and junked automobiles, scrap iron, rubber, paper, rags or other unsightly material within the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance and an impairment to the health, safety and welfare of the residents and inhabitants of the City. No person shall engage in the operation or maintenance of such a place unless a fence is constructed, maintained and erected around the place in a way that the property or junk stored upon the premises is not visible from the adjoining street, alley or property.
(1980 Code §97.03)