(A) It is unlawful for any person to locate, conduct, or operate any junk store or junk yard within 1,000 feet of a church, hospital, park, playground, public building, or school, the distance to be measured by the shortest straight line between the junk store or junk yard sought to be located, conducted, or operated, and any building used for those purposes.
(B) (1) It is unlawful for any person to locate, for the purpose of conducting or operating, any junk store or junk yard in any block in which two-thirds of the buildings on both sides of the street in any block are used exclusively for residence purposes or residence and wholesale or retail store purposes or use exclusively for wholesale or retail store purposes without the written consent of a majority of the property owners according to the frontage on both sides of the street; provided, that in determining whether two-thirds of the buildings on both sides of the street in any block are used exclusively for residence purposes, or residence and wholesale or retail store purposes, or used exclusively for wholesale or retail store purposes, any building fronting upon another street and located upon the corner lot shall not be considered; provided further, that the word BLOCK as used in this section shall be held not to mean a square, but shall be held to embrace only that part of the street in question which lies between the two nearest intersecting streets on either side of the lot on which the junk store or junk yard is to be located, conducted, or operated.
(2) The written consent of the property owners shall be filed with the Building Commissioner. If, after inspection and verification of the frontage consents, the Building Commissioner shall find that this section and the building and zoning regulations of this code have been complied with, he or she shall issue a permit for the location or operation of the junk store or junk yard.
(Prior Code, § 120.004) Penalty, see § 117.999