EDITOR'S NOTE: All references to "City Solicitor" in this chapter have been changed to "Law Director" to reflect the Charter Amendment passed by the electors on May 8, 2001, and upon the adoption of Ordinance 2001-96, passed June 4, 2001.
733.01 Definitions.
733.02 License required; compliance.
733.03 Issuance by Mayor; fence or plantings required; fees; revocation.
733.04 License application.
733.05 Fence construction, maintenance; advertising.
733.06 Junk yard inspections; right of entry; notification of noncompliance; correction; tax for violations.
733.07 Enforcement.
733.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate fences, billboards and signs - see Ohio R.C. 715.27
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.61
Advertising - see Ohio R.C. 715.65
License revocation - see Ohio R.C. 2961.03
Dealing with minors prohibited; hours - see Ohio R.C. 4737.03
State licensing and required fencing of junk yards outside Municipality - see Ohio R.C. 4737.05 et seq.
Impounding junk vehicles - see TRAF. 303.08(b)
Parking of junk vehicles - se TRAF. 303.09
Public nuisances - see GEN. OFF. 521.10(b)(4)
Tampering with and destruction of motor vehicles - see GEN. OFF. 541.04
Stealing motor vehicle parts - see GEN. OFF. 545.05
Motor vehicle salvage dealers - see BUS. REG. Ch. 736
Exemption from registration as a junk yard - see BUS. REG. 736.04
Junk yard fences - see BLDG. 1383.07
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, trash, waste, batteries, paper, rubber, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous materials.
(b) "Junk yard" means an establishment or place of business, which is maintained or operated for the purpose of storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, and includes garbage dumps and sanitary landfills. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "junk yard" shall also include scrap metal processing facilities which are located within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of a highway in the interstate or primary system.
(c) "Fence" means a barrier at least six feet in height, constructed of nontransparent material, and maintained so as to obscure the junk from the ordinary view of persons passing upon those State, County, Municipal and township highways, roads and streets covered by this chapter.
(d) "Scrap metal processing facility" means an establishment having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap and whose principal product is scrap iron and steel or nonferrous scrap for sale for remelting purposes.
(e) "Interstate system" means the system of highways as defined in subsection (d), 72 Stat. 887, 23 U.S.C. 103(D), as amended.
(f) "Primary system" means that portion of the highway system designated by the Ohio Director of Transportation which has been approved by the Secretary of Transportation of the United States pursuant to subsection (b), 72 Stat. 887, 23 U.S.C. 103(B), as amended.
(Ord. 90-224. Passed 8-20-90.)
No person shall operate or maintain a junk yard adjacent to the interstate or primary system within the City without having first obtained a license therefor as provided in this chapter.
No licensee shall operate or maintain a junk yard in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. 90-224. Passed 8-20-90.)
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