(a) No person shall operate and maintain a junk yard within the City without first obtaining a license to do so from the Mayor. Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within the City shall, within one year after the effective date of this chapter, erect the required fence or make suitable plantings if such junk yard is not screened by natural objects or a fence. If the junk yard is so obscured, the person operating or maintaining it shall be issued a license under this chapter. No license shall be issued unless such yard complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) No person shall operate and maintain a junk yard adjacent to the interstate or primary systems within the Municipality, except in zoned or unzoned industrial areas, without first obtaining a license to do so from the Mayor. Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of an interstate or primary highway within the City, except in a zoned or unzoned industrial area, prior to November 18, 1969, shall, within one year thereafter, erect the required fence or make suitable plantings if such junk yard is not screened by natural objects or a fence. If a junk yard is established after November 18, 1969, within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of an interstate or primary highway, it shall be so located that the view thereof from such highway is obscured by natural objects or a fence. If the junkyard is so obscured, the person operating or maintaining it shall be issued a license under this section. No license shall be issued unless such yard complies with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) The fee for a license issued under this section is thirty-five dollars ($35.00). All licenses issued under this section shall expire on January 1 following the date of issue. A license may be renewed from year to year upon paying the Mayor the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each such renewal.
(d) Any license or renewal thereof issued under this section may be revoked by the Mayor after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard, for any violation of this chapter by the licensee or by any of his or her officers, agents or employees. Whenever a license has been revoked under this section, the Mayor shall not issue another license to such licensee, to the husband or wife of such licensee, or to any partnership or corporation of which he or she is an officer or member, until such licensee complies with this chapter.
(Ord. 90-224. Passed 8-20-90.)