(A) This chapter shall not apply to bona fide service stations, repair shops or garages.
(B) This chapter shall in no way regulate, restrict, prohibit or otherwise deter any bona fide form and its related uses.
(C) All new and existing storage yards (junkyards and/or automobile graveyards) established subject to the following conditions:
(1) The Town of Fairmont shall inspect each junkyard and automobile graveyard at least 2 times each year to determine compliance with this chapter and that no vectors are present. Should vectors be identified, the owner/operator/maintainer shall submit satisfactory evidence to the town that vectors have been eliminated.
(2) The owner/operator shall dispose of all petroleum products and residue in a manner that will not adversely affect the environment and that will comply with state and federal regulations.
(3) Each storage yard shall be entirely surrounded by an opaque fence or by a wire fence and vegetation. Vegetation shall be planted on the outbound or inboard side of a fence, contiguous to, and not more than 5 feet from the fence. The vegetation shall be of a type that can reach a minimum height of 8 feet within 8 years from the date planted and shall be planted at intervals evenly spaced and in close proximity to each other so that a continuous, unbroken hedgerow (without gaps or open spaces not larger than 2 inches) will exist to height of at least 8 feet along the length of the fence surrounding the junkyard or automobile graveyard. The hedgerow shall be maintained as a continuous, unbroken hedgerow for the period the property is used as a junkyard and/or automobile graveyard.
(4) Each owner, operator or maintainer of a storage yard to which this chapter applies shall utilize good husbandry techniques, as for example, pruning, mulching and proper fertilization, so that the vegetation can reach a height of 8 feet within 8 years of the date planted and will have maximum density and foliage.
(5) Dead or diseased vegetation shall be replaced at the next appropriate planting time.
(6) The fence or wire fence shall have not more than 4 gates for the purpose of ingress and egress of motor vehicles. The gates shall be closed and securely locked at all times, except during business hours.
(7) Each business or establishment affected by this chapter shall have 180 days to comply with this chapter.
(1988 Code, § 12-112)