(A) Reviewing departments. Within three days after receipt of a complete application for a junk yard license that includes all of the information and documents required pursuant to § 110.087(C), and the administrative processing fee required pursuant to § 110.087(B), the official shall transmit a copy of the application to the reviewing departments.
(B) Reviewing department reports. Each of the reviewing departments shall, within 25 days after receipt of the application, or within any other period of time as the city and the applicant may otherwise agree:
(1) Review the application;
(2) Conduct inspections of the proposed licensed premises within their respective jurisdictions, as shall be reasonably necessary to verify the information set forth in the application and to determine whether the proposed junk yard and licensed premises comply with the requirements of this subchapter and other applicable laws and city ordinances and regulations; and
(3) Prepare and submit to the official a written report regarding the results and findings of the reviews, inspections and investigations.
(C) Fire Prevention Code Official review. The Fire Prevention Code Official shall also conduct inspections and investigations as the official shall deem reasonably necessary to verify the information set forth in the application and to determine whether the proposed junk yard and licensed premises comply with the requirements of this subchapter and other applicable laws and city ordinances and regulations.
(D) Reliance on site plan. In the event that the licensed premises has not yet been constructed or reconstructed to accommodate the proposed junk yard, the official and the reviewing departments shall base their respective written reports, investigations and inspections to the extent necessary, on the diagram submitted pursuant to § 110.087(C)(8). Any junk yard license issued prior to the construction or reconstruction necessary to accommodate the proposed junk yard shall contain a condition that the junk yard shall not open for business until the licensed premises has been inspected and determined to be in substantial compliance with the diagram submitted with the application.
(E) Applicant cooperation required. An applicant for a junk yard license shall cooperate fully in the inspections and investigations conducted by the official and the reviewing departments. The applicant’s failure or refusal to give any information reasonably relevant to the review of the application; to allow the proposed or existing junk yard to be inspected; or to otherwise cooperate with the investigation and inspection required by this subchapter, shall be grounds for denial of the license by the official.
(F) Time for issuance or denial. The official shall, within 30 days after submittal of a properly completed application, or within any other period of time as the city and the applicant may otherwise agree, either issue a junk yard license pursuant to the provisions of § 110.089(A) or deny issuance of the junk yard license pursuant to the provisions of § 110.089(B). The official shall issue or deny the license within the 30-day or other agreed-upon period, regardless of whether or not the official has received all of the reviewing department reports.
(G) Decision final. The action taken by the official to issue or deny a junk yard license pursuant, respectively, to § 110.089(A) or (B) shall be final and shall be subject to review pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Review Law, ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 3-101 et seq.
(1990 Code, § 14-304) (Ord. 02-2055, passed 7-1-2002)