713.02 FENCES REQUIRED.

   (a)   No person shall operate or maintain a junk yard established on or after the effective date of this section within 1,000 feet of a State or County road, within 300 feet of a Township or City street, road or highway, or adjacent to property zoned residential or business unless a required fence has been erected and is maintained thereafter.

   (b)   Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within 1,000 feet of a State or County road, within 300 feet of Township or City street, road or highway, or adjacent to property zoned residential or business prior to the effective date of this section, shall have six months thereafter to erect a required fence if such junk yard is not obscured by natural objects or a fence.

   (c)   If, after the effective date of this section, by reason of annexation of area to the City, an existing junk yard becomes situated within the City as a zoning nonconforming user, such junk yard, if situated within 1,000 feet of a State or County road within 300 feet of a Township or City street, road or highway, or adjacent to property zoned residential or business, shall have six months thereafter to erect a required fence if such junk yard is not obscured by natural objects or fence.

(Ord. 88-5721. Passed 12-6-88.)

713.03 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.

   Any fence constructed under this chapter shall be neatly constructed, shall be nontransparent, shall be kept in good order and repair, and no advertisement shall be permitted thereon other than the name and the nature of the business conducted therein.

(Ord. 88-5721. Passed 12-6-88.)

713.04 INJUNCTION.

   Whenever the Law Director is of the opinion that a junk yard is being operated or maintained in violation of any provision of this chapter, he may apply, in the name of the City, to a court of competent jurisdiction, alleging the violation complained of and praying for an injunction or other proper relief. In such a case the court may order such junk yard abated as a nuisance or make such other order as may be proper. An action brought under this section shall not be deemed to be a bar to a prosecution under Section 1347.99.

(Ord. 88-5721. Passed 12-6-88.)

713.99 PENALTY.

   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(Ord. 88-5721. Passed 12-6-88.)