As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Junk" means any property which is used or salvaged iron, brass, lead, copper and other base metals, and their compounds or combinations; used or salvaged rope, bags, paper, rags, glass or rubber; used motor vehicles acquired for scrap metal; and similar or related articles or property.
(b) "Junk or salvaged material" means any personal property which is bought, bartered, acquired, possessed, collected, accumulated, dismantled, processed, sorted or stored for reuse or resale, and which is not held for sale for remelting purposes by an establishment having facilities for processing such materials.
(c) "Junk or salvaged material dealer" means every person who buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores or sells any junk or salvaged material.
(d) "Junk or salvaged material yard or junk or salvaged material shop" means any place at which a junk or salvaged material dealer buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores, accumulates, sells or otherwise handles junk or salvaged material, except an establishment or place where automobiles, wrecked or otherwise, are held or impounded for a period not to exceed ninety days exclusively for storage, repair or resale without alteration.
(e) "Salvaged material" means all types of used building material such as lumber, brick, concrete block, steel beams, girders and columns, trusses, plumbing fixtures, pipe and any other material used in the construction of buildings or structures; used motor vehicles acquired for the purpose of dismantling parts; used steel drums and similar containers; used fats, oils and greases, and similar or related articles or property.
(1977 Code Sec. 14-54.)