For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS PREMISES or PREMISES. The area of a salvage yard as described in a salvage yard dealer’s license or application or license as provided for in this chapter.
PERSON. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
SALVAGE. Old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead or other base metals; old cordage, old rubber; or any and all other waste or discarded materials which might be prepared to be used again in some form; and any or all of the foregoing; and motor vehicles, no longer used as such, to be used for scrap metal or stripping of parts, including those not currently licensed, parts of motor vehicles, agricultural and/or construction equipment or parts thereof, building materials, or any other articles which from its worn or damaged condition renders it practically useless for the purpose for which it was intended and originally manufactured without substantial repair. SALVAGE shall not mean those items which are stored or sold primarily for their antique or collector value.
SALVAGE DEALER. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity keeping, maintaining or operating a salvage yard. For purposes of this chapter, the SALVAGE DEALER for other than sole proprietorships, shall be deemed to be any partner, officer, or other person who is directing the operation or authorized to apply for a salvage yard license.
SALVAGE YARD. Any building, structure, premise or place, including any yard, lot or place, covered or uncovered, outdoors or in an enclosed building, at, upon, or within which there is kept, stored or piled in any quantity, whether temporarily, irregularly, or continually, salvage as defined in this chapter upon which occurs one or more acts of buying, keeping, dismantling, processing, selling or offering for sale any such salvage, in whole units or by parts, for a business or commercial purpose, whether or not the proceeds from such act or acts are to be used for charity. A SALVAGE YARD includes activities where the substantial purpose of the business is to salvage or remove usable parts or components for replacement or resale. SALVAGE YARD shall not apply to those businesses or operations which deal primarily in items sold or stored for their antique or collector value.
(Ord. 234, passed 10-4-2000)