816.03 LICENSE APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE.

   (a)   An application for a license to operate and maintain a junk yard or for a renewal thereof shall be made in writing, accompanied by the proper fee, to Council, setting forth:

      (1)   The name and address of the applicant;

      (2)   The location of the junk yard;

      (3)   If the applicant is a firm, partnership or association, the names and addresses of each member;

      (4)   If the applicant is a corporation, the date and place of incorporation and the names and addresses of its officers and directors; and

      (5)   Such other reasonable information as Council deems necessary.

   The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.

   (b)   All licenses shall be issued by the Mayor upon payment of the requisite fee and satisfaction of all other requirements provided in this chapter.

   (c)   No license shall be issued unless Council is satisfied as to the good character of the applicant, or if the applicant is an agent, the good character of the agent and the firm, person or corporation represented, and unless Council is satisfied that the place of storage is a proper one and will not in any way be harmful or detrimental to the health and welfare of the residents of the Village.

(Ord. 686. Passed 3-16-65.)

816.04 EXISTING ESTABLISHMENTS.

   Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard prior to the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 686, passed March 16, 1965) is entitled to be issued a license or renewal thereof upon payment of the fee provided for in this chapter. Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within 1,000 feet of a public street in the Village, prior to such effective date, shall have one year thereafter to erect the required fence if such junk yard is not obscured by natural objects. If, after such effective date, a junk yard is established within 1,000 feet of a public street in the Village, it shall be so located that the view thereof from such street is obscured by natural objects or by a fence. If the yard is so obscured, the person operating or maintaining such junk yard shall be entitled to a license.

(Ord. 686. Passed 3-16-65.)

816.05 FENCES.

   Any fence constructed under this chapter shall be neatly constructed, nontransparent and kept in good order and repair. No advertisement shall be permitted thereon, other than the name of the person under those name the license has been issued and the nature of the business conducted therein.

(Ord. 686. Passed 3-16-65.)