Salvage activities may be allowed as a special use in the industrial (I) district, subject to the following provisions:
A. Recycling Collection Facilities:
1. Allowed only in the industrial (I) district.
2. Shall use containers that are constructed and maintained with durable waterproof and rustproof material, covered when site is not attended, secured from scavenging, and shall be of a capacity sufficient to accommodate materials collected and a collection schedule.
3. All materials shall be stored in containers or in a mobile unit vehicle when the attendant is not present.
4. If located within one thousand feet (1,000') of a lot in the agricultural residential (AR), planned residential (PR) or residential (R) districts, any power driven collection facility shall not operate between seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M.
B. Automotive Salvage Rebuilder Or Automotive Salvage Recycler: Automotive salvage rebuilders and automotive salvage recyclers shall be:
1. Allowed only in the industrial (I) district.
2. Licensed and operated pursuant to 415 Illinois Compiled Statutes 95/junkyard act.
3. Surrounded by a landscape buffer 1.5 times the requirements of chapter 9, "Landscaping And Tree Protection", of this title.
4. Configured so that inoperable vehicles are not visible from public rights of way.
5. Spaced from other districts as follows:
a. From the agricultural residential (AR), planned residential (PR) or residential (R) districts: Three hundred feet (300').
b. From commercial general (CG) or commercial interchange (CI) districts: One hundred feet (100').
C. Processing Facilities:
1. Allowed only in the industrial (I) district.
2. All power driven processing must meet all performance standards in section 8-4-4, "General Environmental Standards", of this title and shall not operate between seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M.
3. All outside storage of materials shall be in sturdy containers or enclosures which are covered, secured, and maintained in good condition, or shall be baled or palletized.
4. No storage, excluding trucks, shall be visible above the height of the buffer area if located within one hundred feet (100') of properties in the agricultural residential (AR), planned residential (PR) or residential (R) districts.
D. Prohibited Practices:
1. No hazardous waste or materials shall be accepted or deposited at any recycling or salvage facility, except as permitted by county, state and federal law.
2. No person shall discard or deposit waste or recyclable materials onto the ground at or on property adjacent to a transfer site or transfer station. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)