(A) Application. No person shall maintain or operate a junkyard or second-hand store without first obtaining a license therefore. Applications for such a license shall be made to the City Manager. The applicant shall state his name, whether person, firm or corporation, the address and legal description of the place or places where the business is to be or is conducted or maintained, and the applicant's residence for a period of three years preceding such application. All applications so received shall be referred to the City Health Officers, Zoning Administrator, Fire and Police agencies of the city for investigation and recommendation.
(B) Issue. After receipt of such agencies recommendation, the application shall be submitted to the City Commission. The sole power to grant licenses hereunder is vested in the City Commission and licenses so granted shall be issued by the City Manager.
(C) Consent of property owners. Any person seeking to establish or move a junkyard in a locality not previously used for that purpose shall first obtain the consent in writing of 60% of the owners of all property within 1,000 feet of any boundary line of the property on which the junkyard is to be conducted.
(D) Expiration. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on July 1 of each year.
(Ord. 6.2, passed 6-15-65)