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124.06 WHEN FENCING REQUIRED.
   1.   Junkyards or wrecked automobile storage yards with 10 or more automobiles within 150 feet of any street or highway and all junkyards or wrecked automobile storage yards with 20 or more automobiles shall be enclosed and hidden from public view by a wooden or metal fence eight feet in height and constructed, built and maintained so as to present an appearance not offensive to the traveling public. All other junkyards and wrecked automobile storage yards shall be kept and maintained with due regard to the health and safety of the public and with due regard to aesthetics.
   2.   It is unlawful for any person engaged in the junk business in the City to engage in the dismantling, wrecking or breaking up of any automobile, piece of machinery or articles without complying with Subsection 1.
   3.   It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of maintaining or operating a junkyard in the City to allow, establish or maintain an accumulation of old iron, tin, fencing, wire, scrap metal, rubber tires, rags, papers or other junk without complying with Subsection 1.
It is unlawful for any person engaged in maintaining a junkyard in the City to place, park, store, maintain or leave any wrecked, junked or dismantled or abandoned automobiles on any street of the City or upon any parking along said streets or upon any private or railroad property or pieces of land outside the enclosure required by this section.