The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Junk means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
Junkyard
1: Any building where junk is bought, sold, bartered or exchanged, either at wholesale or retail, or any building where junk is collected, received, stored or held in possession for resale, barter or exchange, either at wholesale or retail, or any building where junk is held for the convenience of the owner of the junk.
(Code 1972, § 3-11-1)
1 415 ILCS 95/2.