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No person licensed under this subchapter shall permanently or temporarily or habitually obstruct or encumber any street, alley, or sidewalk within the city with junk, vehicles or any other thing incident to such business, nor use any street, alley, or sidewalk for storage or for any greater length of time than is reasonably necessary for loading or unloading.
('71 Code, § 4-11-7) Penalty, see § 10.99
JUNKYARDS
For the purpose of this subchapter the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNKYARD. A plot of ground, which may be covered with buildings, partially covered with buildings or without any buildings, which plot is used by anyone for buying, selling, storing, exchanging, baling, packing, disassembling, handling, wrecking or trading in junk, dismantled or wrecked motor vehicles or parts thereof, dismantled or wrecked farm machinery or parts thereof, industrial scrap, scrap iron, rags, and any secondhand article whatsoever including but not limited to the foregoing enumerated items, except a plot of ground used for any of the above purposes when dealing with junk, rags and secondhand articles which has a zoning classification of R-1 to R-6 or B-1 to B-3 as set forth in §§ 155.060 through 155.068 and which plot of ground is used in compliance with those provisions.
('71 Code, § 4-12-1) (Ord. 2056, passed 6-11-79)
No person shall operate or maintain a junkyard within the city limits without first having obtained a license from the city.
('71 Code, § 4-12-2) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) A license shall be granted to any person of good moral character on written application being made showing a compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and § 155.170, M-1 Manufacturing District, Limited, and on payment of a license fee of $50 per year. A bond in the sum of $500 with two sureties conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this subchapter, shall accompany the application and license fee.
(B) A corporation wishing to engage in such business shall be granted a license on an application made by its employee, who is to act as manager of said yard, in compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and § 155.170.
('71 Code, § 4-12-3) (Am. Ord. 2056, passed 6-11-79)
A licensee under this subchapter shall not purchase or receive from minors any article whatsoever without the written consent of their parents or guardian.
('71 Code, § 4-12-4) (Am. Ord. 2056, passed 6-11-79) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Any junkyard in existence on the effective date of this section, or hereafter established, which is within 1,000 feet of any street or roadway which is used for travel within the city limits shall be screened so that none of the items in the junkyard are visible from said street or roadway.
(B) The city may, in addition to any other remedies it might have, initiate an action in Circuit Court to prevent the operation or maintenance of a junkyard which is not in compliance with this section, or to restrain, correct or abate a violation of the section. Should the city correct or abate such a violation, the cost for said correction will become a lien upon the property where such violation exists.
('71 Code, § 4-12-6) (Ord. 2504, passed 3-11-85) Penalty, see § 10.99
A junkyard established or operated in the city contrary to the terms of this subchapter and § 155.010, M-1 Manufacturing District, Limited is hereby declared a nuisance.
('71 Code, § 4-12-5) (Am. Ord. 2056, passed 6-11-79) Penalty, see § 10.99