AUTOMOBILE SALVAGE YARD: Any tract of land, establishment or place of business and which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts, whether or not for profit, and shall include any tract of land, establishment or place of business upon which more than two (2) such motor vehicles which cannot be operated under their own power, and are not in the process of being restored to operable condition, and which are kept or stored for a period of ninety (90) days or more.
CODE ADMINISTRATOR: The city manager or his designee.
GARAGE: Any establishment or place of business, which is maintained and operated for the primary purpose of making mechanical and/or body repairs to motor vehicles, and which may store as many as ten (10) motor vehicles that are not capable of being driven under their own power but are waiting to be restored to operable condition. If the garage consists of two (2) acres or more, six (6) additional motor vehicles as described herein may be allowed.
HEALTH OR SAFETY NUISANCE: A motor vehicle, used machinery, or other used materials may be declared a health nuisance or safety hazard when it is found to be:
A. A breeding ground or harbor for mosquitoes or other insects, snakes, rats, or other pests.
B. A point of collection for pools or ponds of water.
C. An unsafe concentration of gasoline, oil or other flammable or explosive materials.
D. So located that there is a danger of the vehicle, machinery or other used materials falling or turning over without assistance.
E. A source of danger for children through entrapment in areas of confinement that cannot be opened from the inside, or the overturning of heavy items that could cause injury.
F. An unsafe concentration of car radiators, batteries, or other materials that pose either a hazard of immediate or long term environmental degradation.
JUNK: Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, refrigerators, stoves, household appliances, salvaged building materials, salvaged machinery parts, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron and steel and other scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE: A. A vehicle that does not display a current license plate; or
B. Is partially dismantled or wrecked; or
C. Cannot be self-propelled or moved in the manner in which it originally was intended to move; or
D. Is more than five (5) years old and appears to be worth less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
JUNKYARD: Any establishment, place of business or place that is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. An establishment or place of business that stores or keeps, for a period of ninety (90) days or more, materials within the meaning of "junk" as defined in this section, which had been derived or created as a result of industrial or commercial activity shall be deemed to be a junkyard. A junkyard shall be presumed to have been created when an area of "junk materials" (as defined in the definition of "junk" in this section) are kept or stored at any given place whether for profit or not.
NEW JUNKYARD: Junkyards established after the effective date hereof or existing junkyards which do not register within the specified time limit in order to meet the designation of preexisting.
PREEXISTING JUNKYARD: Junkyards in existence at the time of the effective date hereof, which register within the specified time.
RECYCLING CENTER: A temporary or permanent site at which glass, aluminum cans, paper, plastic, clothes or similar materials commonly collected for recycling are collected and moved off site or kept on site in enclosed buildings, storage bins, solid waste containers, truck trailers and other rolling stock. All materials to be recycled or recycled materials shall be stored out of public view.
SERVICE STATION: Any establishment which is maintained and operated for the purpose of making sales of fuels, lubricants, air, water and other items for the operation and routine maintenance of motor vehicles, and/or for making mechanical repairs, servicing and/or washing of motor vehicles and which is used to store not more than six (6) motor vehicles that are not capable of being driven under their own power. If the service station consists of two (2) acres or more, six (6) additional motor vehicles as described herein may be allowed. (Ord. 919, 9-8-2008)