(A) License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, maintain, open or establish any junkyard in this city without first having obtained a junk dealer's license to do so from the Clerk-Treasurer and paid a fee therefor in an amount as set from time to time by the Common Council.
(B) Requirements for issuance. In the interest of public health, safety and welfare and for the protection of children and other persons who may be in the vicinity of a junkyard in close proximity to a residential area, street, alley, public place or other public way, no junk dealer's license shall be issued unless the premises involved are free of all weeds, refuse, trash, rubbish and debris, which is or may constitute an insect, rat or vermin harborage, fire hazard, a menace to public health, safety, or which may cause an injury to persons or property, and unless the premises are enclosed by a solid metal fence or masonry wall complying with § 116.03 of this chapter.
(C) Suspension or revocation. Junkyards shall be maintained according to the regulations required in this chapter for a license, and the city, after reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard for any violation thereof, may suspend or revoke any license.
(`94 Code, § 111.02) (Ord. 3-1974, passed 10-21-74) Penalty, see § 10.99