(A) All owners, operators, or maintainers of automobile graveyards or junkyards existing at the effective date of this subchapter shall register same with the county within a period of 180 days beginning with the effective date of this subchapter. All existing automobile graveyards or junkyards that have not been registered within 180 days shall be in violation of the provisions of this subchapter.
(B) Registration shall be accomplished by acquiring a permit and paying a permit fee of $20. The Ordinance Administrator shall provide the permit form. A junkyard plan prepared by the owner or operator shall be submitted as part of the junkyard registration. The plan shall indicate setbacks, location of public rights-of-way, all proposed structures, all structures within 300 feet of junkyard, driveways, entrances, fencing, screening, types of fencing, types of screening, dimensions of junkyard, gross acreage, owner(s)' name(s), and address(es). Submission of information shall establish preexisting conditions. All permit requirements of § 91.26 shall be met. The plan may be drawn at either one inch = 50 feet, one inch = 100 feet, one inch = 200 feet, one inch = 400 feet scale or freehand with corners identified by the owner on the junkyard site and referenced on the plan. Three copies shall be submitted, one of which shall be on reproducible material.
(C) Penalty. Violation of this section shall be subject only to monetary fines and injunctive relief as provided in § 91.99 herein. A violation of this section shall not be punishable as a criminal offense pursuant to G.S. § 153A-123(b1).
(Ord. passed 1-8-1990; Ord. passed 6-6-2014; Ord. passed 3-21-2022)