(A) No person or entity shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard without obtaining a permit. The permit shall only be issued upon the person seeking the permit submitting a statement, under oath, that the existing or proposed junkyard does not violate any of the provisions of this subchapter. The permit shall be valid until revoked for the nonconformance with this subchapter. Application for the permit shall be made to the administrator of the ordinance, on the forms as the Ordinance Administrator shall prescribe. A junkyard plan prepared by the applicant shall be submitted as part of the junkyard permit.
(B) 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). The plan shall be on 18-inch by 24-inch sheets at either one inch = 50 feet, one inch = 100 feet, one inch = 200 feet, or one inch = 400 feet scale. Three copies shall be submitted, one of which shall be on reproducible material.
(C) The fees for the junkyard permits issued under this section shall not exceed a $20 initial fee.
(D) Any new expansion of a junkyard shall require a permit and shall be permitted in accordance with this section as a new establishment.
(E) A rejected permit may be resubmitted within ten days within the date of rejection without incurring an additional permit fee.
(F) Penalty. If a person or entity fails to obtain a permit as required under this section, then said person or entity 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)