736.01 Definitions.
736.02 Approval by Fire Chief.
736.03 License required; application.
736.04 License fees.
736.05 Fence to be maintained.
736.06 Maintenance.
736.07 Prohibited operations.
736.08 Inspections; duty of Building Inspector.
736.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.61
State licensing and required fencing - see Ohio R.C. 4737.05 et seq.
Secondhand dealers - see BUS. REG. Ch. 735
Abandoned refrigerators - see GEN. OFF. 521.01
Littering, deposit of junk - see GEN. OFF. 521.08
As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following respective meanings:
(a) “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, trash, waste, batteries, paper, rubber, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous materials, but does not include scrap tires as defined in Ohio R.C. 3734.01.
(b) “Junk yard” means an establishment or place of business that is maintained or operated for the purpose of storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk.
(c) “Fence” means a barrier at least eight feet in height, constructed of non- transparent material, and maintained so as to obscure the junk from the ordinary view of persons passing upon municipal roads, streets, walks, alleys, or travel ways in the City of Lorain.
(d) “Salvaged materials” means all types of used building material such as lumber, brick, concrete block, steel beams, girders and columns, trusses, plumbing fixtures, pipe and any other materials used in the construction of buildings or structures, used motor vehicles acquired for the purpose of dismantling parts, used steel drums and similar containers, used fats, oils and greases, and similar or related articles or property.
(e) “Junk or salvaged material dealer” means every person who buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores or sells any articles hereinabove defined as junk or salvaged material.
(f) “Salvaged material yard” or “salvaged material shop” means any place at which a salvaged material dealer buys, exchanges, collects, receives, stores, accumulates, sells or otherwise handles salvaged material.
(Ord. 74-06. Passed 5-15-06.)
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