It shall be and is hereby made unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to locate, build, construct, keep, conduct, operate or maintain a junk yard or junk store, either wholesale or retail, in the city, within 300 feet of any church, hospital, public or parochial school, or the ground thereof; nor shall either a junk yard or junk shop be built, constructed, kept, conducted, operated or maintained on any site where two-thirds of the buildings within a radius of 300 feet of the proposed site are used exclusively for residence and retail store purposes or used exclusively for residence purposes, without the written consent of the majority of the property owners according to the frontage within a radius of 300 feet of the proposed site of the junk shop or junk yard, and obtaining a license from the city therefor. No license shall be issued unless the petition shall have the signature of owners of the 150 feet of property immediately adjacent to the site on all sides.
(Ord. 693, passed 5-3-1955) Penalty, see § 120.99