1347.01 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in this chapter:

   (a)    "Junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous materials which are not held for sale for remelting purposes to an establishment having facilities for processing such materials.

   (b)    "Junk yard" means an establishment or place of business, other than an establishment having facilities for processing iron, steel or nonferrous scrap and whose principal product is scrap iron and steel or nonferrous scrap for sale for remelting purposes, which is maintained or operated for the purpose of storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, except an establishment or place where automobiles, wrecked or otherwise, are held or impounded for a period not to exceed ninety days exclusively for storage, repair or resale without alteration.

   (c)    "Fence" means an enclosure at least six feet in height, constructed of nontransparent material, and maintained so as to obscure the junk in the enclosure from the ordinary view of persons passing upon the State, County, Township and City roads in this City. (Ord. 64-137. Passed 4-21-64.)

1347.02 FENCES REQUIRED.

   (a)    Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within 1,000 feet of a State or County road or within 300 feet of a Township or City street, road or highway, prior to the effective date of this section, shall have one year thereafter to erect a required fence if such junk yard is not obscured by natural objects.

   (b)    If, after the effective date of this section, by reason of annexation of area to the City, an existing junk yard becomes situated within the City as a zoning nonconforming user, such junk yard, if situated within 1,000 feet of a State or County road or within 300 feet of a Township or City street, road or highway, shall have one year thereafter to erect a required fence if such junk yard is not obscured by natural objects.

(Ord. 64-137. Passed 4-21-64.)

1347.03 CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.

   Any fence constructed under this chapter shall be neatly constructed, shall be nontransparent, shall be kept in good order and repair, and no advertisement shall be permitted thereon other than the name and the nature of the business conducted therein.

(Ord. 64-137. Passed 4-21-64.)

1347.04 INJUNCTION.

   Whenever the Law Director is of the opinion that a junk yard is being operated or maintained in violation of any provision of this chapter, he may apply, in the name of the City, to a court of competent jurisdiction, alleging the violation complained of and praying for an injunction or other proper relief. In such a case the court may order such junk yard abated as a nuisance or make such other order as may be proper. An action brought under this section shall not be deemed to be a bar to a prosecution under Section 1347.99.

(Ord. 64-137. Passed 4-21-64.)

1347.99 PENALTY.

   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.