(a) Defined. Scrap, waste and junkyards and collection stations shall include all buildings or areas where wastepaper, rags or other combustible materials are handled or stored or where old motor vehicles or other old machinery are dismantled, stored, handled, sold or exchanged.
(b) Construction and protection requirements. Buildings housing combustible junk or materials shall have windows or other openings for access for fire fighting and clear aisles tributary to them shall be provided. No materials shall be located in a yard nor shall any yard be operated in a manner to expose adjoining properties to a fire hazard.
(c) Fire extinguishers. One approved Class A fire extinguisher of suitable size shall be provided for each two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet or fraction thereof of the junkyard.
(d) Access to area. No motor vehicle, or any part thereof, junk or other waste material shall be stored, displayed or kept in such a manner as to unnecessarily hinder or endanger fire fighting operations. Aisles, driveways or passageways suitable for fire apparatus shall be provided to permit reasonable access to all parts of the yard for fire fighting operations. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)