(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, building materials, machinery, or junked, dismantled or wrecked motor vehicles or parts thereof, iron, steel, or other old or scrapped ferrous or nonferrous material.
JUNK YARD. A yard, lot, or place, uncovered or outdoors, which is maintained, operated or used for sorting, keeping, buying or selling of junk as defined herein, or for the maintenance or operation of a salvage yard.
PERSON. Any natural person, partnership, association, corporation or organization of any kind.
SALVAGE YARD. A lot, building, structure, enclosure, or premise whereon automobiles or other machinery and building materials not for construction on said premises are kept for the purpose of salvage, wrecking, repairing or storing the same for compensation.
(B) Prohibition. All junk yards and salvage yards, as defined in this chapter, within the residential districts of the village, are hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate or suffer or permit the same to remain at any place within the residential district of the village.
(Ord. 408, passed 4-1-03) Penalty, see § 92.99