(a) No license shall be issued to establish, operate or maintain a salvage yard or any par thereof within 1,000 fee of a nearest edge of the right of way of any road within the City.
(b) No license shall be issued to establish, operate, or maintain a salvage yard within 5,000 feet of the nearest occupied private residence, or within 5,000 feet of the nearest private residence that is part of a residential community. The provisions of this section shall apply to all salvage yards petitioning to be licensed by the City following the effective date of this section.
(c) Any salvage yard, which on the effective date of this article, is duly licensed by the State as a salvage yard will, upon application, be issued a license by the City, and may be established or continue to operate within the City, provided that the view of the salvage yard and all parts thereof is effectively screened from the adjacent road, private residence and/or residential community by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means.
(d) Upon application by any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or plural thereof, for a license to establish, operate or maintain a salvage yard within the City, Council, or any committee formed and designated by it to operate such function, shall inspect the location of the proposed salvage yard, and shall determine the effect that the proposed salvage yard may have on residential, business or commercial property investment and values, and the social, economic, and environmental impact on community growth and development in utilities, health, education, recreation, safety, welfare, and convenience of the residents of the City before issuing such license. (Ord. 02-002. Passed 3-4-02.)