(A) Salvage or junk yard operations and related facilities shall only be allowed by special permit in the AGR and I Zoning Districts under the following conditions:
(1) Located on a tract of land at least one-fourth mile from a residential or agricultural farm residence;
(2) The operation shall be conducted wholly within a non-combustible building or within an area completely surrounded on all sides by a visual obscuring fence, wall, or hedge. The fence, wall, or hedge shall be of uniform height (at least eight feet high) and uniform texture and color shall be so maintained by the proprietor as to ensure maximum safety to the public and preserve the general welfare of the neighborhood. The fence, wall, or hedge shall be installed in such a manner as to retain all scrap, junk, or other material within the yard and no scrap, junk, or other material shall protrude above the fence;
(3) No junk shall be loaded, unloaded, or otherwise placed, either temporarily or permanently, outside the enclosed building, hedge, fence or wall, or within the public right-of-way; and
(4) Any other requirement deemed appropriate and necessary by the Board of Trustees for the protection of the general health and welfare.
(B) In making any decision granting a special use permit, the Board of Trustees shall impose such restrictions, terms, time limitations, landscaping, improvement of off-street parking lots, and other appropriate safeguards as required to protect adjoining property.
(Ord. passed 8- -2010)