(a) The following general operating requirements shall apply to all salvage yards and salvage yard operators:
(1) The license issued pursuant to Section 739.07 shall be plainly displayed on the business premises at all times;
(2) Any space or land area not described in the license shall not be used in the licensed business;
(3) Should any place on the premises become a breeding place for mosquitoes, the salvage yard operator shall have the place sprayed with an insecticide so as to eliminate the mosquito nuisance;
(4) No garbage or rubbish shall be kept or permitted to accumulate and remain on the premises in violation of Chapter 919;
(5) No salvage shall be allowed to rest upon or protrude into any ublic right-of-way, fire lane, or become scattered or blown off the business premises;
(6) Combustible salvage material, including tires, shall be placed or stored at least fifteen feet from a required outside fence and any building;
(7) No salvage shall be placed, stored or offered for sale outside of any required fence;
(8) A fire lane eighteen feet in width shall be maintained from the main entrance throughout an outside salvage yard, so that no point of the salvage yard shall be more than 200 feet from a fire lane. No salvage shall be deposited within thirty inches of a required fence.
(9) Every salvage yard, together with the things kept therein, shall be maintained so as to be free from vermin, rats, fire hazards, public nuisances and all other conditions harmful to the public health, safety or welfare;
(10) Required fences and gates shall be maintained so as to prevent dilapidation, rusting, rotting, leaning, or other deterioration;
(11) Gasoline shall be removed from any engines or vehicles, qualifying as salvage, on the premises;
(12) No salvage shall be burned on the premises except in a manner approved by law;
(13) The area on the premises where salvage is kept (other than indoors) which has a boundary line which is common to that of any public road, street or highway or which is adjacent to any improved premises occupied or utilized for other than industrial uses or purposes, shall be obscured from the ordinary view of any person passing upon any such public road, street or highway and of any person upon any such adjacent premises with a non-transparent wall or fence of uniform material and uniform height with a minimum height of eight feet measured from ground level and a maximum height of ten feet measured from ground level. No advertisement shall be permitted on the wall or fence other than the name of the person under whose name the license has been issued and the nature of the business conducted herein; provided, however that all such signage shall conform to City ordinances governing signage. Entrances and exits shall not be wider than thirty feet and shall be equipped with a nontransparent gate or gates made of sturdy material;
(14) The licensee shall permit inspection of the business premises by any member or representative of the City at any reasonable time;
(15) Each purchase or receipt of salvage shall be recorded in legible English in a prenumbered register kept on the licensed premises or such other format as is approved by the Chief of Police. The register shall contain all of the following:
A. The name and address of the seller,
B. An identification number taken from an identification card issued by a governmental agency to the seller, such as a driver’s license, or a photocopy of such a card,
C. A description of the salvage acquired,
D. The vehicle identification number of any motor vehicle, or motor vehicle part(s) being received as salvage bearing a vehicle identification number,
E. The date and time of the transaction, and
F. The license number of the seller’s vehicle when reasonably obtainable.
The register shall be kept current through the end of the previous business day. The register shall be available for inspection at the licensed premises by a member or representative of the Licensing Board for a period of at least one year from the date of purchase or receipt. Each business day, each salvage yard operator shall make a copy of the register, complete through the end of the prior business day, available to the Chief of Police. In lieu of making a copy of the register available to the Chief of Police, a salvage yard operator may electronically transmit the information described above to the Police Division in such format as the Chief of Police may approve. A salvage yard operator is not required to record a purchase of salvage which includes only beverage cans and bottles.
(Ord. 07-41. Passed 2-15-07.)
(16) The salvage yard shall be operated in such a manner that all loading, unloading, and working of the salvage piles, and the equipment involved therein, shall be done entirely within the confines of the licensed premises as shown on the plot plan described in Section 739.06(b)(5);
(17) A sign constructed of durable material and announcing a telephone number where a responsible representative of the salvage yard operator can be reached after business hours shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the primary entrance to the premises.
(b) The Community Development Director, with the assistance of the director of such other department or departments as may be appropriate, shall cause such inspections to be made as necessary to insure compliance with the general operating requirements herein provided.
(Ord. 94-368. Passed 10-11-94.)