For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The Board of Supervisors of the township.
GARAGE/SERVICE STATION. Any establishment or place of business which is maintained and operated for the primary purpose of making mechanical and/or body repairs to motor vehicles.
JUNK. Includes, but is not limited to abandoned barrels or drums, dismantled or inoperable industrial or commercial equipment or machinery being salvaged for parts, household appliances, abandoned manufactured/mobile homes and the following old, scrap, or used items: tires, metal, batteries, plastic, rubber, pallets, motors, industrial or commercial fixtures, wrecked, dismantled or disabled motor vehicles or parts thereof.
JUNK DEALER. Any person who buys, sells, salvages, stores, or in any way deals in junk or owns, leases, operates or maintains a junk/salvage yard within the township.
JUNK/SALVAGE YARD. Any establishment, place of business or place which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for maintenance or operation of a motorized vehicle graveyard. An establishment or place of business which stores or keeps, for a period of 90 days or more, materials within the meaning of JUNK as defined in this section which had been derived or created as a result of industrial or commercial activity shall be deemed to be a junk/salvage yard within the meaning of this chapter. A JUNK/SALVAGE YARD shall be presumed to have been created when an area of 600 square feet or more of junk materials are kept or stored at any given place whether for profit or not. For the purpose of this chapter, properly licensed sanitary landfills are exempt. JUNK/SALVAGE YARD and salvage yard are synonymous terms.
MOTORIZED VEHICLES. Any and all types of motor vehicles, including self-propelled machinery of all kinds, with the exception of useable farm machinery.
PREMISES. Any parcel of land situated in the township having a separate tax map parcel number for county assessment purposes.
(Ord. 183, passed 8-23-2016)