No person shall erect, maintain or establish a junk yard in any block of any street in which one-half of the buildings on both sides of the street are used exclusively for residence purposes, or in any block of any street in which one-half of the buildings on both sides of the street are used for store or merchandising purposes without first obtaining the consent in writing of the owners or duly authorized agents of such owners owning a majority of the frontage of the property on both sides of the street in the block in which such junk yard is to be established.
(1955 Code §951.02)