(a) The accumulation or storage of junk, junk motor vehicles (as defined under ORC 4513.65), disabled or inoperative machinery or equipment, vehicles or machinery parts, rags, or any other discarded objects or debris defined as junk in this Ordinance shall be prohibited, outside of an approved junk yard, in order to protect residents from conditions conducive to the infestation and breeding of vermin, insects, and rodents.
(b) No person shall permit litter or junk to accumulate on land owned or occupied to the extent that it blows or spills over onto the property of another.
(c) Uncontrolled accumulation of litter is a nuisance and is subject to abatement by the City or owners of surrounding land.
(d) Upon repeated violations of this section, the Zoning Inspector may require the violator to erect a fence or landscaping designed to contain litter.
(e) Junk Yard Fence Required; Penalty.
(1) Any person or corporation operating or maintaining a junk yard as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.05, or Section 1143 of these Codified Ordinances shall erect and maintain in good order and repair a fence at least six feet (6') in height commencing at the ground level and constructed of non-transparent material so as to obscure the junk in the enclosure from the view of persons outside the enclosure of the junk yard. No advertisement shall be permitted on the fence other than the name of the person owning or operating said junk yard and the nature of the business conducted therein.
(2) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) plus the cost of prosecution.