For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Building Permit Officer” shall refer to the person or persons authorized to review salvage yard permit applications; make inspections of proposed site and its effects on other properties and investments; and make recommendations for consideration of the Planning Commission.
(b) “Commission” shall refer to the governing body of the County in which such salvage yard is to be located.
(c) “Community Impact Statement” means a report prepared by an applicant assisted by the Planning Commission Staff describing the scope and the feasibility of the proposed salvage yard. The Community Impact Statement also describes the physical, social and economic impacts a proposed facility may bring to the County and to the immediate area.
(d) “Fence” See “screen”.
(e) “Owner or operator” includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation or the plural thereof.
(f) “Planning Commission” shall refer to the designated agency to administer this article within the Town.
(g) “Salvage” shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, trash, waste, junked, dismantled, or wrecked machinery, machines or motor vehicles, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous materials.
(h) “Salvage yard” means any place which is maintained, operated or used for the storing, keeping, buying, selling, or processing of salvage, or for the operation and maintenance of a motor vehicle graveyard, and the term shall also include garbage dumps and sanitary landfills. Any collection of three or more automobile hulks, or combination of ferrous or nonferrous materials together with one or more automobile hulks, or a collection of any salvage contained in an area more than one-quarter acre in size, shall be considered a salvage yard.
(i) “Screen” means an enclosure, barrier or screen constructed of materials or consisting of appropriate plantings, natural objects, or other appropriate means approved by the Building Permit Officer and located, placed or maintained so as to effectively screen at all times salvage yards and the salvage therein contained from the view of persons passing upon the public roads of this Town. See guidelines for a more detailed description of “screen.”
(j) “Sketch plan” means an informal drawing of a salvage yard proposal design and layout which is prepared according to the provisions of this article and which assists the Planning Commission and the applicant in reviewing the general scope, feasibility and impact of a proposed project.