"Junk Yard" shall mean any establishment or place of business which is maintained
or operated for the purposes of storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, except manufacturing
establishments buying and storing scrap or junk materials for use, in altered form,
in their manufacturing process, or establishment or places where motor vehicles, wrecked
or otherwise, are being held due to impoundment by a police officer, or which are
maintained principally for the repair of wrecked or damaged motor vehicles. In no
event shall the exception pertaining to those engaged principally in the repair of
motor vehicles apply to establishments or places wherein any wrecked or damaged motor
vehicle is permitted to remain outside of a completely enclosed area for a period
of more than one week, or where more than 15 wrecked or damaged motor vehicles are
permitted to remain outside of a completely enclosed area at any one time. For the
purposes of this Chapter the term "junk yard" shall exclude scrap metal processing
facilities or persons who operate as scrap metal dealers or bulk merchandise container
dealers.
(Sec. 741-1; ordained by Ord. No. 51-1969, eff. Feb. 5, 1969; a. Ord. No. 435-1969,
eff. Jan. 15, 1970; renumbered to C.M.C. 843-1-J1, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No.
435-2012, § 2, eff. Dec. 15, 2012; a. Ord. No. 297-2013, § 2, eff. Oct. 25, 2013)
Analogous to C.O. 741-1; r. Ord. No. 51-1969, eff. Feb. 5, 1969.
