Chapter 6.08
JUNKYARDS²

Sections:

6.08.010    Definitions.

6.08.020    Regulations.

6.08.030    Chapter compliance required.

6.08.040    Storage and fencing.

6.08.050    Certificate of approval for location—Fee.

6.08.010 Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

A.    “Junk” means any secondhand and used machinery, scrap iron, copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, or other metals and includes wrecked automobiles, tools, implements, rags, used building materials, rubber and paper; and

B.    “Junkyard” means a location where junk is gathered together and stored for a commercial or public purpose.

(B.C.S. § 8.04.010.)

6.08.020 Regulations.

The planning commission may make reasonable regulations concerning the establishment, operation and maintenance of junkyards. (B.C.S. § 8.04.020.)

6.08.030 Chapter compliance required.

No person may establish, operate or maintain a commercial or public junkyard without complying with the provisions of this chapter. (B.C.S. § 8.04.030.)

6.08.040 Storage and fencing.

A.    Material shall be stored in as orderly a manner as its nature permits.

B.    Each junkyard shall be fenced sufficiently to conceal from public view the material in the junkyard.

(B.C.S. § 8.04.040.)

6.08.050 Certificate of approval for location—Fee.

A.    A person using or proposing to use a location for a commercial or public junkyard must annually obtain a certificate of approval for the location from the administrator. If the administrator denies an application for a certificate of approval, or if an interested party objects to the granting of a certificate of approval, the applicant or interested party may appeal the decision of the administrator to the assembly.

B.    In determining whether to issue or deny a certificate of approval, the administrator shall consider the following:

1.    The nature and development of surrounding property;

2.    The need to protect the local economy, adjacent land owners, and the motoring public from economically depressing and unsightly roadside locations;

3.    The proximity of churches, schools, hospitals, public buildings, recreation areas, or other places of public gathering;

4.    The sufficiency in number of other similar business establishments in the vicinity;

5.    The adequacy of fences and other types of enclosures to prevent the unsightly display of any junkyard:

6.    The health, safety and general welfare of the public; and

7.    The suitability of the applicant to establish, maintain or operate the junkyard.

C.    The fee for a certificate of approval is ten dollars per year.

(B.C.S. § 8.04.050.)