Legal Documents of Baxter

Code of Baxter

Baxter
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Junkyards

13-201 : Junkyards.

All junkyards within the corporate limits shall be operated and maintained subject to the following regulations:

  1. All junk stored or kept in such yards shall be so kept that it will not catch and hold water in which mosquitoes may breed and so that it will not constitute a place, or places, in which rats, mice, or other vermin may be harbored, reared, or propagated.
  2. All such junkyards shall be enclosed within close fitting plank or metal solid fences touching the ground on the bottom and being not less than six feet (6') in height, such fence to be built so that it will be impossible for stray cats and/or stray dogs to have access to such junkyards.
  3. Such yards shall be so maintained as to be in a sanitary condition and so as not to be a menace to the public health or safety. (2011 Code, § 13-201)