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Code of Jefferson City
Title 13 Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 Junkyards And Junk Vehicles
Title 13 Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 Junkyards And Junk Vehicles
Jefferson City
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Junkyards And Junk Vehicles
13-201 : Definitions.
- "Junk" shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, trucks, vehicles of all kinds, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
- "Junkyard" shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. This definition includes scrap metal processors, used auto parts yards, yards providing temporary storage of automobile bodies or parts awaiting disposal as a normal part of the business operation when the business will continually have like materials located on the premises, garbage dumps, sanitary landfills, and recycling centers.
- "Junk vehicle" shall mean a vehicle of any age that is damaged or defective in any one, or in a combination of any two or more, of the following ways, that either makes the vehicle immediately inoperable, or would prohibit the vehicle from being operated in a reasonably safe manner upon the public streets and highways, under its own power if self-propelled, or while being towed or pushed if not self-propelled:
- Flat tire, missing tire, missing wheel, or missing or partially or totally disassembled tire and wheel;
- Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential part or parts of the vehicle's drive train, including but not limited to engine, transmission, transaxle, drive shaft, differential or axle;
- Extensive exterior body damage, or missing or partially or totally disassembled essential body parts, including but not limited to fenders, doors, engine hood, bumpers, windshield, or windows;
- Missing, or partially or totally disassembled essential interior parts, including but not limited to driver's seat, steering wheel, instrument panel, clutch, brake or gear shift lever;
- Missing, or partially or totally disassembled parts essential to the starting or running of the vehicle under its own power, including but not limited to starter, generator or alternator, battery, distributor, gas tank, carburetor or fuel injection system, spark plugs, or radiator;
- Interior is a container for metal, glass, paper, rags or other cloth, wood, auto parts, machinery, waste or discarded materials in such quantity, quality and arrangement that a driver cannot be properly seated in the vehicle;
- Vehicle is lying on the ground (upside down, on its side, or at other extreme angle), sitting on block or suspended in the air by any other method; or
- General environment in which the vehicle sits, including but not limited to vegetation that has grown up around, in or through the vehicle, collection of pools of water in the vehicle, or accumulation of other garbage or debris around the vehicle.
- "Property" means any real property within the city which is privately owned, and includes property held in conjunction with a business enterprise such as an auto/marine repair shop.
- "Recycling center" means an establishment, place of business, facility or building which is maintained, operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of newspaper or used food or beverage containers or plastic containers for the purpose of converting such items into a usable product.
- "Person" means any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business trust, joint stock company, body politic, or corporation.
- "Screening" means the use of plantings, fencing, natural objects, and other appropriate means which screen any deposit of junk or junk vehicles so that they are not visible from the highways and streets of the city. (1996 Code, § 8-110, as replaced by Ord. #2003-01, March 2003)
Date Last Updated: 01/05/2026
Codification Date: 08/01/2001
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Mitch Cain
Vice Mayor - Kevin Bunch
Council Member - Ailene Combs
Council Member - Dennis (Rocky) Melton
Council Member - Shelia Purkey
City Manager - James A. Gallup
Recorder - Bettina Chandler