Legal Documents of Mosheim

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this chapter:

1. "Junk." For the purpose of this chapter, the term "junk" shall mean any motor vehicle, machinery, appliance, product, or merchandise with parts missing, or scrap metal, or other scrap materials that are damaged, deteriorated, or that are in a condition which prevents their use for the purpose for which they were intended. This definition specifically includes motor vehicles not movable under their own power, and that cannot be made so movable by minor repairs such as inflating a tire or installing fuel or battery.
2. "Junk dealer." Any person, in any way acquiring, buying, selling, exchanging, trading, or dealing in scrap iron, brass, second-hand metals, or parts of any sort.
3. "Junkyard." Any open or uncovered land on which dilapidated automobiles, rags, old papers, boxes, barrels, or other used articles defined as "junk" herein, are assembled for purposes of trade. (Ord. #48, Dec. 1983)