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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous

13-103 : Screening of junkyards.

  1. Any person who shall have upon his premises more than three (3) disabled vehicles or is in the business of buying, selling, sorting, baling, processing or storing any type of scrap metal or other related items, shall be hereby classified as a junk dealer.

  2. Any person using property inside the city as a junk dealer shall be required to purchase from the office of the recorder a license authorizing him to act in the business of "junk. " The cost of the license shall not exceed the amount set forth by the general law of the state.

  3. Any property used for the business of a junk dealer shall be required to be fenced in or around all of the properties used for such purposes. The fence shall be of such construction as to obscure the junkyard from public view and not less than six (6) feet in height.

  4. It shall be the duty of the recorder, upon the filing of a complaint either by his office or by owners or leasee of surrounding properties, to see that all the provisions of this section are carried out. (1973 Code, § 12-24)