Source: https://www.ecode360.com/29318965
Timestamp: 2020-08-14 18:14:21
Document Index: 317116355

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 610', '§ 610', '§ 610', '§ 610', '§ 610', '§ 610', '§ 610', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51', '§51']

City of Gerald, MO Junk Yards
§ 610.020 License Required.
§ 610.040 License Fee.
§ 610.050 Investigation — Approval and Issuance of License.
§ 610.060 License Not Transferable.
§ 610.070 Duration — Proration and Refund of Fees.
§ 610.080 General Operating Requirements.
§ 610.090 Non-Conforming Junk Yards.
Chapter 610 Junk Yards
Section 610.020 License Required.
Section 610.040 License Fee.
Section 610.050 Investigation — Approval and Issuance of License.
Section 610.060 License Not Transferable.
Section 610.070 Duration — Proration and Refund of Fees.
Section 610.080 General Operating Requirements.
Section 610.090 Non-Conforming Junk Yards.
[CC 1987 §51.010]
The area of a junk yard as described in a junk dealer's license or application for license, as provided for in this Chapter.
An individual (natural person) who buys, sells, collects, or delivers junk within the City as a business or employment within the City, but who is not an operator of a junk yard within the City or an employee of such an operator.
Any old iron, steel, brass, copper, tin, lead, or other base metals; old cordage, ropes, rags, fibers, or fabrics; old rubber; old bottles or other glass; bones; wastepaper and other waste or discarded material which might be prepared to be used again in some form; and any or all of the foregoing; and motor vehicles, no longer used as such, to be used for scrap metal or stripping of parts; but "junk" shall not include materials or objects accumulated by a person as by-products, waste, or scraps from the operation of his/her own business, or materials or objects held and used by a manufacturer as an integral part of his/her own manufacturing processes.
A person who operates a junk yard, as defined above, within the City.
A yard, lot, or place, covered or uncovered, outdoors or in an enclosed building, containing junk as defined above, upon which occurs one or more acts of buying, keeping, dismantling, processing, selling or offering for sale any such junk, in whole units or by parts, for a business or commercial purpose, whether or not the proceeds from such act or acts are to be used for charity.
[CC 1987 §51.020]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer in the City of Gerald, whether personally, by agents or employees, singly, or along with some other business or enterprise, without first having obtained a license therefor from the City Clerk in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1987 §51.030]
An applicant for license under this Chapter shall file with the City Clerk a written application upon forms provided by the City Clerk, and pay a fee as hereinafter prescribed.
Said application shall include the junk dealer or itinerant junk dealer's name, residence address, and telephone number of applicant; the exact address or location of the place where the business is or is proposed to be carried on; and such other information as the City Clerk may reasonably require.
[CC 1987 §51.040]
The fees for licenses required under this Chapter shall be as established from time to time by ordinance of the Board of Aldermen and on file in the office of the City Clerk.
[CC 1987 §51.050]
Upon receipt of an application for a junk dealer's license as provided for herein, the Chief of Police shall cause an investigation to be made of the applicant's business responsibility and moral character.
If the findings of said investigation are favorable to the applicant, the City Clerk shall within thirty (30) days after the filing of the application and payment of the fee, issue a junk dealer's license to the applicant.
[CC 1987 §51.060]
No license issued under this Chapter shall be transferred or assigned or used in any way by any person other than the one to whom it was issued.
[CC 1987 §51.070]
All licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall expire on the thirtieth (30th) day of June following the issuance thereof. For a partial year license, the fee shall be prorated quarterly. No license fee shall be returned to the holder upon sale, transfer or dissolution of the business for which the license was issued.
[CC 1987 §51.080]
The junk yard, together with things kept therein, shall at all times be maintained in a sanitary condition.
No garbage or other waste liable to give off a foul odor or attract vermin shall be kept on the premises; nor shall any refuse of any kind be kept ont he/she premises, unless such refuse is junk as described herein and is in use in the licensed business.
No junk shall be allowed to rest upon or protrude over any public property, street, alley, walkway, or curb or become scattered or blown off the business premises.
Junk shall be stored in piles not exceeding ten (10) feet in height and shall be arranged so as to permit easy access to all such junk, for firefighting purposes.
No combustible material of any kind not necessary or beneficial to the licensed business shall be kept on the premises; nor shall the premises be allowed to become a fire hazard.
No junk or other materials shall be burned on the premises in any incinerator not meeting the approval of the Chief of the Fire Department, which approval shall not be unreasonably denied.
No noisy processing of junk or other noisy activity shall be carried on in connection with the licensed business on Sunday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or at any time between the hours of 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M.
The area on the premises where junk is kept (other than indoors) shall be enclosed, except for entrances and exits, with a solid vertical wall or fence of a minimum height of eight (8) feet measured from ground level. Entrances and exits shall not be wider or more numerous than reasonably necessary for the conduct of the licensed business.
[CC 1987 §51.090]
All junk yards in violation of this Chapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances. However, to allow flexibility and prevent undue hardship, the Board of Aldermen may consent to a schedule by which non-conforming junk yards existing as of March 1, 1986, are brought in compliance within two (2) years, with one-quarter (¼) of the work required for compliance done each six (6) months.