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--- (2) --- Cross reference— Abandoned property generally, § 13-16 et seq.; junked vehicles, § 13-41 et seq.
Sec. 86-26. - Declared nuisance unless properly licensed.#
Any place used or maintained by any person as a junkyard or dumping ground; for wrecking or disassembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery of any kind; for the storing or leaving of worn out, wrecked, or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery of any kind, of any of the parts thereof; or for the maintenance or the operation of such place for the accumulation of rubbish of any description is hereby declared to be a public and common nuisance, being obnoxious and offensive to the inhabitants of the city, because of its interference with the comfortable enjoyments of life and property by such inhabitants, and is prohibited within the city limits, unless the junkyard is conducted in the manner stated in this article, following the payment of the license fee prescribed in section 86-27.
(Code 1979, ch. 4, § 2(A); Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98)
Sec. 86-27. - Issuance of license; fee.#
Any person desiring to use or maintain any property within the city for any of the purposes mentioned in section 86-26 shall make a written application to the city secretary for a license, which application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant and a legal description of the property or premises upon which the business is to be conducted. The city secretary shall have the power to grant or reject such application. If the application is granted, a license to operate such business shall be issued by the city secretary upon payment of a fee as prescribed in the fee schedule found in Appendix B of this Code. Any license so issued shall expire on January 1 next succeeding the date of its issuance, but may be issued from year to year in the same manner as provided for in the original license.
(Code 1979, ch. 4, § 2(B); Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98; Ord. No. 2024-08, § 9, 3-12-24)
Sec. 86-28. - Screening requirements.#
Any person granted a license, as provided for in section 86-27, shall keep the premises used in the operation and maintenance of such business in a neat and orderly condition. The property and premises on which the business is conducted shall be enclosed by a tight board fence or any comparable screening device approved by the planning and zoning commission of the city at least six feet high to screen the premises from view by the public. Such fence shall be kept in a neatly painted condition, and no junk of any character, parts, or machinery of any kind shall be allowed to remain outside such fence.
(Code 1979, ch. 4, § 2(C); Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98)
Sec. 86-29. - Planning and zoning commission to review applications for license.#
If a legally constituted planning and zoning commission is functioning for the city, the city secretary shall, before passing upon any application as provided in this article, secure the approval or disapproval of the planning and zoning commission.
(Code 1979, ch. 4, § 2(D); Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98; Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98)
Sec. 86-30. - Revocation of license.#
The council shall have the power to revoke the license provided for in this article at any time for good cause, but only after notice has been given to the owner of the business of a hearing to be held not less than ten days after the service of such notice.
(Code 1979, ch. 4, § 2(E); Ord. No. 98-10, § 2(Exh. A), 5-12-98)