Boynton11 Chapter 11
JUNK AND JUNKYARDS*
*Cross references-Abandoned, wrecked or junked vehicles, § 10-50 et seq.; secondhand or junk dealers dealing with minors, § 15-7; zoning generally, App. A.
Sec. 11-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Automobile graveyard means an establishment or place of business which is maintained or operated for the use of storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled
motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
Junk means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, lumber, trash, rubber, debris, oddments, wastements, litter, leavings, ruins, castoffs, rummage, waste or junked,
dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel and other old scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
Junkyard means an establishment or place of business which is maintained or operated for the use of storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of
an automobile graveyard and shall be construed to include garbage dumps and sanitary fills. (Code 1958, § 14B-1)
Sec. 11-2. Requirements for existing junkyards
or automobile graveyards.
Since it is the intent of this chapter to minimize the extension of nonconforming uses and to look to their possible eventual elimination, any junkyard or automobile graveyard existing
and operating as a nonconforming use in any district on September 15, 1965, shall be allowed to continue its operation subject to the following provisions, and all other applicable provisions
of the city code and city charter:
(a) Area. The actual area used for the operation of such junkyard or automobile graveyard
as date of the enactment of the zoning ordinance rendering such operation a nonconforming u
se, shall not be increased at any time or under any circumstances.
(b) Buildings. No additional permanent
buildings shall be erected and no presently existing permanent buildings shall be structurally altered to
increase their bulk or square footage area.
(c) Setback lines. No automobile not in running order or any o
ther junk or scrap of whatsoever character shall at any time be located for storage, dismantling or any ot
her purpose within seventy-five (75) feet of any boundary of any residential district, within fifty (50) f
eet of the front street line, within thirty (30) feet of any side street line, nor within thirty (30) feet
of any other property line of the lot being so used. It is the intent of this chapter that where such aut
os, junk or scrap are presently so located the owner or operator of the junkyard or automobile junkyard sh
all be required to conform to the provisions of this subsection.
(d) Screening required. The area occupied
by the junkyard or automobile graveyard shall be entirely surrounded by a substantial, continuous masonry
fence or wall at least eight (8) feet in height, or by vegetative screening of similar height. (Code 1958
, § 14B-3)
Sec. 11-3. Specifications for, approval of
screening.
(a) The fence or wall required by section 11-2 shall be of similar composition, construction and color throughout and shall be constructed without openings except for one entrance and
one exit, such entrance and exit to be equipped with unpierced gates. Such gates shall be closed and securely locked at all times, except during business hours. Plans for such
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fence or wall shall be submitted to the city council who shall determine whether or not the proposed fence will meet the requirements of this chapter. No building permit shall be issued
for the construction of such fence or wall until the approval of the city council has been secured. Such fence shall be maintained in good order and shall not be allowed to deteriorate.
(b) If a vegetative screen is to be substituted for such fence or wall, plans for such screening shall be submitted to the city council for approval. Such vegetative screen shall consist
of a greenbelt strip not less than twenty (20) feet wide where it adjoins another lot line, nor less than ten (10) feet wide where it adjoins a street line. The greenbelt shall be composed
of at least one row of deciduous or evergreen trees and one or two (2) rows of shrubs. The city council shall approve or disapprove such request for vegetative screening. The vegetative
screening shall be cared for and maintained in a husbandman-like manner by the operator of the junkyard or automobile graveyard. (Code 1958, § 14B-2)