§ 7-5. Junkyards.
(a)
Junkyards as defined in subsection 7-5(b) are a prohibited use in the City of Oakland Park.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, a "junkyard" is any place where two (2) or more motor vehicles not in running condition, or parts thereof, are stored and are not being restored to operation, or any place used for wrecking or storing of such motor vehicles or farm machinery, or parts thereof, and not being restored to operating condition, or any area where junk is bought, sold, exchanged, stored, baled, packed, disassembled or handled. As used herein, the word "junk" shall be deemed to be any personal property which is or may be salvaged for reuse, resale, reduction or similar disposition, or which is possessed, transported, owned, collected, accumulated, dismantled or assorted for any of the aforesaid purposes. Used household furniture, used wearing apparel, used lumber, used brick, used tile, used plumbing fixtures, used electrical fixtures, used articles made of precious metal or metals, used jewelry, used tools and other used articles of personal property, which are bought and sold as secondhand property and which are not handled as what is ordinarily called "junk" or salvaged material shall not be included in the term "junk" as used herein. Without limiting the aforesaid definition of "junk," the term shall include used or salvaged iron, brass, lead, copper and other base metal or metals, and their compounds or combinations; used or salvaged rope, bags, paper, rags, glass, rubber and similar articles or property; and used motor vehicles which are used, owned or possessed for the purpose of wrecking or salvaging parts therefor.
(Code 1960, § 10-10.2; Ord. No. O-2014-006, § 2, 5-7-14)