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• • 2a-39 Zoning 10.21 ( two hundred (200) feet of the boundary of a (c) Should any town elect to license a residential, rural homes or local business junkyard by adoption of an ordinance district, and no operation in connection with pursuant to the provisions of section such junkyard shall be carried on within one 59.07(38) of the Wis. Stats. and file a copy of • hundred fifty(150)feet of any street,road or such ordinance with the zoning department highway. then the provisions of paragraphs(a)and(b) . above shall not apply, but no such license (b) A junk and salvage yard shall meet the . shall be issued by any town for such purpose minimum •standards provided in NR 51, unless the area is properly zoned and unless State of Wisconsin Solid Waste Disposal the zoning committee,after public hearing, Standards, Department of Natural determines that the site is suitable. When a Resources, Division of Environmental junkyard is licensed by the town, then the • Protection. responsibility of controlling such junkyard rests with the town. • • (3) License. Section 10.21 Nonconforming Uses. (a) Pefore any premises may be used as a (1) The lawful use of a building or junkyard, it shall be licensed. Application premises existing at the time of adoption of for such license shall be made to the zoning this ordinance may be continued as a administrator, setting forth the description nonconforming use, but if such. of the premises, the nature of the business nonconforming use, shall be discontinued and the materials to be handled, the type of for a period of one (1) year, such construction of any building to be used in nonconforming use will be deemed to have • connection with the business, the terminated and any future use shall be in applicant's name or names, officers, if any, conformity to the provisions of this and address of each. The application shall ordinance. No building or premises used as be referred to the zoning committee, which a nonconforming use shall be added to or shall within a reasonable time,hold a public • structurally altered so as to increase the hearing, notice of which shall be given by a facilities for such nonconforming use. class 2 notice under chapter 985, Wis. Stat. If, after such public hearing, the zoning (2) Any building lawfully erected prior to committee finds that the premises are in the adoption of this ordinance which does . conformity with the provisions of this not conform to the requirements of this ordinance, and that the site is suitable for ordinance as to setback, side yards or rear the conduct of such business, the committee yards, may be continued in use, but any shall grant a license. The license fee shall be future additions or structural alterations ten dollars ($10) per year and such license shall conform to the provisions of this shall expire on July 1 of each year. Licenses ordinance. • • . may be renewed from year to year on authorization of the committee when (3) Any existing nonconforming use may inspection discloses that the business is be changed to another nonconforming use of being conducted in accordance with the a similar or more restricted classification or provisions of this ordinance. to a conforming use; provided, however, that when a use. has been changed to a (b) Revocation of license. Upon the conforming use of a more restricted complaint of any interested person,or on its nonconforming use it may not again be own motion or after inspection discloses that changed to a less restricted use. the provisions of this ordinance are being violated, the zoning committee may hold a (4)No use which is not the principal use of public hearing to determine whether a the land on which it is located shall be -- junkyard license shall be revoked, notice of considered a valid nonconforming use. such hearing to be given to all interested ' parties. After public hearing, the zoning (5)Any nonconforming use,the location of committee may order the license revoked. which is changed to another part of the Rupp:Ni,. I. 1'_'-KIl •