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Section 10020 - 10021 Junk or Salvage Yards <br />Non-- Conforming Uses <br />iron, rags, paper, or other waste Dr'. salvage .matei;ial.commonly_included within the term <br />junk or salvage, or the wrecking of automobiles, trucks, tractors, or other motor vehi- <br />cles or machinery, chall be construed a junk or salvage.yard. <br />(2) Location aCnd Boundaries. <br />(a) No junk or salvage yard shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of the <br />boundary of a residential4 rural homes or local business district, and,no operations <br />in connection with such business shall be carried on within one hundred fifty (150) <br />feet of any street, road or highway. <br />(b) Every such junk or salvage yard shall be surrounded by a suitable fence, not <br />less than•six (6) feet in.height and having., no openings more than two (2) inches in <br />width except for necessary entrances and exits. All junk and salvage material must be <br />kept within such fence but not piled against it. Such fence shall at all time be kept <br />in a proper state.of repair. <br />(3) License, ' <br />(a) Before any premises may be used as a junk or salvage yard, the same shall be <br />licensed. Application for such license shall-be made to the zoning sup(rvisor, setting <br />forth. the description of the premises to be licensed, the nature of the business and <br />the materials.to be handled, the type,of construction of any buildings to be used in <br />connection with the business, the applicant's name or names, officers, if.any, and <br />address of each. The application for license shall be referred to the zoning com- <br />mittee, which shall, within a reasonable time, hold a public hearing, notice of which <br />shall be given in.attleast one of the papers customarily used for the publication of <br />legal notices, such notice to be.published at least twice during a period of ten (10) <br />days preceding the hearing. If, after such public hearing,. the zoning committee shall <br />find that all details of the premises and buildings are in conformity to the provi- <br />sions of this ordinance, and that.the site is suitable for the conduct of such busi- <br />ness, the committee.shall authorize the issuance of a license. The license fee shall <br />be ten dollars ($10.00) per year and such license shall expire on July 1 each year. <br />Licenses may be renewed from year to year on authorization of the committee when in- <br />spection discloses that the business is being conducted in accordance with the pro- <br />visions of this ordinance. <br />(b) Revocation of License. Upon the complaint of any interested person, or on its <br />own motion if inspection discloses that the provisions of this ordinance are being <br />violated, the zoning committee may hold a public hearing to determine whether a junk <br />yard license shall be revoked, notice of such hearing to be given to all interested <br />parties. After such public hearing the zoning committee may order such junk yard li- <br />cense revoked. <br />Section 9. Sections X, XI, XII?,.XIV,,Xy,XVI, XVII, XVIII and XIX of the ordinance <br />of Juj=y 20, 1938, the title to which is recited in the title to this ordinance, are <br />renumbered to be Sections 10.21 to 10'29, both inclusive, Dane County Ordinances, and <br />as so renumbered are amended to read.* <br />10. 21 NON° CONFOPJVIING USES <br />(1) The lawful use of buildings or premises existing at the time,of adoption of <br />this ordinance, may be continued as a non - conforming use, but if such non - conforming <br />use shall be discontinued for a period of one year, such non-<confdrming - usewill be <br />deemed to have terminated and ny future use shall be in conformity to the provisions <br />of this ordinance. No building or premises used for a non- conforming.use_ shall be <br />added to or structurally altered so as to increase the facilities for such non -con- <br />forming use. <br />(2) Any building lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this ordinance which <br />does not conform to the requirements of this ordinance as to setback, side yards or <br />rear yards, may be continued in use, but any future additions or structural altera- <br />tions shall conform to the provisions of this ordinance. <br />-80 -- <br />