Corcoran Municipal Code Ch. 5 Wrecked Car Dealers

For the purpose of this Chapter the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in this Section unless the context otherwise indicates:

CITY: The City of Corcoran.

PERSON: Any and all domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates, joint stock companies, partnerships of every kind, business or common law trusts and individuals.

SCREENING DEVICE OR DEVICES: Shall include landscaping.

WRECKED CAR DEALER: Any person who, in the City, carries on, conducts, maintains or engages in the business, trade or calling of acquiring, storing or dismantling of wrecked or dilapidated motor driven or animal drawn vehicles of any description whatsoever or the buying, selling, trading or bartering of used parts from said vehicles or deals in said vehicles or parts therefrom. (Ord. 238, 2-7-1966)

All premises on which any person conducts the business of a wrecked car dealer shall be enclosed or screened by a fence, enclosed building or other type screening device or devices, acceptable, which substantially eliminates the view of the wrecked or dilapidated cars or vehicles, for a distance of five hundred feet (500'), from any street, alley or public way which fronts or borders thereon. Said type screening device shall be approved by the Planning Commission of said City. Said premises shall be kept at all times in a neat and sightly condition. All wrecked or dilapidated cars or vehicles or portions thereof owned by or in which an interest is held by a wrecked car dealer shall be kept behind said fence, enclosed buildings or other type screening device and shall not be removed except on sale of the wrecked or dilapidated car or vehicle or parts therefrom. (Ord. 238, 2-7-1966)

The Council hereby finds that the practice of acquiring wrecked cars, or the storing or dismantling thereof, or dealing therein or the parts thereof has produced unsightly conditions in the City, has adversely affected the growth patterns and is detrimental to the safety, health and welfare of the City and should be regulated. (Ord. 238, 2-7-1966)