McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 5.40 Wrecked Car Dealers

For the purpose of this chapter the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section unless the context otherwise indicates:

A. "City" means the city of McFarland.

B. "Person" means any and all domestic and foreign corporations, associations, syndicates, joint stock companies, partnerships of every kind, Massachusetts, business or common law trusts, and individuals.

C. "Wrecked car dealer" means 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 used parts therefrom.

(Ord. 79 §1, 1964; Ord. 52 §1, 1961)

All premises on which any person conducts the business of a wrecked car dealer shall be enclosed by an eight-foot-high fence or enclosed building which substantially eliminates the view of the wrecked or dilapidated cars or vehicles from the street, alley or public way. The fence shall be constructed from any of the following materials: wood, metal, concrete or synthetic compositions. A reasonable regulation for the construction of the fence will be established by the city building inspector, upon approval of the city council of the city, and the construction must meet with his approval. The premises shall be kept at all times in a sanitary 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 the fence or in the closed building and shall not be removed except on sale of the wrecked or dilapidated car or vehicle or parts therefrom.

(Ord. 79 §2, 1964: Ord. 52 §2, 1961)

The city council of the city finds that the practice of acquiring wrecked or dilapidated cars or vehicles, storing or dismantling thereof and dealing therein or the parts thereof has produced unsightly and unsanitary conditions in the city, has adversely affected the peace and quiet and is detrimental to the safety, health and welfare of the city and should be regulated.

(Ord. 79 §3, 1964: Ord. 52 §3, 1961)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding a term of six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day's continuance of violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. 52 §4, 1961)