<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 62-56. - Procedures: Registration and permitting.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Registration time period.</span> All owners, operators, or maintainers of junkyards, automobile graveyards, and repair
               shops existing at the effective date of this chapter shall register same with Halifax
               County within a period of 60 days from the effective date of this chapter. All existing
               junkyards, automobile graveyards, and repair shops that have not been registered within
               60 days shall be in violation of the registration provisions of this chapter. Unless
               said junkyards, automobile graveyards, and repair shops can be documented to the satisfaction
               of the planning department as existing prior to the effective date of this chapter
               they shall be considered new junkyards. All junkyards existing prior to November 22,
               1978 or established after this date that have an approved conditional use permit and
               business permits, shall be exempt from this article. The burden of proof is the applicant's
               responsibility for proving the year of establishment of the business that would exempt
               their business.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Registration application.</span> Registration shall be accomplished by completing a registration application and paying
               a fee as established by the board of county commissioners. The planning department
               shall provide the necessary forms for the registration application (i.e. conditional
               use permit). One copy of the completed signed registration application shall be submitted
               to the planning department.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Time period for permit of registered junkyards, automobile graveyards, and repair
                  shops.</span> All junkyards, registered in accordance with subsection (b), shall be granted a period
               of 120 days from the effective date of registration to receive a permit. Thereafter,
               the same shall be in violation of the permitting provisions of this chapter, if operating
               without a permit.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Permit required for junkyards, automobile graveyards, and repair shops.</span> No person, firm or business entity shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard,
               automobile graveyard, and repair shop without obtaining a permit except existing regulated
               businesses specified in subsection (c). Any expansion of any above described business,
               whether pre-existing or newly permitted, shall require a permit.
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               (e)
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               <span class="ital">Permit application.</span> Application for the permit shall be made to the planning department, on such forms
               as the planning department shall prescribe along with a non-refundable permit fee
               as established by the board of county commissioners. The permit application shall
               include but not be limited to the information required for the registration application
               and a plan.
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               The plan shall indicate setbacks, location of public right-of-ways, all proposed structures,
               all structures within 500 feet of a regulated business, driveways, entrances, fencing,
               screening, types of fencing, types of screening, dimensions of junk yard, gross acreage,
               preparer of plans name(s) and address(es) and phone numbers. Plans shall be at a scale
               no larger than one inch equals 400 feet. Three copies shall be submitted. Any expansion
               of a regulated business, whether pre-existing or newly permitted, shall require a
               permit. Procedures and standards for an expansion permit shall be those required for
               a new establishment.
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               (f)
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               <span class="ital">Permitting procedure.</span> The completed permit application and junkyard plan shall be submitted to the planning
               department. Planning department shall have the authority to either approve or deny
               the permit application. A denied permit application may be resubmitted within 14 days
               from the date of denial without incurring an additional permit fee.
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               (g)
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               <span class="ital">Permitting compliance.</span> Existing regulated businesses shall conform to the approved permit and standards
               of this chapter in accordance with the graduated compliance schedule listed as follows.
               The times listed are from the date of plan approval.
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               (1)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)f., within one month.
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               (2)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)g., within two months.
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               (3)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)e., within three months.
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               (4)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)h., within 12 months.
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               (5)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)i., within 12 months.
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               (6)
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               Meet <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-57GEST" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-57</a>(2)d., within 12 months.
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               Any regulated business discovered after the registration time period of <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH62VE_ARTIICOJUCO_S62-56PRREPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 62-56</a>(a) but documented to the satisfaction of the ordinance administrator as being in
               existence prior to this chapter shall conform to applicable portions of this chapter.
               The time period of compliance shall run from the date of discovery. Items (1)â€”(6),
               [above] shall have the time period listed for compliance.
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               New regulated businesses shall conform to the approved permit and standards of this
               chapter prior to the establishment of the use as a junkyard on the property. Failure
               to meet the requirements of the approved permit and standards of this chapter shall
               be a violation of the compliance provisions of this chapter.
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               (Amend. of 10-19-04, eff. 1-1-05, Â§ 6)
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