§ 42-5. Site requirements.  


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  • In addition to all other requirements imposed by state or local law, rule or regulation, no person, association, partnership or corporation may engage in the business of a junk dealer, scrap processor or vehicle dismantler unless the following items have been complied with:
    A. 
    A site plan has been approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Brookhaven when such site plan is required by Chapter 85 of the Town Code.
    B. 
    A certificate of occupancy, certificate of existing use or certificate of zoning compliance exists for the site and all improvements contained thereon.
    C. 
    An eight-foot-high solid fence surrounds all sides of the premises.
    D. 
    In the event that vehicle dismantling is to take place, a vehicle dismantling pad must be installed, used and maintained in conformance with the requirements of the Director of the Division of Environmental Protection. Said Director shall promulgate minimum standards for vehicle dismantling pads and shall cause to be mailed copies of said standards to all licensees whenever said standards are adopted or modified.
    E. 
    In the case of nonconforming junkyards, scrap processing facilities or vehicle dismantling facilities, only one licensee shall be permitted for each parcel of real property comprising a single parcel on the Suffolk County Tax Map, comprising a single street address or comprising a single fee ownership, unless the applicant can show that the present number of licensees where licensed to operate a junkyard, scrap processing facility or vehicle dismantling facility at the subject site on or before October 30, 1978, and continuously operated at the site since said date. Additional licensees may not be added to a nonconforming site.
    F. 
    In the case of sites located within the L-2 Zoning Category, only one licensee shall be permitted for each five acres of lot area. If more than one licensee is to operate out of a single parcel of property as shown on the Suffolk County Tax Map, comprising a single street address or comprising a single fee ownership, each licensee must be exclusively located on a lot of not less than five acres, and the site plan must show each separate lot. Each licensee must have his own vehicle dismantling pad if vehicle dismantling is to take place.
    G. 
    No license shall be issued unless the owner of the premises submits an acknowledged consent authorizing the Town Clerk or his duly authorized representative to enter and inspect the premises during regular Town business hours when such premises are open for business.