Alabama § 45-58-170.53 - Licensing and Operation of Junkyards.

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard or salvage yard or own or be in possession of any premises containing any items listed in Section 45–58–170.50, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 100 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any public road, or accumulate or allow the accumulation of any such items on any premises for more than a period of 90 days, without obtaining a county license to do so from Shelby County through the county license director or other person authorized by the county commission. No license shall be granted except for those junkyards or salvage yards or premises which have screened the premises on the right-of-way or any adjoining property line that abuts any driveway, parking lots, or residential lots with man-made fences of at least six feet in height so as not to be visible from that height or less. The operation of an unlicensed junkyard or salvage yard or the ownership, possession, or both, of the premises shall constitute a public nuisance.

(b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing licenses for the operation of junkyards and salvage yards within the limits defined in this subpart, and may revoke the licenses at any time a junkyard or salvage yard fails to conform to the requirements of this subpart, and shall charge a license fee of one hundred dollars ($100) payable each fiscal year. This license fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23–1–244. All licenses issued under this subpart shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Licenses may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Renewal licenses shall be one hundred dollars ($100) if paid no later than 30 days from the renewal date. Licenses renewed more than 30 days from the renewal date shall be subject to an additional twenty-five dollar ($25) fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county to be used for general county purposes.