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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Rockport 3-22-1997 (Ch. 14E, Sec. 2, of the 1997 Code of By-laws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 9-8-2025 FTM by Art. G]
A. 
License required. No person shall do business as a junk collector or dealer in junk unless licensed to do so by the Select Board. No person shall allow the accumulation of junk, junk cars, or other trash upon their property so as to create a nuisance.
B. 
Fees. Junk licenses shall be assigned and recorded by the Town Clerk before being delivered to the licensee. Such license shall continue in force until the May 1 following issuance, at which time they shall automatically expire, unless sooner revoked at the pleasure of the Select Board.
(1) 
Rules and regulations. The Select Board may make rules and regulations governing and imposing restrictions upon the use of junk licenses.
(2) 
Fee for license. The fee for such license shall be set by the Select Board.
C. 
Violations of this section are punishable by a fine of $20.
A. 
No person in charge or in control of any real estate within the Town, whether owner, tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled, nonoperating or wrecked motor vehicles to remain on such property longer than 60 days without a valid "windshield sticker," so-called, issued and displayed in accordance with the requirements of MGL c. 90, § 7A, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, unless a permit has been obtained from the Select Board. Said permit(s) must be affixed to the vehicle(s) plainly and visibly. The Board shall not issue a permit unless it finds that such vehicle on said premises does not constitute a hazard to the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town nor will otherwise nullify or substantially derogate from the purpose or intent of the Zoning By-law. No such permit shall be required for a vehicle in an enclosed building nor for a vehicle on the property of a lawful business or farming enterprise if necessary to such operations, nor for motor vehicles at the place of business of a holder of a Class 3 license under MGL c. 140, §§ 58 to 59.
B. 
For purposes of this by-law, a junk vehicle shall include:
(1) 
Any motor vehicle which is worn out, cast off, or discarded;
(2) 
Any motor vehicle which is ready for dismantling or destruction;
(3) 
Any motor vehicle which has been collected or stored for salvage or for scrapping in order to make use of the parts thereof. Any parts from a junk vehicle shall also be considered a junk vehicle under this by-law.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Ch. 14E, Sec. 2b(iii), regarding exemption from permits for vehicles in certain locations, of the 1997 Code of By-laws, which immediately followed, was repealed 9-8-2025 FTM by Art. G.
A license to keep not more than two junk vehicles may be requested by filing with the Town Clerk an application, in writing, to the Select Board. The Board shall hold a public hearing upon such request. The cost of publishing a notice of the hearing shall be paid by the applicant for the license.
The Select Board may grant a one-year license upon such conditions as the Board deems appropriate to keep such junk vehicles in the open after a public hearing has been held; and the Board determines that the keeping of same will not depreciate property values in the area, will not create a hazard to the public safety, or will not become a public nuisance. Renewal of this license shall be granted only after the procedure set forth above is followed.
Upon the filing with the Select Board of a petition signed by at least 10 legal residents of Rockport asking for revocation of any license issued under this by-law, the Board shall call a public hearing to review the conduct of the licensee under said license. If the Board determines that the operation of the license is such as to depreciate property values in the area, create a hazard to the public safety, or constitute a public nuisance, the Board may by majority vote revoke said license. The effective date shall be 30 days after the said vote of revocation.