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Junkyards shall meet the following standards:

A. The proposed site shall not be established within 500 feet of any school building, hospital, public building or residentially zoned land adjacent thereto.

B. Junkyards shall be completely enclosed and obscured from the public view at all times by a sight-obscuring screen. Screening shall be fully constructed, inspected and approved by the Department of Community Planning prior to the yard being utilized as a junkyard. Junkyards without sight-obscuring screens shall be removed at the cost of the owner of the land upon which they are located.

C. Provisions shall be made to prevent any contamination of the domestic water supply or excessive surface run-off from the property into adjoining lands or streams. A drainage plan specifying the method of disposing of surface run-off from the site shall be required and is subject to the approval of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation or City of Fairbanks or North Pole Public Works Departments or Borough Department of Public Works.

D. Any evidence of rat infestation or evidence of the existence of rats within a junkyard shall require immediate mitigation methods as approved by the Director of Community Planning, and may include, but are not limited to: traps, poison, buffering, clearing, separation from buildings, schedule for clean up of animal waste, or disposal of perishable garbage (as defined in FNSBC 21.20.010). (Ord. 2005-29 § 6, 2005; Ord. 88-070 § 6, 1988; Ord. 88-010 § 2, 1988. 2004 Code § 18.50.130.)