The small town of Louisville, Miss., passed an ordinance late last month targeting scrap yards that may be looking to open in the city. The ordinance does not include existing facilities, but rather new projects.
The ordinance includes four highlights. They are the following: new scrap yards must be located in an industrial zoned part of the city; they must be situated on at least 10 acres, there must be a fence on the outside of the property that screens the operations, as well as prevent material from drifting from inside the property to the streets; and the fencing must be aesthetically acceptable to the city and no material inside the property can be seen above the fence.
The vote for the new ordinance was unanimous.
At the present time the city has one scrap yard which is not included in the new ordinance.
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