Junk Yard Regulations

In order to promote the health and safety of residents, current New York State law requires municipalities to license automobile junk yards and certain amounts of junk automobiles and automobile parts stored on private property. Municipalities may enact stricter regulations to control automobile junk yards than provided for in state law.

A municipality may also choose to regulate "junk" items beyond automobile junk yards, such as old appliances, household waste, or uninhabitable mobile homes. A municipality may enact junk yard regulations or incorporate siting of junk yards in its zoning ordinance.