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(3) No rule or regulation shall be adopted which would in effect amend the procedures included in Section 4-51 of this Code; nor shall the Board adopt any rule or regulation which broadens the intent of that section. (4) Upon the adoption of any rule or regulation, the Clerk of the Board of Public Works shall send a copy of the same to the City Clerk, Common Council Members, Fire Prevention Bureau, and the Neighborhood Code Enforcement Office; with this taking place within twenty-four(24) hours after the Board's action. The Clerk of the Board of Public Works shall also be required to post such rules or regulations on the City's website within twenty-four (24) hours after the Board's action. Rules and/or regulations which are not in compliance with this subsection shall be null and void. (c) Resolution required. No person shall engage in the scrap or junk material business or hold himself forth as a dealer in scrap materials or scrap metals, or as a valuable metal dealer, or keep or maintain a scrap or junkyard, or recycling operation within the City without first procuring from the Common Council, a resolution approving the issuance of a license for the conduct of such business and the maintenance and operation of such metal yard, junkyard or recycling operation. (d) Application, zoning restrictions. (1) An application for a license under this section shall be filed with the Office of the City Clerk and it shall be accompanied by a drawing or diagram showing the property lines of the proposed scrap or junkyard, or recycling operation. Filing of this application with the Office of the City Clerk shall satisfy the requirements of Section 4-6 of this Chapter. (2) No license shall be issued to any proposed scrap or junkyard, recycling operation or transfer station for a location within one thousand (1,000) feet of any lot being lawfully used, entirely or in part, as a single-family, two-family or multifamily dwelling, or any of the following zoning use districts as defined by the zoning chapter of this Code: a. SF1 Single-Family and Two-Family District b. SF2 Single-Family and Two-Family District C. MF1 Urban Corridor Multifamily District d. MF2 High-Density Multifamily District e. OB Office Buffer District f. MU Mixed Use District g. "O" Office District h. LB Local Business District i. CB Community Business District j. CBD Central Business District k. GB General Business District unless such footage requirement is waived by specific resolution of the Common Council. Such resolution must incorporate one of the following considerations for such a waiver: that the majority of the business operation would take place within an enclosed structure, that the business would be located beyond one-half ('/z) of the footage requirement or that a majority of the owners affected by the new business which are within the one thousand-foot requirement give approval. (3) The foregoing subsection (2) shall not apply to any scrap or junkyard licensed as of the effective date of this section. If the license for the scrap or junkyard lapses for any period of time, is revoked or is not renewed for any reason, then the provisions of the foregoing subsection (2) shall apply to the scrap or junkyard. (e) Approvals required. Page 3