§ 69-1254. Prohibition on operation of junkyards or facilities.  


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  • Section 1254.  No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard or scrap metal processing facility, any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following:

    (a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight.

    (b) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Commission.

    (c) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of state or local law, regulation or ordinances.  (d) Those which are not visible from the main traveled way of the system.

Laws 1968, c. 98, § 4, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968; Laws 1978, c. 107, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1978.