Section 24-15-1. – Purpose.
§ 24-15-1. Purpose. In order to create and preserve rustic and scenic highways for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian travel in unhurried, quiet, and leisurely enjoyment; to protect and preserve recreational driving, culture, beauty, trees, vegetation, shoreline, and wildlife by establishing protective standards of scenic highway design, speed, maintenance, and identification, which will promote a continuous […]
Section 24-14-1. – Short title.
§ 24-14-1. Short title. This act may be cited as the “Junkyard Control Act.” History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 1.
Section 24-14-2. – Declaration of policy.
§ 24-14-2. Declaration of policy. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and […]
Section 24-14-3. – Definitions.
§ 24-14-3. Definitions. (a) “Automobile junkyard” means any establishment or place where one or more unserviceable, discarded, worn out or junked automobiles or bodies, engines, tires, parts or accessories are gathered together. (b) “Interstate system” means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or […]
Section 24-14-4. – Junkyards prohibited.
§ 24-14-4. Junkyards prohibited. No person, firm, corporation or association shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet (1000′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following: (1) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other […]
Section 24-14-5. – Junkyards lawfully in existence.
§ 24-14-5. Junkyards lawfully in existence. Any junkyard lawfully in existence on May 6, 1966, or which is or may be lawfully established along any highway which is hereafter made a part of the interstate or primary systems and which has been so established before the inclusion of the highway within the interstate or primary […]
Section 24-14-6. – Requirement as to screening.
§ 24-14-6. Requirement as to screening. The director of transportation shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance, including the materials used in screening or fencing required by this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 1.
Section 24-14-7. – Authority to acquire interest in land for removal and screening of junkyards.
§ 24-14-7. Authority to acquire interest in land for removal and screening of junkyards. When the director of transportation determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of the junkyards or the screening of the junkyards would not be economically feasible, the director of transportation shall have the […]
Section 24-14-8. – Injunction.
§ 24-14-8. Injunction. The director of transportation may make application to the superior court in the county in which junkyards established or maintained in violation of this chapter may be located, for an injunction to abate the nuisances. History of Section.P.L. 1966, ch. 118, § 1.
Section 24-14-9. – Penalties.
§ 24-14-9. Penalties. (a) It shall be a misdemeanor to operate or maintain a junkyard in violation of this chapter except those junkyards lawfully in existence on May 6, 1966. (b) It shall be the duty of the state police and the police of the cities and towns to enforce this chapter, and any persons, […]