§ 136-144. Restrictions as to location of junkyards. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑144.  Restrictions as to location of junkyards.

No junkyard shall beestablished, operated or maintained, any portion of which is within 1,000 feetof the nearest edge of the right‑of‑way of any interstate orprimary highway, or a North Carolina route in a county that has no interstateor federal aid primary highways, except the following:

(1)        Those which arescreened by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means so asnot to be visible from the main‑traveled way of the highway at any seasonof the year or otherwise removed from sight or screened in accordance with therules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation.

(2)        Those located withinareas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law.

(3)        Those located withinunzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land usesand defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Department ofTransportation.

(4)        Those which are notvisible from the main‑traveled way of an interstate or primary highway ora North Carolina route in a county that does not have an interstate or federalaid primary highway at any season of the year. (1967, c. 1198, s. 4; 1973,c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c. 493, s. 2.)