§ 136-146. Removal of junk from illegal junkyards. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑146.  Removal of junk from illegal junkyards.

Any junkyard established afterthe effective date of this Article as determined by G.S. 136‑155, inviolation of the provisions of this Article or rules and regulations issued bythe Department of Transportation pursuant to this Article, shall be illegal andshall constitute a public nuisance. The Department of Transportation or itsagents shall give 30 days' notice to the owner of said junkyard to remove thejunk or to make the junkyard to conform to the provisions of this Article orrules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportationhereunder. The Department of Transportation or its agents may remove the junkfrom the illegal junkyard at the expense of the owner if the said owner fails toact within 30 days after receipt of such notice. The Department ofTransportation or its agents may enter upon private property for the purpose ofremoving junk from the junkyards prohibited by this Article without civil orcriminal liability. Any person aggrieved by the decision declaring the junkyardillegal shall be granted the right to appeal the decision in accordance withthe terms of the rules and regulations enacted by the  Department ofTransportation pursuant to this Article to the Secretary of Transportation whoshall make the final decision on the agency appeal. (1967, c. 1198, s. 6; 1973,c. 507, s. 5; c. 1439, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)