HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                1647

yard, dump, automobile junk yard, AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER OR
RECYCLER FACILITY, outdoor place where old motor vehicles
are stored or dismantled, or lot on which refuse, trash or
junk is deposited within one hundred (100) feet of any
interstate, State or county highway or road shall screen or
fence said premises in such manner that they are not visible"
from any such road or highway.

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

469.

(a)  Any person or organization that owns, maintains or
causes to be maintained a junkyard, AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER OR
RECYCLER FACILITY, or automobile graveyard, as defined in §
8-801 of the Transportation Article, lawfully in existence
on January 1, 1972, which adjoins any river, stream, or
other body of water shall store and maintain any trash,
junk, automobiles, automobile tires, other automobile parts
and other refuse in such manner as to prevent the dumping,"
depositing or transport of this matter into the waters of
the State, as defined in Title 8 of the Natural Resources
Article; inform [the] the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene and the Water Resources Administration of provisions
planned or made to prevent the dumping, depositing or
transport of this matter into the waters of the State; and
comply with the provisions of standards and specifications
of the Water Resources Administration as these relate to the
erection of retaining walls, or the use of devices of
procedures to restrain the dumping, depositing or transport
of this matter into the waters of the State.

(b)  Where the owners and operators of a junkyard,
AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER OR RECYCLER FACILITY, or an automobile
graveyard, as defined in § 8-801 of the Transportation
Article, producing, collecting, retaining, throwing, dumping
or depositing any trash, junk or other refuse have not
erected retaining walls or other restraining devices of
procedures approved by the Water Resources Administration,
the presence of any trash, junk, automobiles, automobile
tires, other automobile parts or other refuse in waters of
the State or on embankments or other sites where it may
readily fall into or be transported into the waters of the
State shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this
section and be subject to the penalties imposed herein.

(c)  Violation of this section is a misdemeanor and any
person convicted thereof before a court of proper
jurisdiction is punishable by a fine of not more than
$500.00, or by imprisonment of not more than ninety (90)
days, or both.

Article - Transportation

8-801.