HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               1649

8-802.

The General Assembly of Maryland finds and declares
that, to promote the public safety, health, welfare,
convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the
public investments in highways, and to preserve and enhance
the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways:

(1)  It is in the public interest to regulate and
restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of
AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER OR RECYCLER FACILITIES AND junkyards
near the interstate and primary highways in this State; and

(2)  Junkyards AND AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER OR
RECYCLER FACILITIES are to conform to the requirements of
this subtitle.

8-803.

(a)  A person may not establish, operate, or maintain
any new junkyard OR AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND RECYCLER
FACILITY or expand the area of any existing junkyard OR
AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND RECYCLER FACILITY, if any part of"
the junkyard OR FACILITY is within 1,000 feet of the nearest
edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary
highway and is visible from the main traveled way of that
highway, unless the person is licensed by the Administration
under this subtitle.

(b)  This section does not apply to any junkyard OR
FACILITY that was in existence on or before January 1, 1968,
unless the area of its operation is expanded.

8-807.

(a) The Administration may not issue a license under
this subtitle for the establishment, operation, or
maintenance of any new junkyard OR AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND
RECYCLER FACILITY or for the expansion of any existing
junkyard OR AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER AND RECYCLER FACILITY? If
any part of the junkyard OR FACILITY is within 1,000 feet of
the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or
primary highway, unless the junkyard OR FACILITY is:

(1)  Screened by natural objects, plantings,
fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible
from the main traveled way of the highway;

(2)  Otherwise not visible from the main traveled
way of the highway;

(3)  Located in an area that is zoned for
industrial use under authority of local law; or

(4)  Located in an area that is not zoned for
industrial use, but that is used for industrial activities
as determined by the Administration with the approval of the