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, scrap metal processing facilities, and junkyards near the interstate and primary highways in this State; and

(2) Junkyards, automotive dismantler or recycler facilities, and scrap metal processing facilities are to conform to the requirements of this subtitle.