No new license shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter unless:

(1)  The applicant shall have complied with and obtained a license under the licensing ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 5-21-1 entitled “second-hand dealers.”

(2)  If the applicant proposes to establish an automobile wrecking yard in a municipality not issuing licenses under the provisions of chapter 21 of Title 5, the location must be:

(i)  More than one thousand feet (1,000?) from the nearest edge of any highway on the interstate or primary system;

(ii)  More than six hundred feet (600?) from any other state highway;

(iii)  More than three hundred feet (300?) from any park, bathing beach, playground, school, church or cemetery and not within view therefrom;

(iv)  Screened from view and enclosed by a properly maintained fence at least six feet (6?) high except where a natural barrier provides appropriate screening; and

(v)  In size amounting to at least two (2) acres of land and shall be one contiguous lot.

(3)  A description of the land upon which the location intended to be licensed in accordance with subdivision (2) shall be made available to the department by a surveyor’s survey plan, a city or town assessor’s map, or an aerial cartographic chart reflecting the area.

History of Section.
P.L. 1980, ch. 225, § 4; P.L. 1984, ch. 47, § 3; P.L. 1985, ch. 181, art. 32, § 2.