South Carolina Code 57-27-45. Operating junkyard within proscribed areas without permit; permits
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 57-27-45
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Department: means the Department of Transportation. See South Carolina Code 57-27-20
- Federal aid primary system: means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Department of Transportation, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce or other appropriate federal official, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code. See South Carolina Code 57-27-20
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- junkyard: shall mean an establishment which is maintained or used for storing, buying, or selling junk, or an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps, sanitary fills and scrap processors. See South Carolina Code 57-27-20
No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or federal aid primary system, without obtaining a permit from the department. No permit shall be issued under the provisions of this section, except for those junkyards which conform to one or more of the exceptions in § 57-27-40. The department shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars for the issuance of the permit and the permit shall be renewed annually at no additional fee and shall remain in effect until revoked by the department after attaining an injunction from the court of common pleas to abate the junkyard as a nuisance or upon conviction of a violation under the provisions of § 57-27-80. No permit shall be required before January 1, 1979.