S.C. Code § 57-27-10
Short title
This chapter may be cited as the "Junkyard Control Act."
South Carolina Code Title 57, Chapter 27 — Junkyard Control
South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 57, ch. 27 · 13 active provisions
S.C. Code § 57-27-20
Definitions
As used in this chapter: (a) The term "junk" means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, trucks and other motor vehicles, or parts of them, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material. (b) The term "autom…
S.C. Code § 57-27-30
Declaration of purpose
To promote the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and travel enjoyment, to protect the public investment in highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, and to promote the conservation of our natural mineral resources by encouraging the recycling of resalable scra…
S.C. Code § 57-27-40
Junkyards prohibited within 1,000 feet of certain highways; exceptions
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 any interstate or Federal aid primary highway in the State highway system, except the following: (a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or…
S.C. Code § 57-27-45
Operating junkyard within proscribed areas without permit; permits
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…
S.C. Code § 57-27-50
Screening of nonconforming junkyards; placement of junk over or beyond screening; penalties
Any junkyard lawfully in existence on March 24, 1966, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or federal aid primary system and any junkyard lawfully in existence along any highway which may be hereafter designated…
S.C. Code § 57-27-55
Maintenance of screening
After a junkyard has been screened by the department pursuant to Section 57-27-50, the owner or operator of such junkyard shall adequately maintain the screening erected by the department. Maintenance shall be deemed inadequate if the screen installed by the department: (a) Deteriorates so as to no longer be of the qua…
S.C. Code § 57-27-57
Parking motor vehicles adjacent to junk yard
It is unlawful for a junkyard owner to allow motor vehicles to be parked on a highway adjacent to its property.
S.C. Code § 57-27-60
Promulgation of regulations
The department shall have authority to promulgate regulations governing: (A) To determine unzoned industrial areas for the purposes of this chapter; (B) The specific procedures for obtaining a permit for junkyards; (C) The specific requirements governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance of material…
S.C. Code § 57-27-70
Acquisition of lands for relocation, removal, disposal or screening of junkyards
When the Department of Highways and Public Transportation determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway does not permit adequate screening of a junkyard or the screening of the junkyard would not be economically feasible, the Department may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, such i…
S.C. Code § 57-27-80
Penalties
Whoever establishes, operates or maintains a junkyard in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each offense. Each day that the junkyard remains in violation…
S.C. Code § 57-27-90
Agreements with United States Secretary of Commerce as to control of junkyards
The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Commerce as provided by Title 23 of the United States Code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and federal aid primary systems, and to take action in the name of the S…
S.C. Code § 57-27-100
Rule of construction
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.