As used in KRS 177.910 to 177.950, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Road" means any county, state, federal or limited access highway or turnpike, including bridges and bridge approaches.
(2) "Automobile, vehicle or machinery recyclers" means any place where five (5) or more junked, wrecked or nonoperative automobiles, vehicles, machines and other similar scrap or salvage materials, excluding inoperative farm equipment, are deposited, parked, placed or otherwise located, or any business as defined in subsection (3) where ten (10) or more junked, wrecked or nonoperative automobiles, vehicles, machines and other similar scrap or salvage materials are deposited, parked, placed or otherwise located.
(3) "Business" means any person engaged as an automobile dealer, body shop operator, wrecker service operator, service station operator or other activity which may buy, sell or repair nonoperative vehicles, automobiles or machinery as a service.
(4) "Material recyclers" shall mean any establishment or place of business, including garbage dumps and sanitary fills, maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling of old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or motor vehicle parts, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
(5) "Operator or operators" means a person, firm or corporation operating an automobile, vehicle, machinery or material recycling establishment or place of business or the allowing of such automobile, vehicle, machinery or material recycling establishment or place of business to be placed or deposited, or to remain on premises owned or controlled by such person, firm or corporation.
(6) "Person" means any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business trust, joint stock company, body politic or corporation.
(7) "Department" means the Department of Highways.
(8) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Highways.