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S.C. Code Ann. § 57-27-55

Maintenance of screening

Known as the Junkyard Control Act

The act spans §§ 57–57 (13 sections).

1978 Act No. 530 SECTION 6.

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 quality or standard as when erected by the department;

(b) Becomes ineffective as a screen, resulting in the junkyard being visible from the main-traveled way of the highway;

(c) Falls into such disrepair as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the community.

Any owner of operator of a junkyard violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 57-27-80.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.