§ 45-57-170.02 — Licensing and Operation of Junkyards

Alabama § 45-57-170.02

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 45: Local Laws
• Ch. 57: Russell County
• Art. 17: Health and Environment
• Part 1: Environment
• Subpart 1: Junkyards

Text

(a) No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard or similar establishment containing any items listed in Section 45–57–170, but not limited to those items, any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway, road, street, or alley without obtaining a county permit to do so from the county commission through the county license commissioner or other licensing official. No permit shall be granted except for those junkyards or similar establishments which have a privacy fence so as not to be visible from the highway. The operation of an unpermitted junkyard or similar establishment required to be permitted pursuant to this section constitutes a public nuisance.
(b) The county commission shall adopt regulations and requirements for issuing permits for the operation of junkyards or similar establishments within the limits defined in this subpart, and may revoke the permit at any time a junkyard or similar establishment fails to conform to the requirements of this subpart, and shall charge a permit fee of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor less than one hundred dollars ($100) payable each fiscal year. This permit fee shall be in addition to the license fee required under Section 23–1–244, and any other license fee or tax required by law. All permits issued under this subpart shall expire on September 30 following the date of issue. Permits may be renewed from year to year upon payment of the fee. Proceeds from the fees shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

Legislative History

(Act 98–596, p. 1308, § 3; Act 2009–597, § 1.)