Montana Code 75-15-215. Restrictions as to location
75-15-215. Restrictions as to location. No license may be granted for the establishment, maintenance, or operation of a junkyard within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the interstate or primary systems except a license may be granted for a junkyard:
Terms Used In Montana Code 75-15-215
- Junkyard: means any establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, excluding a motor vehicle graveyard or motor vehicle wrecking facility which is regulated under Title 75, chapter 10, part 5, and excluding a garbage dump or sanitary landfill which is regulated under Title 75, chapter 10, part 2. See Montana Code 75-15-203
(1)screened by natural objects, planted objects, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of any such highway or otherwise removed from sight;
(2)located within an area zoned for industrial use under authority of law;
(3)located within an unzoned industrial area, as determined from actual land uses and defined by rules promulgated by the department of transportation;
(4)that is not visible from the main-traveled way of any such highway.