No permit shall be granted for the location and maintenance of a junkyard within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any roadway of the Highway Beautification Control System except the following:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 39-2605

  • Highway: means the entire width between the boundary limits of any street, road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Nebraska Statutes 39-101
  • Maintenance: means the act, operation, or continuous process of repair, reconstruction, or preservation of the whole or any part of any highway, including surface, shoulders, roadsides, traffic control devices, structures, waterways, and drainage facilities, for the purpose of keeping it at or near or improving upon its original standard of usefulness and safety. See Nebraska Statutes 39-101
  • Right-of-way: means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. See Nebraska Statutes 39-101
  • Roadway: means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. See Nebraska Statutes 39-101

(1) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight;

(2) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of the law of a municipality or county, except those located along any route designated as a scenic byway;

(3) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by rules to be promulgated by the department, except those located along any route designated as a scenic byway; and

(4) Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way of the system.