2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 24 - Highways
CHAPTER 24-14 - Junkyard Control Act
§ 24-14-2 - Declaration of policy.
SECTION 24-14-2
§ 24-14-2 Declaration of policy. – For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience, and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highways systems within this state. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this chapter are public nuisances.
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