Maryland · Maryland Code — Transportation Article
Md. Code, Transp. § 8-809: (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a junkyard, automotive dismantler and recycler facility, or scrap metal processing facility that lawfully existed on January 1, 1968, is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, is
What this law says, in plain English
The state must screen junkyards and metal recycling facilities existing before 1968 that are visible from interstate or primary highways within 1,000 feet, or relocate them if screening is infeasible due to topography or economics.
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