California Streets and Highways Code

§ 745

SHC § 745Div. 1 · Ch. 3 · Art. 5

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

(a)The establishment, use, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to any interstate or primary highway should be controlled in order to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, to protect the public investment in such highways, and to preserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to such highways. The Legislature finds that motorists are distracted by unscreened junkyards adjacent to such highways and that a junkyard visible from such a highway constitutes a hazard to the safety of the traveling public.

(b)It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this article, to provide for the state control of junkyards required by Section 136 of Title 23 of th United States Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 919.