No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, or scrap metal processing facility, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of a highway without obtaining a certificate of approval from the Commissioner of Transportation that such junkyard or scrap metal processing facility may be effectively controlled as required by sections 13a-123c to 13a-123j, inclusive. No license shall be issued under chapter 405 or 406 if any portion of the business requiring such license is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway, as defined in sections 13a-123c to 13a-123j, inclusive, unless such certificate of approval has been obtained from the commissioner.(1967, P.A. 688, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 97.)History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner and deleted obsolete reference to applicability 'on and after October 1, 1967'.Cited. 41 CS 66.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 13a-123e
Connecticut Title 13a — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_238.htm#sec_13a-123e· Version 2026