Except as provided in this part 5, on and after February 11, 1966, no person shall establish, operate, and maintain a junkyard which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the highway and visible from the main-traveled way thereof unless a permit is first obtained from the department. No permit shall be required and junkyards, automobile graveyards, and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within areas adjacent to said highways which are within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way which are zoned industrial under authority of state law, or any of its political subdivisions.
Source: L. 66: p. 10, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 120-16-3.