Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) “Junk” means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles, or parts of automobiles, iron, steel and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
(b) “Automobile graveyard” means any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
(c) “Junkyard” means an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, including garbage dumps and sanitary fills.
(d) “Interstate highway” means a state trunk line highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways, as designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department of state highways and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of title 23 of the United States code.
(e) “Primary highway” means a state trunk line highway as designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state highway department, and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of title 23 of the United States code.
(f) “Secondary highway” means a state secondary road or county primary road.
History: 1966, Act 219, Imd. Eff. July 11, 1966 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 132, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 219 of 1966 - Control of Junkyards Adjacent to Highways (252.201 - 252.211)
Section 252.201 - Definitions.
Section 252.202 - Legislative Declaration; Nonconforming Junkyard as Public Nuisance.
Section 252.203 - Junkyards Prohibited Within 1000 Feet of Highway; Exceptions.
Section 252.204 - Screening or Removal of Nonconforming Junkyards; Removal Cost.
Section 252.204a - Junkyards Adjacent to Secondary Highway; Screening or Removal.
Section 252.205 - Screening by State Highway Department; Acquisition of Land.
Section 252.206 - Junkyards; Relocation, Removal or Disposal; Costs.
Section 252.207 - Construction or Maintenance of Junkyards; Rules and Regulations; Standards.
Section 252.208 - Injunction to Compel Conformance.
Section 252.209 - Construction of Act.
Section 252.210 - Control of Junkyards; Agreement With United States Secretary of Commerce.
Section 252.211 - Interests in Land to Be Acquired; Methods.