31-30-2. Definitions.
Terms in this chapter mean:
(1)"Junk," old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material;
(2)"Automobile graveyard," 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;
(3)"Junk yard," an establishment or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. The term includes garbage dumps and sanitary fills;
(4)"Interstate system," that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department, and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code;
(5)"Primary system," that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the department and approved by the United States secretary of transportation pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code;
(6)"Department," the South Dakota Department of Transportation.
Source: SL 1966, ch 86, §3; SL 2010, ch 145, §164.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 31 - Highways and Bridges
Chapter 30 - Junk Yards Along Highways
Section 31-30-2 - Definitions.
Section 31-30-3 - Nonconforming junk yards prohibited--Proximity to highway--Screening.
Section 31-30-4 - Screening preexisting junk yards.
Section 31-30-5 - Rules respecting screening.
Section 31-30-6 - Acquisition of junk yards that cannot be screened.
Section 31-30-7 - Acquisition of land to provide screening.
Section 31-30-8 - Acquisition of land for relocation where adequate screening not feasible.
Section 31-30-9 - Injunction to abate nuisance.
Section 31-30-10 - Expenditure of funds for regulation of junk yards.
Section 31-30-11 - Agreements with United States.
Section 31-30-12 - More restrictive regulation not affected.