The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Automobile graveyard means any lot or place which is exposed to the weather and upon which any motor vehicles of any kind, incapable of being operated, and which it would not be economically practical to make operative, are placed, located or found.

Junk means old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or junked, dismantled or wrecked automobiles or their parts, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.

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; and the term "junkyard" shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.

Primary highway means any highway within the State highway system as established and maintained under Code of Virginia, § 33.1-25 et seq., including extensions to such system within municipalities.

Visible means capable of being seen without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity.

(Code 1990, § 14-20-1)

Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.

State Law reference— Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 33.1-348.

After October 20, 1993, no junkyard shall be established in the County any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any primary highway or within five hundred (500) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any other highway, except the following:

(1)

Junkyards which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of the highway, or otherwise removed from sight.

(2)

Junkyards which are located in areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of State law or in unzoned industrial areas as determined by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

(3)

Junkyards which are not visible from the main-traveled way of the highway.

(Code 1990, § 14-20-2)