(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the establishment and use and maintenance of outdoor junkyards in areas adjacent to certain sections of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, the primary and other state highways designated by the State Highway Commission shall be controlled in order to protect the public interest, to promote the public health, safety, and welfare, and to preserve natural beauty.
(b) The General Assembly further finds that junkyards which do not conform to the requirements of this chapter are public nuisances.