After a junkyard has been screened by the department pursuant to Section 57-27-50, the owner or operator of such junkyard shall adequately maintain the screening erected by the department. Maintenance shall be deemed inadequate if the screen installed by the department:
(a) Deteriorates so as to no longer be of the quality or standard as when erected by the department;
(b) Becomes ineffective as a screen, resulting in the junkyard being visible from the main-traveled way of the highway;
(c) Falls into such disrepair as to endanger the health, safety or welfare of the community.
Any owner of operator of a junkyard violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 57-27-80.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 530 Section 6.