(A) No license shall be granted for an automobile junkyard, other than one operated and maintained entirely within a building, unless:
(1) It is more than 600 feet from any state highway; and
(2) It is more than 300 feet from any park, bathing beach, playground, school, church or cemetery and is not within ordinary view therefrom; and
(3) It is screened from view by natural objects or buildings, or by a well constructed and properly maintained fence at least six feet high, or by planting shrubs, trees or flowering plants, the foliage of which provides a suitable and sufficient screen, such screening to be such as is acceptable to said town and so specified on the license.
(B) The provisions of divisions (A)(1) and (2), however, shall not apply to any automobile junkyard in existence as of May 6, 1966, and having a valid license issued pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-21-1.
('73 Code, § 14-5) (Ord. passed 3-21-66)