(a) Any person operating or maintaining a junk yard within 1,000 feet of a state or county road or within 300 feet of a township road, prior to the effective date of this chapter, shall have one year thereafter to erect the required fence if that junk yard is not obscured by natural objects. If a junk yard is established within 1,000 feet of a state or county highway or within 300 feet of a township road, it shall be so located that the view thereof from that road is obscured by natural objects or a fence no less than eight feet in height. If the yard is so obscured, the person operating or maintaining it shall be entitled to a license.
(b) Any fence constructed under this chapter shall be neatly constructed, shall be nontransparent, shall be kept in good order and repair, and no advertisement shall be permitted thereon other than the name of the person under whose name the license has been issued and the nature of the business conducted therein.
(1987 Code 114.07)