(415 ILCS 95/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 461)
Sec. 1.
For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare,
convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public
investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic
beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is declared to be in the
public interest to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of junkyards or scrap processing facilities in areas adjacent
to the Federal-Aid Interstate and Federal-Aid Primary Systems of Highways
within this State. Junkyards or scrap processing facilities which do not
conform to the requirements of this Act are declared to be public
nuisances.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1927.)
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