Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
(a) Within one month after May 14, 1968, any person maintaining a junkyard or scrap metal processing facility lawfully in existence on October 1, 1967, which falls within the purview of section 13a-123e of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes and which is not exempt from these regulations by section 13a-123i of said supplement shall apply for a certificate of approval from the commissioner of transportation on forms furnished by said commissioner, and shall furnish with the application, a certification, on a form furnished by the said commissioner, of an official of the local authority authorized to control or regulate the use of the location, that the location is acceptable to the local authority for the use intended and that the applicant has fulfilled all the legal requirements of the local authority.
(b) After May 14, 1968, no person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or maintain a new junkyard or new scrap metal processing facility which fails within the purview of section 13a-123e of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes and which is not exempt from these regulations by virtue of section 13a-123i of said supplement, until he or it has received a certificate of approval from the commissioner of transportation. Such person, firm or corporation shall apply for such certificate on forms furnished by said commissioner, and shall furnish with the application, a certification, on a form furnished by said commissioner, of an official of the local authority authorized to control or regulate the use of the proposed location that the proposed location is acceptable to the local authority for the use intended and that the applicant has fulfilled all the legal requirements of the local authority. The applicant shall also submit a topographic plan with contour intervals of five feet shown thereon, the scale of which shall be not less than one inch equals forty feet. Unless the junkyard or scrap metal processing facility will be screened by land contour or natural objects, the plan shall also provide a design acceptable to the commissioner for screening the proposed activity from the highways where such activity would otherwise be prohibited under sections 13a-123c to 13a-123j, inclusive, of the 1969 supplement to the general statutes.
(c) After investigation of an application made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section and of the location of the existing or proposed junkyard or scrap metal processing facility for which such application was made, the commissioner of transportation shall issue a certificate of approval if he determines that such junkyard or scrap metal processing facility can be effectively controlled as required by said sections 13a-123c to 13a-123j, inclusive. If he determines that an existing junkyard or scrap metal processing facility cannot be effectively screened as so required, he shall not issue the certificate of approval but shall inform the applicant in writing that such junkyard or scrap metal processing facility must be removed on or before July 1, 1970. If he determines that a proposed junkyard or scrap metal processing facility cannot be effectively screened as required by said sections, he shall not issue the certificate of approval and shall notify the applicant of this determination.
(d) Failure of an applicant to conform to the approved plan at any time after the issuance of a certificate of approval for a new junkyard or scrap metal processing facility by the commissioner of transportation shall be cause for automatic revocation of such certificate.
(Effective May 14, 1968)