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NH Rev Stat § 236:99 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:99 - Established Junk Yards or Automotive Recycling Yards.

    236:99 Established Junk Yards or Automotive Recycling Yards. –||For the purposes of this subdivision the location of junk yards or automotive recycling yards already lawfully established are considered approved by the commissioner of transportation where located and the owner of the yard considered suitable for the issuance of a temporary license. Within 60 days from the passage of this subdivision, however, the owner shall furnish the commissioner of transportation the information as to location which is required in an application, together with the license fee, and the commissioner shall issue him a license valid until April 1, 1968, at which time the owner may apply for a renewal.|||Source. RSA 249-B:10. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:100 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:100 - Nonconforming Established Junk Yards or Automotive Recycling Yards.

    236:100 Nonconforming Established Junk Yards or Automotive Recycling Yards. –||Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision, any junk yard or automotive recycling yard in existence on October 22, 1965, which does not conform to the requirements of this subdivision and which as a practical matter cannot be screened, shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970.|||Source. RSA 249-B:11. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1992, 88:8, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:101 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:101 - Application of Other Statutes.

    236:101 Application of Other Statutes. –||If the provisions of this subdivision or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstances appear to conflict with the provisions of RSA 236:111-129 then the provisions of this subdivision shall take precedence.|||Source. RSA 249-B:12. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 1999, 288:1, eff. Sept. 14, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:102 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:102 - Public Land.

    236:102 Public Land. –||All public land or reservations of the United States, state, city, town or other political subdivision which are adjacent to any portion of the interstate and turnpike systems shall be effectively controlled in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. RSA 249-B:13. 1967, 252:1. 1971, 81:5. 1981, 87:1. 2008, 164:6, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:103 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:103 - Industrial Areas.

    236:103 Industrial Areas. –||Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision, junk yards, auto graveyards and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within areas adjacent to the interstate system and the turnpike system which are within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and which are within a zoned industrial area, or which are within an unzoned industrial area but are used for industrial activities.|||Source. RSA 249-B:14. 1967, 252:1. 1971, 81:6. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2009, 310:1, eff. Oct. 6, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:104 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:104 - Compensation.

    236:104 Compensation. –||Just compensation shall be paid the owner for the relocation, removal, or disposal of any junk yard lawfully established under state law, which is required to be removed, relocated, or disposed of pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 136. No rights to compensation accrue until a taking or removal has occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no junk yard which does not conform with the provisions of this subdivision or any rule or regulation adopted under this subdivision, shall be required to be relocated, removed or disposed of at any time if the federal share of just compensation is not available to make such payment.|||Source. RSA 249-B:15. 1967, 252:1. 1979, 146:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:105 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:105 - Acceptance of Federal Funds.

    236:105 Acceptance of Federal Funds. –||The commissioner of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, for the foregoing purposes. The commissioner is authorized to landscape, screen or acquire land or interest in land as may be required to effectively control junk yards in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision. The commissioner is further authorized to expend funds made available for these purposes.|||Source. RSA 249-B:16. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:106 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:106 - Penalty.

    236:106 Penalty. –||A person shall be guilty of a violation for each day or fraction thereof in which he is in violation of the provisions of this subdivision. All fines collected hereunder shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. 1939, 50:4. RL 165:25. RSA 249-B:17; 267:4. 1967, 252:1. 1973, 528:151; 531:77. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:107 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:107 - Injunction.

    236:107 Injunction. –||In addition to the penalty in RSA 236:106 the commissioner of transportation may obtain a mandatory injunction to end the violation.|||Source. RSA 249-B:18. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:108 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:108 - Limitation on Subdivision.

    236:108 Limitation on Subdivision. –||The provisions of this subdivision shall be declared to be null and void by the governor at any time when such action is recommended by the commissioner of transportation because the operation of said subdivision is no longer necessary (1) to comply with federal laws and regulations and such laws and regulations are supported with federal funds on a matching basis and (2) to protect the integrity of federal aid highway apportionments or (3) to insure collection of any bonus funds which may be made available to the state by the federal government in connection with this subdivision. After the date so declared by the governor, this subdivision shall not be effective.|||Source. RSA 249-B:19. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:109 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:109 - Right to Enter.

    236:109 Right to Enter. –||The commissioner of transportation or his representative at his discretion may enter a junk yard or automotive recycling yard for inspection without incurring any liability to the property owner or junk yard or automotive recycling yard owner.|||Source. RSA 249-B:20. 1971, 81:7. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:110 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:110 - Collection and Disposal of Recycling Vehicles.

    236:110 Collection and Disposal of Recycling Vehicles. –||Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision, the commissioner of transportation or his representative is authorized to collect and dispose of individual recycling motor vehicles from private lands adjacent to and in view of any federal aid highway, provided that owners agree to such collection and disposal and further agree that in the future no other recycling vehicles will be placed in the view of the traveled way, and providing that federal funds are or become available for this purpose.|||Source. RSA 249-B:21. 1973, 38:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:111 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:111 - Purposes.

    236:111 Purposes. –||This subdivision is adopted under the police power of the state to conserve and safeguard the public safety, health, morals, and welfare, and to further the economic growth and stability of the people of the state through encouragement to the development of the tourist industry within the state. A clean, wholesome, attractive environment is declared to be of importance to the health and safety of the inhabitants and the safeguarding of their material rights against unwarrantable invasion. In addition, such an environment is considered essential to the maintenance and continued development of the tourist and recreational industry which is hereby declared to be of significant and proven importance to the economy of the state and the general welfare of its citizens. At the same time, it is recognized that the maintenance of junk yards as defined in this subdivision, is a useful and necessary business and ought to be encouraged when not in conflict with the express purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. RSA 267-A:1. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1999, 288:2. 2002, 27:1, eff. July 1, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:111-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:111-a - Scope.

    236:111-a Scope. –||I. Except as provided by paragraphs II and III, the provisions of this subdivision shall apply to all junk yards, as defined by RSA 236:112, I, including those approved under RSA 149-M and those subject to regulation under RSA 236:90-110.||II. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any junk yard that is also a type of solid waste management facility listed below and approved under RSA 149-M, including any such solid waste management facility approved prior to May 1, 1989:||(a) Landfills;||(b) Incinerators and other processing or treatment facilities, not including automotive recycling yards; and||(c) Transfer stations that collect, store, and transfer municipal solid waste, whether or not they also collect:||(1) Source separated waste derived from motor vehicles, such as tires, lead acid batteries, or used oil; and/or||(2) Common household or commercial machinery, such as appliances, office equipment, or lawn mowers.||III. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any noncommercial antique motor vehicle restoration activities involving antique motor vehicles over 25 years old, where the owner or lessee demonstrates that each of the following requirements are met:||(a) All antique motor vehicles kept on the premises are owned by the property owner or lessee; and||(b) All antique motor vehicles and parts of antique motor vehicles are kept out of view of the public and abutters by means of storage inside a permanent structure, or by suitable fencing which complies with the fencing requirements of RSA 236:123, or by trees or shrubbery sufficient to block visual access year round; and||(c) Any combination of antique motor vehicles or parts of antique motor vehicles that are not stored inside a permanent structure shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this section and shall not exceed a total amount of 5 vehicles. For purposes of this section, the sum of the parts of antique motor vehicles that equal in bulk to one antique motor vehicle shall be counted as one antique motor vehicle; and||(d) All mechanical repairs and modifications are performed out of view of the public and abutters; and||(e) Not more than one unregistered and uninspected motor vehicle that is not over 25 years old shall be kept on the premises; and||(f) The use of the premises is in compliance with all municipal land use ordinances and regulations.|||Source. 1989, 95:1. 2002, 27:2, eff. July 1, 2002; 228:1, 2, eff. July 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:113 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:113 - Minimum Area Waiver Authorized.

    236:113 Minimum Area Waiver Authorized. –||The director of motor vehicles may in his discretion and after a public hearing waive the minimum 1200 square foot requirement specified in RSA 236:112, V(a) and (b).|||Source. RSA 267-A:2-a. 1975, 121:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:114 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:114 - Requirement for Operation or Maintenance.

    236:114 Requirement for Operation or Maintenance. –||A person shall not operate, establish, or maintain a junk yard or machinery junk yard until he (1) has obtained a license to operate a junk yard business and (2) has obtained a certificate of approval for the location of the junk yard.|||Source. RSA 267-A:3. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:115 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:115 - Application for License and Certificate of Approval.

    236:115 Application for License and Certificate of Approval. –||Application for the license and the certificate of approved location shall be made in writing to the local governing body of the municipality where it is proposed to locate the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In municipalities having a zoning ordinance and a zoning board of adjustment, the application must be accompanied by a certificate from the board of adjustment that the proposed location is not within an established district restricted against such uses or otherwise contrary to the prohibitions of the zoning ordinance. The application shall include:||I. A description of the land to be included within the junk yard or automotive recycling yard, by reference to so-called permanent boundary markers.||II. Certification of compliance with best management practices established by the department of environmental services, for applications to establish automotive recycling yards and motor vehicle junk yards.|||Source. RSA 267-A:4. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:8. 1992, 88:12. 2006, 100:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:116 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:116 - Time of Hearing.

    236:116 Time of Hearing. –||A hearing on the application shall be held within the municipality not less than 2 nor more than 4 weeks from the date of the receipt of the application by the local governing body. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given in the application and the notice shall be published once in a newspaper having a circulation within the municipality, which publication shall be not less than 7 days before the date of the hearing.|||Source. RSA 267-A:5. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:9, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:117 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:117 - License Requirements.

    236:117 License Requirements. –||At the time and place set for hearing, the local governing body shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for a license to operate, establish, or maintain the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passing upon the application, it shall take into account the suitability of the applicant with reference to his ability to comply with the fencing requirements or other reasonable regulations concerning the proposed junk yard or automotive recycling yard, to any record of convictions for any type of larceny or receiving of stolen goods, and to any other matter within the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. RSA 267-A:6. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:10. 1992, 88:13, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:118 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:118 - Location Requirements.

    236:118 Location Requirements. –||I. At the time and place set for hearing, the local governing body shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for certificate of approval for the location of the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passing upon the application, after proof of legal ownership or right to the use of the property by the applicant for the license period, it shall take into account the nature and development of surrounding property, such as the proximity of churches, schools, hospitals, public buildings or other places of public gatherings; and whether or not the use of that proposed location can be reasonably prevented from affecting the public health, safety, or morals by reason of offensive or unhealthy odors or smoke, or of other causes.||II. In no case may a license be granted for a new junk yard or automotive recycling yard located less than 1,000 feet from the right-of-way lines of an interstate highway.||III. Unless a lesser setback is allowed by local zoning ordinance, or an ordinance adopted pursuant to paragraph IV, in no case may a license be granted for a new junk yard or automotive recycling yard located:||(a) Less than 660 feet from the right-of-way lines of a non-interstate class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highway; or||(b) Less than 300 feet from the right-of-way lines of class IV, class V, and class VI highways.||IV. In a municipality that has not enacted a zoning ordinance, the local governing body may adopt an ordinance establishing lesser setback requirements than those established in paragraph III.|||Source. RSA 267-A:7. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:11. 1992, 265:182; 265:21. 2008, 164:7, eff. Aug. 5, 2008. 2012, 108:1, eff. July 28, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:119 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:119 - Nuisance.

    236:119 Nuisance. –||Any junk yard or machinery junk yard located or maintained in violation of the provisions of this subdivision is hereby declared a nuisance, and the same may be abated on complaint of any prosecuting officer as provided in RSA 236:128.|||Source. 1939, 50:3. RL 165:24. RSA 267:3. 1955, 275:1, par. 24. 1981, 87:1. 2003, 118:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:120 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:120 - Aesthetic Considerations.

    236:120 Aesthetic Considerations. –||At the hearing regarding location of the junk yard or automotive recycling yard, the local governing body may also take into account the clean, wholesome, and attractive environment which has been declared to be of vital importance to the continued stability and development of the tourist and recreational industry of the state and the general welfare of its citizens by considering whether or not the use of the proposed location can be reasonably prevented from having an unfavorable effect thereon. In this connection the local governing body may consider collectively the type of road servicing the junk yard or automotive recycling yard or from which the junk yard or automotive recycling yard may be seen, the natural or artificial barriers protecting the junk yard or automotive recycling yard from view, the proximity of the proposed junk yard or automotive recycling yard to established tourist and recreational areas or main access routes thereto, as well as the reasonable availability of other suitable sites for the junk yard or automotive recycling yard.|||Source. RSA 267-A:8. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:12. 1992, 88:15, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:121 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:121 - Grant or Denial of Application; Renewal; Appeal.

    236:121 Grant or Denial of Application;  Renewal;  Appeal. –||I. After the hearing the local governing body shall, within 2 weeks, make a finding as to whether or not the application should be granted, giving notice of their finding to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given on the application. If approved, the license, including the certificate of approved location, shall be forthwith issued to remain in effect until the following July 1. Approval is personal to the applicant and is not assignable.||II. Licenses shall be renewed thereafter upon payment of the annual license fee without a hearing, if all provisions of this subdivision are complied with during the license period, if the junk yard does not become a public nuisance under the common law or is not a nuisance under RSA 236:119, and if the applicant is not convicted of any type of larceny or of receiving stolen goods. In addition, applications to renew a license to operate an automotive recycling yard or motor vehicle junk yard shall include certification of compliance with best management practices established by the department of environmental services for the automobile salvage industry.||III. A writ of certiorari lies from the denial of the application to the superior court of the county in which the proposed location is situated.|||Source. RSA 267-A:9. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 103:13. 2006, 100:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007. 2009, 120:1, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:122 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:122 - License Fees.

    236:122 License Fees. –||The annual license fee is not more than $250 to be paid at the time the application is made and annually thereafter in the event of renewal. If the application is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant.|||Source. RSA 267-A:10. 1965, 372:1. 1981, 87:1. 2006, 71:1, eff. April 25, 2006.|