§ 136-148. Acquisition of existing junkyards where screening impractical.
§136‑148. Acquisition of existing junkyards where screening impractical.
(a) In the event thatthe Department of Transportation shall determine that screening of any existingjunkyard designated in G.S. 136‑147 hereof would be inadequate toaccomplish the purposes of this Article, the said Department of Transportationis authorized to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of such junkyard byacquiring the fee simple title, or such lesser interest in land as may benecessary, to the land upon which said junkyard is located, through purchase,gift, exchange or condemnation.
(b) The Department ofTransportation is authorized to move and relocate junk located on lands withinthe provisions of this section, and is authorized to pay the costs of suchmoving or relocation.
(c) The Department ofTransportation is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, exchange orcondemnation, fee simple title or any lesser interest in real property for thepurpose of placing and relocating the junk required to be moved under thissection or permitted by G.S. 136‑146 hereof to be removed. The Departmentof Transportation is authorized to convey in the manner provided by law for theconveyance of state‑owned property, the lands on which junk is to berelocated, to the owner of the junk with or without consideration, under suchconditions and reservations as it deems to be in the public interest.
(d) The Department ofTransportation is authorized to convey in the manner provided by law for theconveyance of state‑owned property any property acquired under theprovisions of this section, under such conditions and reservations as it deemsto be in the public interest.
(e) The Department ofTransportation upon a determination that the same is necessary for the removalof any junkyard which is prohibited by G.S. 136‑144 may acquire by gift,exchange, purchase or condemnation, the junk located on any junkyard which isacquired under this section and may acquire by gift, exchange, purchase orcondemnation the fee simple title or lesser interest in land for the purpose ofstoring said junk by the Department of Transportation and may dispose of saidjunk in any manner which is not inconsistent with this Article. (1967,c. 1198, s. 8; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)