Texas Administrative Code
Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION
Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 21 - RIGHT OF WAY
Subchapter H - CONTROL AND SCREENING OF JUNKYARDS AND AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARDS
Section 21.133 - Screening Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
Junkyards and automobile graveyards which are required to be screened by the owner under the provisions of the Highway Beautification Act shall be screened as hereinafter provided.
(1) Before any screening is commenced, the plans and specifications therefor shall first be submitted by the owner of the junkyard to, and approved by, the district engineer of the department who serves the county in which such screening is to be placed.
(2) Such screening shall be located outside the highway right-of-way in such manner as not to interfere in any way with traffic along any highway or roadway.
(3) Such screening may be accomplished by means of earthen berms, plantings, fences, walls, or other durable materials provided they are effective in blocking the view of such junkyard or automobile graveyard from the motoring public traveling in a standard size automobile along the main traveled way of the controlled highway. The height and density of such screening shall be such as to effectively block such view at all times.
(4) Such screening shall be so designed and landscaped as to cause the junkyard or automobile graveyard area to be inconspicuous and pleasing to the motoring public in accordance with the purposes of the Highway Beautification Act.
