19A NCAC 02E .0303      FEES

(a)  The application fee for the Application for Junkyard payment shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(b)  The Application for Junkyard Permit is available from the Division Engineer having jurisdiction in the county where the proposed or existing junkyard is located. The Application for Junkyard Permit allows an applicant to request a permit number for the establishment or continued maintenance of a junkyard in accordance with the provisions of the Junkyard Control Act, Article 12, Chapter 136 of the General Statutes of North Carolina (Junkyard Control Act). Applications for Junkyard Permits shall require the applicant to provide the following information:

(1)           applicant's name and address;

(2)           whether the junkyard is proposed or already existing;

(3)           if already existing, the date the junkyard was established;

(4)           the proposed or already existing location of the junkyard; and

(5)           certification by the applicant that approval for the proposed or already existing junkyard operations have been obtained from the owner of the real property, or the property owner's authorized agent, on which the junkyard is located or proposed to be located.

(c)  Permit numbers shall only be provided to an applicant upon payment of the application fee, and approval by the District Engineer that the junkyard is in compliance with the Junkyard Control Act. If the junkyard is proposed, meaning the Application for Junkyard Permit is to establish a junkyard, the Division Engineer will keep the application on file at the district office. Once the junkyard is in existence, the District Engineer shall approve the Application for Junkyard Permit if, upon inspection, the junkyard is found to conform to the provisions of the Junkyard Control Act.

(d)  An annual renewal of each permit shall be required to maintain junkyards within 1,000 feet of the right-of-way of interstate and federal‑aid primary highways. In December of each year, the Department will send to the permittee a renewal invoice for payment of the junkyard permit annual renewal fee. The renewal fee shall be five dollars ($5.00), due on December 15^th of each year, and paid to the District Engineer having jurisdiction. The permit shall be renewed upon payment of the annual renewal fee.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 136‑149; 136-151;

Eff. July 1, 1978;

Amended Eff. December 1, 1993;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019.