{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-14.2-8","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14.2-8","heading":"Requirements.","body":"No new license shall be granted under the provisions of this chapter unless:\n(1) The applicant shall have complied with and obtained a license under the licensing ordinances enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 5-21-1 entitled “second-hand dealers.”\n(2) If the applicant proposes to establish an automobile wrecking yard in a municipality not issuing licenses under the provisions of chapter 21 of title 5, the location must be:\n(i) More than one thousand feet (1,000′) from the nearest edge of any highway on the interstate or primary system;\n(ii) More than six hundred feet (600′) from any other state highway;\n(iii) More than three hundred feet (300′) from any park, bathing beach, playground, school, church, or cemetery and not within view therefrom;\n(iv) Screened from view and enclosed by a properly maintained fence at least six feet (6′) high except where a natural barrier provides appropriate screening; and\n(v) In size amounting to at least two (2) acres of land and shall be one contiguous lot.\n(3) A description of the land upon which the location intended to be licensed in accordance with subsection (2) shall be made available to the department by a surveyor’s survey plan, a city or town assessor’s map, or an aerial cartographic chart reflecting the area.","path":["Title 42 State Affairs and Government","Chapter 14.2 Department of Business Regulation — Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE42/42-14.2/42-14.2-8.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:44Z","sha256":"4ed55fa43c798baa00d5a9697e341af3cbade3d2c281b182cbb2e55dbabbc8b4","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-14.2-7","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-14.2-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}