Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 177.910 (2026)

Unauthorized recyclers prohibited

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No person shall operate or cause to be operated any automobile, vehicle, machinery or material recycling establishment or place of business which is situated closer than one thousand (1,000) feet from the right-of-way line of any road unless a permit for such operation shall have been obtained from the department. The operation of any automobile, vehicle, machinery or material recycling establishment or place of business so situated without a permit is hereby declared to be a public nuisance. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 114, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 74, Art. IV, sec. 20(1). -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 162, sec. 2. -- Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 249, sec. 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2022 · leading case: Dawson v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Highways, 622 S.W.2d 212 (Ky. 1981).

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Dawson v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp., Bureau of Highways, 622 S.W.2d 212 (Ky. 1981). · cites it 7× “The issue involves the construction and constitutionality of KRS 177.910. The trial court upheld the constitutionality of the statute and its application to automobile and truck recyclers only in existence at the time of the passage of the Act, but declared that the permit and…”

Iles v. Commonwealth, Energy & Env't Cabinet, 320 S.W.3d 107 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010). “The DOT action sought to enforce KRS 177.910 and KRS 177.915, which forbid operation of a recycling establishment within one thousand feet of a right of way without proper screening.”

Stuff Props. v. winchester/clark Cnty. Bd. of Adjustments (Ky. Ct. App. 2022). “905(4) while being required by KRS 177.910 and 177.915 to be 100% screened from public view from any roadway.”

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