Section 290-RICR-30-00-3.5 - Responsibility for Screening and FencingA. Junkyards established subsequent to May 6, 1966, or if later, the date on which the highway became part of the Interstate or Federal-aid primary system of highways, and located in areas subject to control by the Act and as contained in this Part must provide for adequate screening located off the highway right-of-way and at the expense of the person owning the junkyard. Screening must be of a type approved by the Department. Those junkyards that cannot be adequately screened shall be relocated at owner's expense.B. The owner or owners or any junkyard or scrap processing facility shall submit a plan drawn to scale indicating how screening is to be accomplished. Such plan shall show the construction details of the screening to be used. When fencing is used alone or in combination with plant material, the results shall provide immediate screening. When planting is used along or in combination with an earthen embankment, the number, type, size and spacing of the plants shall be capable of screening the junk entirely from view. The ability of the proposed plant material to accomplish this goal shall be judged by the Department.C. The screening shall be located on the owner's land and not on any part of the highway right-of-way.D. The screen shall be in place prior to the time the junk is deposited.E. At no time after the screen is established shall the junk be stacked high enough to be visible above the screen. No junk shall be placed outside of the screened area.F. Fences must be located in such a manner as to not be hazardous to the traveling public.G. The construction of fences shall be uniform and no patchwork type of construction shall be permitted.H. Fences shall be painted where the composition is such that painting is required. The paint used shall be of such color so as to blend into the environs of the highway right-of-way.290 R.I. Code R. 290-RICR-30-00-3.5