6.__Rules.__A permit, other than a limited-term permit as described in this section,__may not be granted for an automobile graveyard or automobile recycling business that is not in compliance with all applicable provisions of the automobile dealer or recycler licensing provisions of Title 29-A, chapter 9.__ Municipal officers or county commissioners may award a limited- term permit conditioned upon an automobile graveyard's or automobile recycling business's demonstrating compliance with the provisions of Title 29-A, chapter 9 within 90 calendar days of the issuance of the municipal or county limited-term permit.

7.__Local ordinances.__This subchapter may not be construed to limit a municipality's home rule authority to enact ordinances with respect to automobile graveyards, automobile recycling businesses and junkyards that the municipality determines reasonable, including, but not limited to, ordinances concerning:

A.__Compliance with state and federal solid waste and hazardous waste regulations;

B.__Fire and traffic safety;

C.__Levels of noise that can be heard outside the premises;

D.__Distance from existing residential or institutional uses;

E.__The effect on groundwater and surface water, as long as municipal ordinances on groundwater are no less stringent than or inconsistent with rules adopted by the Department of Environmental Protection; and

F.__Best management practices for automobile graveyards, junkyards and automobile recycling businesses developed by the Department of Environmental Protection.

Municipal officers or county commissioners shall consider compliance with these local ordinances in deciding whether to grant or deny a permit for any automobile graveyard, automobile recycling business or junkyard and in attaching conditions of approval to a permit.