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Van Zandt County adopts updated salvage and wrecking-yard ordinance
Summary
Commissioners adopted a rewritten salvage and wrecking-yard ordinance citing Texas Transportation Code §396.042 and aligning county rules with state codes; compliance deadlines and enforcement provisions were clarified.
Van Zandt County Commissioners Court on Wednesday adopted a rewritten salvage and wrecking-yard ordinance intended to consolidate state references and make permit requirements clearer for business owners. The ordinance, adopted under section 396.042 of the Texas Transportation Code, reorganizes definitions and pulls requirements from the Texas Government Code and the Texas Administrative Code into a single local ordinance, County staff said. County staff member Kevin Palmer, who presented the draft, said, "I Kevin Palmer did not make…
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