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Rowan County moves to update hazardous-materials ordinance and adopts fire-code language change
Summary
County staff requested and the commissioners approved updates to the hazardous-materials ordinance and adopted a fire-code text amendment to tie county code to the current state fire code rather than a 2006 edition; a public hearing was set for the hazardous-materials revisions.
Rowan County commissioners on Jan. 20 approved updates to two local ordinances: a hazardous-materials ordinance correction and a text amendment to the county fire code.
TJ, a county staff member, told the board the hazardous-materials ordinance adopted in 2025 contained duplicative or inconsistent language that needs removal so the county can clearly establish authority and procedures to recover hazardous-material response and cleanup…
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