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Board to reference Texas Parks and Wildlife for exotic‑animal permits
Summary
Staff proposed referencing Texas Parks and Wildlife in the Alpine code so exotic‑animal permitting relies on state authority; the board discussed a local exotic‑animal business and agreed to include coordination language in the ordinance.
Staff recommended that the city’s ordinance defer to Texas Parks and Wildlife licensing where applicable so the city does not duplicate state permitting requirements for exotic animals. "So I went ahead and just plugged in what the Texas Parks and Wildlife states so that it kinda leaves us out of that," the Staff member said.
Board members discussed a local exotic‑animal operation and noted uncertainty about whether it remains active. The board agreed that referencing state permitting would allow local code to focus on public safety coordination without creating a separate exotic‑animal permitting stream in city code.
