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Texas Transportation Code § 396.022

Location of Yard

Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards · Screening Requirements and Location

(a) A junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard may not be located:

(1) within 50 feet of the right-of-way of a public street or state highway; or

(2) within 50 feet of the nearest property line of a residence.

(b) A person may not accumulate or stack materials associated with a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard higher than eight feet above ground level.

(c) This section does not apply to a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard used only for farm equipment.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1277 (S.B. 1436), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 396.024