HACKENSACK - After issues recently were raised about a Pine River area salvage operation, Cass County Board voted Tuesday to ask Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie to draft an ordinance to enable the county to license salvage yards.
A committee of the board consisting of Commissioners Bob Kangas and Jeff Peterson recently reviewed a variety of methods other counties use to regulate salvage yards before recommending this action to the board, including Crow Wing County's salvage yard ordinance.
Licensing salvage yards appeared to be a more effective tool than using Cass' existing land use ordinance or other solid waste control methods, the committee concluded.
By licensing salvage yards, counties also may collect a license fee to cover monitoring costs.
The same commissioner committee also recommended and the board approved Tuesday referring two zoning issues to the planning commission for its recommendations to the county board.
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