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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="13-503" title_number="13" title_name="Other Powers of Counties -- Regulatory" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Junkyards">
  <text>The governing body of a county may adopt rules and regulations for the licensing, maintenance, and operation of junkyards in the county to:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>protect county residents from unpleasant and unwholesome conditions and neighborhoods;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>preserve the beauty and esthetic value of rural or residential areas;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>safeguard the public health and welfare;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>promote good civic design; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>promote the health, safety, morals, order, convenience, and prosperity of the community.</text>
  </level>
</section>
