Texas Health & Safety Code 822.047 prohibits any Texas city or county from regulating dogs based on breed. Local breed bans against pit bulls, Rottweilers, or other breeds are unenforceable in every Texas municipality.
Under Texas Health & Safety Code Section 822.047, a county or municipality may place additional requirements on the ownership of a dangerous dog only if the requirements are not breed-specific. This means Texas cities and counties cannot ban, restrict ownership of, or impose extra rules on dogs simply because they are pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, or any other breed. Local rules must instead focus on individual dog behavior. Owners across Texas may keep any breed, though dangerous-dog laws still apply once a specific dog has bitten or attacked.
There are no breed-based violations in Texas. Local breed bans are void; enforcement focuses on individual dangerous-dog determinations and bite history.
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Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg adopts the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code by reference and requires a residential building permit for any swimming pool, with city r...
Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg requires multi-family developments to install eight-foot decorative masonry walls and limits commercial perimeter property line fences to chain lin...
Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg Sec. 1-481 prohibits fences from being built on or overhanging a property line and lets the city remove dilapidated fences at the owner's expense a...
Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg requires a residential building permit for any fence over seven feet tall, plus contractor registration; doing fence work without the proper permit...
Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg does not impose a flat residential fence height cap because it has no traditional zoning, but any fence taller than seven feet requires a residenti...
Rosenberg, TX
Rosenberg requires every property to keep weeds, grass, and brush under twelve inches tall, with limited exemptions for agricultural acreage.
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