Conroe, TX

Conroe runs a year-round odd-even watering schedule from May 1 through October 31 under Code of Ordinances section 70-42, even with no drought declared. Odd-numbered addresses water…

Conroe requires a permit before cutting down any protected tree, defined as six inches or more in trunk diameter, anywhere in the city limits. A standard removal permit covers up to…

Conroe bans weeds, brush, or grass taller than 12 inches when the growth is visible from a public place and within 100 feet of a residence, public building, or commercial property…

Conroe requires at least ten feet of clearance between a sidewalk and any overhanging tree, shrub or vine, and at least twelve feet of clearance over any street or highway. Property…

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Texas under TX Water Code Section 11.012. Conroe has no local restrictions on rain barrels or cisterns. The city's water conservation…

Conroe requires landscaping for new development under Chapter 102 (Vegetation). Mandatory buffer zones require a minimum density of 1 tree every 50 feet. Newly planted trees must be…

Conroe does not have a specific ordinance prohibiting or regulating artificial turf on residential properties. The city's vegetation ordinance (Chapter 102) focuses on tree…

Conroe's Fire Code amendment bans burning trash, leaves, weeds, grass or lumber anywhere in the city outside an approved container or incinerator. A one-time permit lets a property…

Outdoor burning is illegal inside Conroe city limits. Conroe Code Ch. 30 prohibits burning rubbish, trash, leaves, weeds, lumber, or other combustibles. Recreational backyard fires and…

Fireworks are completely banned within Conroe city limits under Chapter 30. Possession, sale, and use are all prohibited. Violations carry fines up to $2,000 and firework confiscation.

Conroe is located in the East Texas Piney Woods region with elevated wildfire risk. The city adopted the 2009 International Fire Code. No specific wildfire-urban interface (WUI)…

Conroe requires smoke detectors per the adopted International Residential Code (IRC 2012) and International Fire Code (IFC 2009). Detectors are required in each sleeping room, outside…

Selling, transporting, dispensing, or storing propane (LP-gas) in Texas requires a license from the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code Chapter 113. Only the…

Conroe makes it unlawful to run a car radio, stereo, or other amplified device mounted in or on a motor vehicle so as to create a sound nuisance. A vehicle sound source exceeding the…

Conroe Code Chapter 26 prohibits unreasonable noise that disturbs neighbors. No specific decibel limits are codified, but nuisance noise is enforceable as a public nuisance under Sec…

Conroe does not codify specific construction hours but noise from construction must not constitute a nuisance under Chapter 26. All construction requires permits submitted via the…

Conroe Chapter 10 (Animals) and Chapter 26 (Nuisances) address barking dogs. Persistent barking that disturbs neighbors constitutes a nuisance. Animal Control and Code Enforcement both…

Conroe has no specific leaf blower ordinance. Leaf blower use is subject to general nuisance noise provisions under Chapter 26, Sec. 26-33. No ban on gas-powered models exists.

Amplified music that constitutes a nuisance is prohibited under Conroe Chapter 26, Sec. 26-33. Outdoor events with amplified sound may require a city permit. No specific decibel…

Conroe regulates nuisance noise under Chapter 26 (Environment). Because Conroe has no zoning, industrial and residential uses may be adjacent. The general nuisance provisions of Sec…

Conroe caps stops in marked loading zones under Code of Ordinances section 66-65. Passenger curb loading zones allow three minutes for pickup or drop-off, extended to 15 minutes at…

Conroe bars parking a recreational vehicle, boat trailer, truck tractor or vehicle over one ton on any city street for more than 24 hours, though on-call utility and emergency vehicles…

Conroe requires off-street residential parking spaces to sit on an asphalt or concrete surface with a paved driveway connection, under Code of Ordinances Chapter 86. Residential…

Commercial trucks, vans, and trailers are prohibited from storage on residential streets in Conroe under Sec. 66-62. Only a single pickup truck not exceeding one-ton capacity is…

Conroe Chapter 66 regulates street parking. Oversized vehicles (6+ wheels, RVs, trailers) require a police department permit on residential streets. Junked vehicles on public property…

Conroe does not have a blanket overnight parking ban, but oversized vehicles (6+ wheels, RVs, trailers) on residential streets require a police department permit under Sec. 66-62…

Conroe Sec. 26-81 defines junked vehicles as inoperable for 30+ days on private property or 72+ hours on public property. Vehicles screened by a privacy fence or enclosed in a garage…

Texas Occupations Code chapter 2308 sets the statewide rules for nonconsent towing and vehicle booting. A vehicle owner has 14 business days to demand a hearing in the justice court…

Conroe imposes no minimum or maximum night caps on short-term rentals. Stays of fewer than 30 consecutive days simply trigger Hotel Occupancy Tax under Conroe Code Ch. 62 and Tex. Tax…

Conroe has no dedicated short-term rental registration or permit ordinance. Because Conroe has no zoning code, STRs are not restricted by residential zoning. Operators must still…

STR guests in Conroe are subject to the same nuisance noise provisions under Chapter 26 as permanent residents. No separate STR-specific noise rules exist.

STR guests in Conroe must comply with Chapter 66 parking rules. RVs and oversized vehicles require a police department permit to park on residential streets under Sec. 66-62.

Conroe has no local insurance requirements for short-term rental operators. Standard homeowner insurance and platform-provided coverage apply. Texas does not mandate STR-specific…

Conroe has no local ordinance setting occupancy limits for short-term rentals. Standard fire code occupancy limits under the International Building Code apply. Deed restrictions may…

Texas imposes a 6% state hotel occupancy tax (HOT) on STR gross receipts. Montgomery County imposes an additional county HOT. Total combined state and county HOT applies to short-term…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 14-341 adopts the 1999 Standard Swimming Pool Code to govern residential and public pool construction, including its own fees, permits, and penalties…

Pool safety in Conroe is governed by TX HSC Section 757, Chapter 14 building codes, and the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code 2018. Drain safety, electrical grounding, and…

Conroe has no zoning code, so fence height limits are governed by building codes and deed restrictions rather than citywide zoning. Standard practice allows up to 6 feet in rear/side…

Conroe regulates fencing through Chapter 14 (Building and Building Regulations), Article XI (Accessory Structures). Fence materials must comply with adopted building code standards…

Texas common law governs fence disputes between neighbors in unincorporated areas. The Texas Good Neighbor Fence Law (TX Agric. Code §74.001) applies to agricultural fences. HOA deed…

Conroe has no zoning code, but Chapter 10 sets real rules: chickens must be confined, fowl lots need four square feet per bird and must sit 20 feet from any adjoining residence. Hogs…

Conroe Chapter 10 requires dogs to be under restraint when off the owner's property. Dogs running at large are subject to impoundment and citations. Montgomery County Animal Services…

Texas law bars Conroe from banning or restricting dogs by breed. Instead the city regulates individual dogs its animal control authority formally declares dangerous under Chapter 822…

Montgomery County has a Wild and Dangerous Animal Ordinance enforced by MCAS. State law (TX HSC Chapter 822, Subchapter E) regulates dangerous wild animals including lions, tigers…

Conroe has no specific beekeeping ordinance. Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 131 governs beekeeping statewide. No city ban exists, but nuisance rules apply under Ch. 26. Deed…

Texas has no standalone hoarding statute; officers use Health & Safety Code Chapter 821 to seize animals deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, and a court can divest the owner…

Texas lets hunters bait and feed game animals, including deer, on private property statewide. Baiting is unlawful on most public land, for wild turkey in the East Zone, and for all…

Conroe Chapter 90 (Signs) governs all business signage. Sign permits are required for most permanent signs. Residential properties are subject to size and lighting restrictions.

Home daycares in Conroe are regulated by Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) licensing, not by city zoning since Conroe has no zoning code. Licensed homes may care for up…

Texas Cottage Food Law (H&S Code §437.001) allows home-made non-potentially-hazardous food sold directly to consumers up to $50,000/year. CBD/THC products banned. Proper labeling and…

Texas treats tiny homes by construction: foundation-built follow IRC Appendix Q (400 sq ft), THOWs are RVs under TX Manufactured Housing Act. Montgomery County cannot zone; Conroe…

Conroe cannot run red-light cameras. Texas outlawed photographic traffic-signal enforcement statewide in 2019, stripping every local authority, including this home-rule city, of the…

Texas lets golf carts onto public roads in four defined situations rather than by general permission: inside a platted master planned community, on a beach open to vehicular traffic…

Conroe collects yard waste that fits in the standard cart with regular refuse, and picks up bulky yard debris like tree branches once a week as bulky waste. Woody brush must be bundled…

Conroe picks up residential garbage and recycling together on the same single day each week, with the city divided into collection zones that each have an assigned day. A holiday skips…

Conroe bars any commercial dumpster or roll-off container from being visible from a public street or adjacent residential property. Owners can satisfy this six-foot opaque screening…

Every Conroe solid waste customer gets a city recycling cart, and it is unlawful to put anything other than the approved recyclable materials into it. The city's finance director keeps…

Conroe residents may not put a collection cart at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before pickup, and must remove it by noon the day after. Between collections the cart must be stored…

Conroe's general penalty statute singles out dumping of refuse for its harshest fine tier: violations touching fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including illegal…

Conroe contracts with Frontier Waste Solutions for weekly garbage and recycling collection. Residents receive 95-gallon carts for trash (green lid) and recycling (yellow lid). Carts…

Conroe provides monthly bulk and brush collection through Frontier Waste Solutions. Residents must schedule pickup at least 2 business days in advance. The limit is 8 cubic yards per…

Conroe bars sitting, lying down or sleeping outdoors on a public sidewalk or street right-of-way, but only after a law enforcement officer has already warned the person the conduct…

Conroe makes it an offense to camp in any public area, streets, parks, drainage easements or common areas, unless it's a parks-department-designated spot or a permitted commercial…

Conroe's subdivision code sets a single citywide setback standard rather than zoning-district tables: a 25-foot front yard, 5-foot interior side yard, and 10-foot rear yard apply…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 14-492 allows reclaimed water in landscape irrigation only under strict conditions: no contact with unpasteurized edible crops, no spray across property…

Conroe requires owners of any private line, hydrant or irrigation system tied to the municipal water supply to fix leaks once notified, under Code of Ordinances section 70-41. Miss the…

Conroe bans aggressive panhandling citywide and flatly bars any solicitation within 25 feet of a bank entrance or ATM, at marked crosswalks, on school blocks, or on a sidewalk cafe or…

Conroe bars skateboards and similar toy vehicles from roadways posted above 30 mph and from Davis, Philips and Frazier streets outright, bans them where signs say so, and lets a…

Conroe makes it an offense to loiter in a public place with intent to commit a drug crime, but officers must first give the person a chance to explain before making an arrest under the…

Conroe bans smoking within 20 feet of restaurant patios, playgrounds, transit stops, bleachers and building entrances, and outright inside every city park. The rule reaches far past…

Conroe makes it unlawful to possess an open container or publicly consume alcohol outdoors anywhere inside the Central Business District, bounded by Frazier, Phillips, San Jacinto…

Conroe makes it an offense to urinate or defecate on any public street, sidewalk, park, building or in public view anywhere in the city. Being inside a restroom is the only affirmative…

Conroe requires a city stormwater permit and an engineer-prepared stormwater quality plan before any construction disturbing one acre or more can begin. Illicit discharges into the…

New residential construction and substantial improvements in Conroe's FEMA special flood hazard areas must elevate the lowest floor, including any basement, to at least one foot above…

Conroe requires grading and drainage permits for construction projects through the Engineering Department. Stormwater must not be redirected onto neighboring properties. Floodplain…

Conroe requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, fill or alteration in a special flood hazard area, under Code of Ordinances section 78-38. The floodplain…

Texas prohibits damaging, destroying, or removing a sand dune or its vegetation seaward of a dune protection line or within a critical dune area unless a permit authorizes the work…

Conroe puts the duty on the owner, tenant or lessee to keep the sidewalk, parkway and alleyway abutting their property clean and free of weeds, trash and debris, and treats a failure…

An owner whose property abuts a Conroe easement or right-of-way can get a permit for minor private encroachments like paving or parking pads, but the city takes no liability for them…

Conroe's code makes it unlawful to place goods, boxes, containers, dispensers or signs on any city street, alley or sidewalk, and it separately makes the person occupying the abutting…

Conroe defines a 'street festival' as a nonprofit-sponsored event of 50 or more people held partly in a street where peddling, hawking or food vending occurs, and exempts those vendors…

Conroe requires a permit from the director of parks and recreation before any assembly, speech, musical program or festival takes place in a city park, center or playground. The sworn…

No one may stage or join a parade in Conroe without a permit from the department of community development, under Code of Ordinances Article V. Applications must be filed 10 to 180 days…

A Conroe restaurant or bar serving food or alcohol for on-site consumption needs an annual sidewalk cafe license from the director of community development before setting tables on a…

Conroe parks and playgrounds are open daily only from dawn to dusk. Anyone other than city personnel on official business who is present in a park after closing is committing a…

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

Conroe bars peddlers, hawkers, solicitors and canvassers from residential doorsteps before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. (or sunset, if earlier), from ignoring posted 'No Soliciting'…

Conroe regulates door-to-door solicitors and peddlers through its Code of Ordinances. Texas Local Government Code Section 215.031 grants cities authority to license and regulate…

Conroe levies its own 7 percent hotel occupancy tax on room charges of $2.00 or more per day, and its broad definition of "hotel" sweeps in tourist homes and bed and breakfasts, so…

Conroe requires anyone buying scrap metal or wiring from the public to hold a police-issued metal recycling license, post a $5,000 bond, buy from the public only between 8:00 a.m. and…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 18-1 requires every tattoo artist and body piercer regulated under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 146 to check a client's government-issued photo ID…

Conroe requires a sexually oriented business permit for every adult enterprise and bars any location within 1,500 feet of a home, school, church, park, day care, hospital, or public…

Anyone selling e-cigarettes to Texas consumers must hold an e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, obtained for each place of business under Health and Safety Code…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 14-281 adopts the 2009 International Plumbing Code, with all appendices, as the city's plumbing code, governing every plumbing system's design…

Conroe requires a building permit before any construction begins. The city's building inspection department issues the permit, and Section 14-33 is explicit that no work may commence…

Conroe adopts the National Electrical Code, as administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, as its electrical construction code, and Code of Ordinances § 14-251…

Conroe caps digital LED sign faces at 150 square feet and imposes strict operating standards on any face over 36 square feet, including an eight-second minimum static display and a…

Inside Conroe's downtown sign district, a window sign painted or affixed to or behind glass may cover no more than 50 percent of the window's area. The district runs from Frazier…

Conroe regulates signs under Chapter 90. Garage sale signs placed on public property or right-of-way are prohibited under both Chapter 90 and Texas Transportation Code Chapter 393…

Conroe does not impose specific restrictions on residential holiday displays beyond general sign ordinance provisions in Chapter 90. Holiday decorations on private residential property…

Political signs in Conroe are protected under Texas Election Code Section 259.001, which prohibits cities from restricting political signs on private property within 90 days of an…

Conroe makes it a nuisance offense to let stagnant water, holes or unsanitary conditions accumulate on real property if they're likely to harbor mosquitoes, rodents, vermin or…

Conroe food trucks and sidewalk food vendors must carry a Texas DSHS mobile food vendor license as of July 1, 2026. The old City of Conroe and Montgomery County health permits no…

Conroe confines mobile food courts to private property outside any public right-of-way and layers on site standards: paved pads, ten feet of separation between units, a fire lane…

Conroe requires food truck operators to comply with Code Sections 18-131 through 18-236 for mobile vending. Operators must also obtain a Montgomery County Health District food service…

Conroe defines a heritage tree as a healthy tree of 28-inch diameter or more, or a Texas Big Tree Registry-qualifying native species, and gives it the strongest protection in the tree…

Solar panel installations in Conroe require electrical and building permits under Chapter 14. The adopted NEC 2023 governs solar PV system electrical requirements. Texas law restricts…

Texas Property Code §202.010 protects solar installations from HOA bans in Montgomery County. The Woodlands RDRC may require placement adjustments but cannot prohibit solar outright…

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. Only three licensed Compassionate Use Program dispensaries exist statewide. Conroe has no zoning code but the state prohibition…

Home cannabis cultivation is illegal throughout Montgomery County and Texas. Growing any amount is a state felony under Health & Safety Code §481.120. Only CBD under Compassionate Use…

Rent control is prohibited in Texas by state law (TX Property Code Section 214.902). Conroe landlords may raise rent by any amount with proper notice. No local rent stabilization…

Texas has no just-cause eviction requirement. Montgomery County landlords may terminate month-to-month leases without cause on 30 days' written notice per Property Code §91.001…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.052 a landlord must make a diligent effort to repair conditions that materially affect an ordinary tenant's health or safety after proper notice. Section…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas places no statutory limit on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. However, the landlord must refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant surrenders the…

In Texas a squatter can claim title only through adverse possession, with periods that shorten as the claim strengthens: 3 years under title or color of title (§ 16.024), 5 years with…

Conroe Sec. 26-33 prohibits accumulation of garbage, rubbish, appliances, furniture, and tires unless entirely enclosed. Property blight visible from public areas is a public nuisance…

Vacant lots in Conroe must comply with Sec. 26-33 weed and brush clearance requirements. Vegetation exceeding 12 inches within 100 feet of neighboring structures is a public nuisance…

Conroe limits residential garage sales to one per year per residence. Each sale may not exceed 72 consecutive hours (3 days). A permit is required for each sale from the Permits…

Conroe does not have a local drone ordinance. Texas state law prohibits municipalities from adopting drone regulations. Recreational drone flyers must pass the FAA TRUST test and…

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 expressly preempts municipal and county minimum wage ordinances. The state minimum wage equals the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, and political…

Texas appellate courts have struck down municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio as preempted under the Texas Minimum Wage Act. HB 2127 (2023) further…

Texas authorizes License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns statewide under Government Code Chapter 411. Since 2021, permitless constitutional carry under HB 1927 also…

Texas Local Government Code Section 229.001 broadly preempts municipal regulation of firearms, ammunition, knives, and related accessories. Cities cannot adopt or enforce ordinances…

Texas authorizes open carry of holstered handguns statewide for adults 21 and older under Penal Code 46.02 and HB 910 (2015). Long guns may be openly carried subject to disorderly…

Texas Penal Code 46.02(a-1) lets any non-prohibited adult carry a handgun inside a personally-owned or leased motor vehicle or watercraft without a License to Carry. Since HB 1927…

Texas nonprofits can conduct bingo only under a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which absorbed the Texas Lottery Commission's charitable bingo program on…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

Texas Penal Code § 47.02(a) makes betting at cards, dice, or any game of chance a Class C misdemeanor. Section 47.02(b) supplies a defense: gambling that happens in a private place…

Texas licenses no retail sportsbook and no betting app. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game, contest, or a player's performance is a criminal offense under Penal Code §…

Under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, unpaid assessments become a lien (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0094), but a Texas HOA may not foreclose that lien without first…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs residential subdivision homeowners associations, not condominium associations and not associations that are themselves subject to the Public…

A Texas HOA enforces its recorded restrictive covenants (Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 202), but Chapter 209 controls the procedure: § 209.006 requires certified-mail notice and a cure…

Property Code Section 202.007 voids any homeowners association rule that bans drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving natural turf, and Section 202.008 bars fines for a brown…

Texas Property Code section 202.012 stops homeowners associations from banning display of the U.S. flag, the Texas flag, or an official U.S. armed forces flag. An association can…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

A Texas property owners' association cannot sell your home at a trustee's sale the way a mortgage lender can. Tex. Prop. Code Section 209.0092 requires the association to obtain a…

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

The Texas Legislature has authorized exactly one vehicle checkpoint program, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. Government Code Section 411.0095 lets the Department of Public…

Texas has never enacted an express statutory right to film police, so the legal boundary for a bystander with a phone is set by the offense of Interference with Public Duties, Texas…

Texas Penal Code Section 38.02 makes it a crime to refuse your name, residence address, or date of birth only after a peace officer has already lawfully arrested you. Being detained on…

No Texas statute obliges a driver to consent to a vehicle search, and none requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What Texas law does require is a paper trail: Article…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 212 and Agriculture Code Chapter 251 limit municipal authority to zone or regulate land qualified for agricultural use appraisal. Counties have no…

The Texas Right to Farm Act, Agriculture Code Chapter 251, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and local regulations after one year of operation. HB…

The Texas Supreme Court in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) held that Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 preempts municipal plastic bag bans. Cities and…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 161 sets the minimum age for purchasing or possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products at 21 statewide, aligned with federal Tobacco 21. Active…

Texas regulates extra lighting by color, count, height and aim rather than by naming underglow. Transportation Code Section 547.305 bars any lamp showing red from directly in front of…

Texas grants no square inches of windshield to a camera. Transportation Code Section 547.613(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor to operate a vehicle with an object or material placed on or…

Texas banned motorcycle lane splitting in plain words on September 1, 2023. Transportation Code Section 545.0605(a)(3)(B), added by House Bill 4122 of the 88th Legislature, says the…

Texas outlaws license plate covers in Transportation Code Section 504.945(a)(7), which makes it an offense to display a plate carrying a coating, covering, protective substance or…

Texas does not prohibit owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. The one radar offense in the vehicle equipment chapter, Transportation Code Section…

Texas is one of the states that never wrote a studded tire calendar. Transportation Code Section 547.612(c) is the whole of the law: a tire on a moving vehicle may not carry a block…

Texas allows film down to 25 percent light transmission on both front side windows and on the windshield strip, with a matching ceiling of 25 percent luminous reflectance, and it sets…