5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Brazoria County, Texas.
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Brazoria County sets no ordinance on trash-can appearance or storage in unincorporated areas. But accumulating uncontained rubbish, junk, and refuse can be a public nuisance under Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343. Inside cities, the municipal solid-waste code sets specific container rules.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.011(c)(2)
keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish, including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans, on premises in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible from a public street
Texas counties can't zone, but Brazoria County CAN abate blight in unincorporated neighborhoods under Health & Safety Code Ch. 343. Accumulated rubbish visible from the street for 10+ days is a public nuisance. Inside cities like Pearland or Angleton, the city property-maintenance code governs.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.011(b)
A person may not cause, permit, or allow a public nuisance under this section.
An overgrown or trash-filled vacant lot in an unincorporated Brazoria County neighborhood can be a public nuisance under Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343, which covers weeds within 300 feet of a residence and accumulated rubbish. The county can abate after notice. Cities set their own lot standards.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.011(c)(4)
allowing weeds to grow on premises in a neighborhood if the weeds are located within 300 feet of another residence or commercial establishment
Brazoria County sets no garage-sale permit or frequency rule in unincorporated areas, because Texas counties can't zone or license this. Incorporated cities do: many require a permit and limit how many sales per year. Check your city, not the county, for yard-sale rules.
Unincorporated Brazoria County uses the Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343 nuisance test: weeds over 36 inches, or shorter growth that harbors pests, within 300 feet of a residence, can be abated. There's no flat countywide mow height. Pearland caps grass and weeds at 9 inches inside the city.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.011(a)
"Weeds" means all rank and uncultivated vegetable growth or matter that: (A) has grown to more than 36 inches in height; or (B) may create an unsanitary condition or become a harborage for rodents, vermin, or other disease-carrying pests, regardless of the height of the weeds.
1 cities in Brazoria County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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