Environmental Rules in Dallas County, TX (2026)

Dallas County Code Sec. 34-93(10)

(10)Filling or blocking a drainage easement, failing to maintain a drainage easement, maintaining a drainage easement in a manner that allows the easement to be clogged with debris, sediment, or vegetation, or violating an agreement with the county to improve or maintain easement.

TCEQ Construction General Permit TXR150000 (2023 CGP)

Stormwater General Permit for Construction Activities. Stormwater permit requirements for the discharge of stormwater associated with construction activities that disturb one (1) or more acres of soil. TCEQ issued the renewal of the CGP with an effective date of March 5, 2023. Construction activities are regulated under the CGP if they discharge stormwater to any surface water in the state and ...

Dallas County Code Sec. 42-32

A) Lands to which these regulations apply – These Regulations shall apply to all areas of special flood hazard within the jurisdiction of Dallas County... C) Establishment of development permit - A Development Permit shall be required to ensure conformance with the provisions of these Regulations or Court Orders. D) Compliance - No structure or land shall hereafter be located, altered, or have ...

Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 382.0191

Sec. 382.0191. IDLING OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) In this section, 'idling' means allowing an engine to run while the motor vehicle is not engaged in forward or reverse motion. (b) The commission may not prohibit or limit the idling of any motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds that is equipped with a 2008 or subsequent model year heavy-duty diesel engine or liquef...

Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 388.003 (Adoption of Building Energy Efficiency Performance Standards)

Sec. 388.003. ADOPTION OF BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. (a) To achieve energy conservation in single-family residential construction, the energy efficiency chapter of the International Residential Code, as it existed on May 1, 2001, is adopted as the energy code in this state for single-family residential construction. On September 1, 2016, the energy efficiency chapter ...

Dallas County Code Ch. 42, Art. V (Provisions for Flood Hazard Reduction)

1. Residential Construction - new construction and substantial improvements of any residential structure shall have the lowest floor (including basement), elevated to or above two (2) feet above the base flood elevation, based on a fully-developed watershed (if available). A registered professional engineer, architect, or land surveyor shall submit a certification to the Floodplain Administrato...