9 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in El Paso County, Texas.
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El Paso County has no lawn-height ordinance. Under Texas law counties cannot zone or set a grass-height number in unincorporated areas. Overgrown vegetation is instead handled as a public nuisance under Health and Safety Code Chapter 343.
El Paso County has no tree-trimming ordinance for private property in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack zoning and tree-protection authority, so pruning your own trees needs no county permit. State right-of-way and utility rules still apply.
El Paso County has no tree-removal ordinance or heritage-tree protection for unincorporated private property. Texas counties cannot zone, so no county permit is needed to remove your own trees. Utility easement and road right-of-way limits still apply.
El Paso County has no county weed ordinance, but Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 343 lets it abate high weeds and rubbish as a public nuisance in unincorporated areas near other homes, after written notice, with abatement costs charged to the owner.
El Paso County sits in the arid Chihuahuan Desert. The county itself sets no watering rules; conservation comes from El Paso Water inside the city and from irrigation districts, wells, and TCEQ drought plans in unincorporated areas dependent on Rio Grande allocation.
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged across arid El Paso County. The county sets no restrictions, and Texas Property Code Section 202.007 bars a homeowners association from prohibiting rain barrels or a rainwater harvesting system.
Native and drought-tolerant desert landscaping is fully allowed in El Paso County, which sets no plant-type rules. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 stops a homeowners association from prohibiting drought-resistant landscaping in this arid Chihuahuan Desert region.
El Paso County has no ordinance regulating artificial or synthetic turf on private property, and it cannot zone unincorporated land. Any real limits come from private HOA covenants, not the county, in this water-scarce desert region.
Backyard composting is allowed in El Paso County, which sets no county composting ordinance. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 bars a homeowners association from prohibiting solid-waste composting of grass, leaves, or brush.
1 cities in El Paso County have their own landscaping rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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