5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in El Paso County, Texas.
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Unincorporated El Paso County has no ordinance dictating trash-can type, storage, or screening. Cart rules come from the private subscription hauler. The county only intervenes when stored refuse becomes a Chapter 343 public nuisance.
In unincorporated El Paso County there is no municipal property-maintenance code. Blight (accumulated rubbish, unsanitary premises, dilapidated structures) is abated by the county under the Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343 public-nuisance process.
Vacant lots in unincorporated El Paso County are regulated only through the Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343 public-nuisance process. Overgrown weeds within 300 feet of a residence or accumulated rubbish can be ordered abated by the county.
Unincorporated El Paso County does not require a permit or license for residential garage or yard sales, because Texas counties lack the ordinance power that lets cities regulate them. Only nuisance and dumping laws apply to leftover items.
Unincorporated El Paso County has no numeric grass-height ordinance. State law (Tex. HSC Sec. 343.011) makes weeds a public nuisance only when they grow within 300 feet of another residence or commercial establishment, and the county abates on that basis.
1 cities in El Paso County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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