Guadalupe County, TX Ordinances (2026)

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757 requires pools at apartment complexes and property-owners-association pools to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high. Single-family…

Guadalupe County does not regulate where you store trash cans outside city limits; screening is HOA territory. But under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(2), cans and rubbish left…

Guadalupe County runs no curbside trash collection in unincorporated areas. Households along the San Antonio corridor contract a private subscription hauler directly. Tex. Health &…

No county bulk pickup exists in unincorporated Guadalupe County; haul large items to a permitted site. Dumping them is illegal under Tex. Health & Safety Code §365.012, scaling from a…

Guadalupe County sets no lot-coverage or impervious-surface limit. Texas counties cannot zone. Coverage caps in unincorporated areas come from HOA deed restrictions and drainage rules…

Guadalupe County sets no building height limit. Texas counties lack zoning authority, so height caps in unincorporated areas exist only through HOA deed restrictions and plat notes…

Guadalupe County sets no building setbacks. Texas counties cannot zone. In unincorporated areas near Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo, front, side, and rear yards come from HOA deed…

Guadalupe County does not issue or require door-to-door solicitor permits in unincorporated areas; Texas gives counties no general licensing power over peddlers. Door-to-door sellers…

Guadalupe County runs no no-knock registry, but a posted "No Soliciting" or "No Trespassing" sign carries legal force: entering after notice that entry is forbidden is criminal…

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Guadalupe County. Possessing usable marijuana is a crime under Health and Safety Code Section…

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Guadalupe County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only lawful outlets are state-licensed low-THC medical dispensers under…

Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Guadalupe County sets no ADU size, setback, or occupancy limit. An accessory dwelling with plumbing requires an on-site sewage (OSSF)…

A tiny home on wheels is titled as a travel trailer under Texas Transportation Code Section 501.002 and is not used as a permanent dwelling. A tiny home on a foundation with plumbing…

Unincorporated Guadalupe County neither zones nor permits garage conversions. Converting a garage into living space with a bathroom triggers an on-site sewage (OSSF) review under…

Cities regulate amplified music through their noise codes; the county can't. Cibolo offers a Special Music Venue Permit for outdoor stages. Unincorporated events fall under Penal Code…

Guadalupe County can't pass a noise ordinance for unincorporated land - Texas gives that power only to cities. Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo set decibel limits and quiet hours…

Unincorporated Guadalupe County has no barking-dog ordinance - the county can't pass one. Persistent barking may be disorderly conduct under Penal Code §42.01. Seguin, Schertz, and…

The county can't limit construction hours on unincorporated land - only cities can. Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo restrict noisy work to daytime; elsewhere only Penal Code §42.01…

Short-term rental guests must follow the local noise code - a city ordinance in Seguin, Schertz, or Cibolo, or Penal Code §42.01 in unincorporated areas. River-house parties are a…

Unlike many Texas counties, unincorporated Guadalupe County has a countywide restraint rule: its Animal Control Ordinance makes it unlawful to let a dog run at large off the owner's…

Breed-specific bans are illegal in Texas. Guadalupe County and its cities cannot outlaw pit bulls or any other breed; state law bars breed-specific dog regulation. The county's…

Owning a dangerous wild animal, a lion, tiger, bear, cougar, and similar species, requires a state certificate of registration in Texas. Without it, possession is illegal. The county's…

Unincorporated Guadalupe County has no zoning and sets no hen limit, and the county animal ordinance does not require poultry to stay on your property. Livestock is another matter…

Guadalupe County sets no vending zones or location districts for food trucks; it cannot zone unincorporated land. A permitted mobile food unit may operate wherever the property owner…

A food truck in Guadalupe County needs a mobile food unit permit. Health and Safety Code Section 437.003 lets the commissioners court require county permits in unincorporated areas…

Guadalupe County has no dark-sky ordinance for private homes. Texas has no general outdoor-lighting statute, but Local Government Code 240.032 lets counties near San Antonio's military…

Texas law bars a property owners' association from prohibiting solar energy devices. Guadalupe County HOAs may set reasonable placement conditions but cannot ban rooftop solar outright…

Consumer 1.4G fireworks are legal in unincorporated Guadalupe County, but Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo ban them inside city limits. Legal sale periods run June 24 through July 4 and…

Outdoor burning is banned statewide under 30 TAC 111.201 except for allowed disposal fires; unincorporated Guadalupe County residents may burn household waste where no trash collection…

Propane and natural-gas fire pits burn year-round in unincorporated Guadalupe County and stay legal even during a drought burn ban; wood recreational fires are prohibited whenever the…

Texas assigns no regulatory wildfire hazard zones and no wildland-urban-interface building code to unincorporated Guadalupe County; drought burn bans by the Commissioners Court are the…

Caring for children for pay in a Guadalupe County home requires a listing, registration, or license from Texas Health and Human Services under Human Resources Code Chapter 42. The…

Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Guadalupe County home with no permit, no license, and no health inspection. Annual cottage food sales are…

On your own property in unincorporated Guadalupe County there is no county rule on garage-sale signs. But Transportation Code 393.002 makes it illegal to stake a sign in a public road…

Guadalupe County has no ordinance on holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas; HOA deed restrictions set any limits. Property Code 202.018 bars an HOA from…

Political signs are strongly protected here. Election Code 259.003 bars Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo from banning, charging for, or size-limiting a political sign on consenting private…

Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Guadalupe County has no grass-height rule, and tall grass there generally isn't a code violation. Cities like Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo…

Unincorporated Guadalupe County requires no tree-removal permit, and Texas has no tree-protection law. Permits apply only inside cities like Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo, and even those…

Texas has no just-cause eviction law. A Guadalupe County landlord may end a tenancy without stating a reason. Property Code 24.005 requires only three days' written notice to vacate…

No rent control exists in Guadalupe County or in Seguin, Schertz, and Cibolo. Texas Local Government Code 214.902 lets a city cap rent only after a disaster-driven housing emergency…

On unincorporated Guadalupe County roads, parking follows the Texas Transportation Code, which bars stopping in an intersection, on a crosswalk, on a bridge, or where an official sign…

A vehicle is abandoned under Texas Transportation Code 683.002 after 48 hours left on public property or on private property without the owner's consent; law enforcement may then tow…

There is no general county grass-height ordinance. The one weed lever is Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(4): weeds on a vacant lot in unincorporated Guadalupe County are a…

Guadalupe County cannot zone, so its main blight tool outside city limits is nuisance abatement. Accumulated rubbish, abandoned vehicles, and dilapidated buildings are public nuisances…

Guadalupe County and its cities set park hours locally. Public parks post opening and closing times, often dawn to dusk or around. Being in a park after posted hours is criminal…

Guadalupe County participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and enforces floodplain development permits in unincorporated areas. In Flash Flood Alley, any construction, fill…

Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Guadalupe County has no general grading ordinance. Placing fill or altering drainage inside a mapped floodplain still requires a county…