5 rules for unincorporated Guadalupe County, Texas.
Verified from official government sources
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 visible in a neighborhood 10 days or more are a public nuisance.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(2)
A public nuisance is: ... (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
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 under Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011, with junked vehicles separately covered by Transportation Code Ch. 683.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011
(a) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of a county. (b) A person may not cause, permit, or allow a public nuisance under this section. (c) A public nuisance is: ... (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...
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 nuisance only when they grow within 300 feet of a residence or business in a neighborhood.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §343.011(c)(4)
A public nuisance is: ... (4) allowing weeds to grow on premises in a neighborhood if the weeds are located within 300 feet of another residence or commercial establishment
Snow and ice clearing is not regulated in unincorporated Guadalupe County. The county maintains no residential sidewalks, and measurable snow is very rare in the South-Central Texas corridor, so no owner-clearing duty exists.
Guadalupe County has no garage-sale ordinance for unincorporated areas. Counties cannot license or zone yard sales, so no permit, frequency cap, or hours apply. HOA deed restrictions are the only real controls on how a sale looks.
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