2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Nueces County, Texas.
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Nueces County places no rule on backyard propane grills. Statewide fire code, enforced inside cities, restricts LP-gas and charcoal grills on combustible balconies of apartments. Detached single-family homes are largely unrestricted.
Using a barbecue smoker is legal in Nueces County. Cooking fires are exempt from TCEQ outdoor-burning rules, and the county sets no smoker ordinance. Smoke that becomes a persistent nuisance can be addressed under state nuisance law.
1 cities in Nueces County have their own outdoor cooking rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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