6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Williamson County, Texas.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Williamson County sets no fence height limit. Texas counties cannot zone, so the county neither caps fence height nor issues fence permits. Inside subdivisions, HOA deed restrictions set the rules, commonly six feet in the rear and lower in front.
Unincorporated Williamson County requires no permit to build a residential fence. The county has no building-permit authority over fences and does no fence inspections. Utility easements and HOA architectural approval are the real constraints.
Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. In unincorporated Williamson County each owner is responsible for the fence on their own land, and a neighbor cannot be forced to share the cost of a boundary fence.
Unincorporated Williamson County requires no permit for a residential retaining wall and sets no height limit. There is no county building code. Engineering soundness, drainage easements, and HOA approval are the real constraints.
Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757 requires pools at multiunit rental complexes and property-owners-association pools to be enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high. Single-family home pools in the unincorporated county face no state enclosure mandate.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §757.003
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Section 757.005, the owner of a multiunit rental complex with a pool or a property owners association that owns, controls, or maintains a pool shall completely enclose the pool yard with a pool yard enclosure. (b) The height of the pool yard enclosure must be at least 48 inches as measured from the ground on the side away from the pool.
Unincorporated Williamson County places no restriction on residential fence materials. Wood, chain-link, wrought iron, masonry, and pipe fencing are all allowed. Material rules come only from HOA deed restrictions inside subdivisions.
2 cities in Williamson County have their own fence regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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