Taylor, TX Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

The City of Taylor's Right-of-Way Management Ordinance, adopted by Ordinance No. 2022-29 on August 25, 2022, governs every right-of-way user constructing, installing or repairing facilities such as water, sewer, gas, electric and telecommunications lines within city streets and easements. 1(a)(4) requires erosion control measures, including silt fence, inlet protection and rock filter dams, along with advance warning signs, markers, cones and barricades, to already be in place. 1(a)(7) for stormwater management erosion control that complies with city, state and federal guidelines: silt fencing must surround any excavation left open overnight, silt fencing must stay up in erosion-prone areas until vegetation reestablishes, open holes need barricade fencing, and areas of high erosion require wire-backed silt fencing rather than standard fabric fencing.

Permittees must furnish documentation of erosion control compliance to the city manager on request, and city staff may inspect right-of-way work at any time without notice under § 25-30. These rules sit inside a broader construction-standards section that also requires 48-hour advance notice before work starts and posted information signs every 100 feet along the work zone. Because this ordinance targets construction within the public right-of-way rather than private-lot grading, a homebuilder grading a residential lot outside city easements falls under different building or drainage rules, not this section. Failure to have erosion controls in place before work begins is treated the same as any other construction-standards violation.