Showing ordinances that apply to Briar CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas, TX
Briar CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas is an unincorporated community (population 3,679) in Tarrant County, Texas. Because Briar CDP (part), Tarrant County, Texas is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Tarrant County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The material restrictions rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Tarrant County does not restrict fence materials for unincorporated residential areas. Chain link, barbed wire, wood, masonry, and electric fencing are all allowed. HOA deed restrictions commonly limit materials.
Unincorporated Tarrant County places no material restrictions on residential or agricultural fencing. Barbed wire and electric fencing are explicitly legal in rural areas under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 143, and the county does not prohibit them in residential subdivisions either. Chain link, vinyl, wrought iron, composite, masonry, and wood are all permitted. Tarrant County is a closed-range county for livestock, meaning livestock owners must fence in their animals but may use any fence type adequate for the animal. The incorporated cities of Fort Worth, Arlington, Grapevine, and others impose their own material restrictions. Most HOA deed restrictions in master-planned communities limit materials to wood, wrought iron, or masonry and explicitly prohibit chain link and barbed wire.
No county material violations exist. HOA violations are enforced civilly through deed restriction lawsuits. City ordinances apply only within incorporated boundaries.
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