Texas counties have no defensible-space zoning. Nueces County can abate high weeds, brush and rubbish only as a public health nuisance under Health & Safety Code Ch. 343, within 300 feet of a residence. Cities set their own lot-clearing rules.
Unlike California, Texas has no wildland-urban-interface defensible-space mandate, and counties cannot impose fuel-clearance zoning. The county's only real lever in unincorporated areas is nuisance abatement: Health & Safety Code Ch. 343 lets the county require owners to clear rubbish, brush and weeds that create a public health nuisance, generally limited to platted subdivisions and land within 300 feet of another residence. The county gives notice and may abate and lien costs if the owner fails to act. Inside Corpus Christi and other cities, municipal weed-and-brush ordinances (typically a set grass height) apply instead.
County may abate and place a lien for costs plus administrative fees; noncompliance can be a Class C misdemeanor under Ch. 343.
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