Texas counties cannot impose fuel-modification or defensible-space zoning. In unincorporated Lubbock County, overgrown weeds and accumulated brush are addressed only as a public nuisance under Health & Safety Code 343.011 when weeds grow within 300 feet of another residence or business. Cities like Lubbock enforce their own weed-abatement rules.
A Texas county has no zoning power to require wildfire brush clearance or defensible space. The county's only lever in unincorporated areas is the public-nuisance statute: Health & Safety Code 343.011 lets the county abate 'keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish' and allowing weeds to grow within 300 feet of another residence or commercial establishment. The county gives written notice and may clear the property and assess costs against the owner. Fire-prevention brush clearance is otherwise voluntary and encouraged by Texas A&M Forest Service Firewise guidance. Inside the City of Lubbock, the city's health and property codes require owners to cut high weeds and remove brush accumulations.
Under H&S 343.022, the county may abate the nuisance and impose a lien on the property for the cost of clearing; ignoring notice can add penalties.
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In unincorporated Lubbock County, tall weeds are a public nuisance under Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343 when within 300 feet of a residence or business. ...
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