Sherman, TX Fire Regulations: Brush Clearance (2026)

Sherman does not set a fire-code clearance distance in the section located. The brush rule in the City of Sherman, Texas is a sanitary nuisance provision in Chapter 6, Article 6.05. Section 6.05.002(a) makes it unlawful, and declares a public nuisance, for the owner, occupant or person in control of any occupied or unoccupied lot or premises to allow or cause rubbish, brush, debris, unwholesome matter, stagnant water, or any condition that may produce disease, or any unsightly, objectionable or unsanitary matter of whatever nature, to accumulate or remain there.

Two further subsections target specific piles. Subsection (b) covers roll-off metal containers used for construction, remodeling or demolition trash: they cannot sit on the premises at intervals of more than sixty days without being hauled off, emptied of all liquid and solid contents and cleaned. That subsection carries a seven-day notice and a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and no more than two hundred dollars for each day.

Subsection (c) covers rubble or debris from construction, demolition, or the partial or total destruction or damage of a building or structure from any cause or source. It cannot remain on the property for more than ninety days. Written notice can be sent but is not required. The civil penalty is not less than two hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars for each day, and the person can also be enjoined.

For ordinary brush on a lot, § 6.05.004 supplies the process: no notice is needed before a citation, but before the city enters it sends certified mail or posts notice, gives ten days to correct, and then can remove the material and bill the owner with an administrative fee of eighty dollars. Unpaid costs can become a lien, and the owner has fifteen days to appeal the charges to the city council.