Flower Mound, TX

All consumer fireworks are banned within Flower Mound town limits. Texas Occupations Code Ch. 2154 allows municipalities to prohibit fireworks, and Flower Mound exercises this…

Northern and western Denton County contains significant wildland-urban interface areas where grasslands and oak woodlands meet rural subdivisions. The Texas A&M Forest Service maps…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 766 requires working smoke detectors in all residential rental properties. Denton County follows state law since it lacks authority to impose…

Recreational backyard fires are generally permitted in unincorporated Denton County when no burn ban is active. Gas and propane fire pits are exempt from burn bans. Wood-burning fire…

Selling, transporting, dispensing, or storing propane (LP-gas) in Texas requires a license from the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code Chapter 113. Only the…

Flower Mound does not impose STR-specific insurance requirements. Standard homeowner insurance policies may not cover short-term rental activity. Operators should obtain commercial…

Flower Mound has no STR-specific parking ordinance. Standard residential parking rules apply to short-term rental properties. Street parking must not block fire hydrants, driveways, or…

Denton County has no STR registration requirement for unincorporated areas. Texas counties cannot require STR registration, licensing, or listing verification. Operators must register…

Short-term rental operators in unincorporated Denton County must collect and remit state hotel occupancy tax (6%) and any adopted county hotel occupancy tax under Texas Tax Code…

Denton County has no STR-specific noise rules for unincorporated areas. General noise enforcement through Texas Penal Code 42.01 applies equally to STR guests and all other residents…

Flower Mound regulates industrial and commercial noise through Sec. 34-131 and zoning use conditions in Ch. 98. Industrial uses are concentrated along Lakeside Parkway, FM 2499, and…

Flower Mound Code of Ordinances Sec. 34-131 (Article III, Noise Control) prohibits unreasonable noise that disturbs the peace and quiet of any neighborhood or person. Quiet zones…

Denton County has no leaf blower ordinance or restrictions for unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack zoning authority to regulate landscaping equipment noise. Leaf blowers may be…

Denton County has no barking dog ordinance for unincorporated areas. The county does not enforce leash laws or domestic animal noise restrictions. Denton County Animal Services handles…

Denton County has no outdoor music ordinance for unincorporated areas. Outdoor concerts, live music events, and festival noise are not regulated at the county level. Only Texas Penal…

Flower Mound Code Ch. 6 requires dogs on a leash off the owner's premises. Dogs at large face impoundment. TX H&S Code Ch. 822 adds dangerous dog rules statewide.

Flower Mound Code Ch. 6 prohibits dangerous wild animals. TX P&W Code Ch. 63 requires permits for many exotic species. TX H&S Code Ch. 822 Subch. E governs statewide.

Livestock allowed in agricultural zoning districts on qualifying acreage. Residential zones prohibit livestock except chickens protected by TX HB 1750. Most HOAs ban all livestock.

Denton County does not regulate beekeeping. State law under TX Ag Code Chapter 131 requires free annual registration with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service.

Texas Health & Safety Code 822.047 prohibits any Texas city or county from regulating dogs based on breed. Local breed bans against pit bulls, Rottweilers, or other breeds are…

Texas has no standalone hoarding statute; officers use Health & Safety Code Chapter 821 to seize animals deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, and a court can divest the owner…

Texas lets hunters bait and feed game animals, including deer, on private property statewide. Baiting is unlawful on most public land, for wild turkey in the East Zone, and for all…

No exterior signage permitted for home occupations. Business signs, window displays, banners, and illuminated signs are all prohibited. Fines up to $500 per violation.

HHSC licenses home daycares: listed (up to 3 children), registered (up to 6), licensed (up to 12). Flower Mound zoning treats small daycares as accessory residential uses.

TX HSC Chapter 437 allows home-based food sales up to $50,000/year without permits, inspections, or commercial kitchens. Denton County adds no extra rules.

No local ban or permit required for artificial turf. TX Property Code 202.007 limits HOA authority to ban water-conserving landscaping, broadly interpreted to cover synthetic turf.

Flower Mound Code Ch. 34 prohibits weeds and brush exceeding 12 inches. Fire hazard risk is elevated in the drought-prone Cross Timbers area. Town may abate and lien.

No ordinance prohibits native plant gardens. Development standards require drought-tolerant species. TX Property Code 202.007(d) protects xeriscaping from HOA bans.

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Texas. TX Property Code 202.007 bars HOA bans. Equipment is sales-tax exempt. No county permits required.

TX Transportation Code Sec. 545.307 prohibits overnight commercial motor vehicle parking (10 PM to 6 AM) in residential subdivisions with posted signs. Flower Mound supplements this…

Street parking on county-maintained roads in unincorporated Denton County is generally unrestricted. The county may post no-parking signs on specific roads for safety reasons. Rural…

Abandoned vehicles in unincorporated Denton County are handled under Texas Transportation Code Chapter 683. Vehicles left on public property or rights-of-way for more than 48 hours may…

Texas Occupations Code chapter 2308 sets the statewide rules for nonconsent towing and vehicle booting. A vehicle owner has 14 business days to demand a hearing in the justice court…

Flower Mound Sec. 98-1142 (Ch. 98 Zoning, Div. 7 Fences and Walls) limits front yard fences to 4 feet in non-agricultural districts. Agricultural district front yards allow barbed wire…

Denton County has no good-neighbor fence ordinance. Texas has no state statute requiring shared fence costs between neighbors. Boundary fences and disputes are governed by common law…

Above-ground pools in Denton County must meet the same barrier and safety standards as in-ground pools under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757. Pools with walls at least 48…

Denton County follows Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757, which requires residential pools to have barrier fencing at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates…

Texas has no tiny-home-specific statute. Any transportable, chassis-mounted dwelling that reaches 320 square feet is manufactured housing under Occupations Code Chapter 1201, built to…

Flower Mound maintains a no-solicitation registry under Chapter 62 of the Code of Ordinances that allows residents to opt out of receiving door-to-door solicitors. Residents may…

Denton County does not require permits for door-to-door solicitors, peddlers, or canvassers in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack the general ordinance-making authority to…

Flower Mound requires erosion and sediment control measures on all construction sites per Chapter 54 and the TPDES Construction General Permit administered by TCEQ. Sites disturbing…

Texas prohibits damaging, destroying, or removing a sand dune or its vegetation seaward of a dune protection line or within a critical dune area unless a permit authorizes the work…

Texas Water Code Section 16.3145 orders the governing body of every Texas city and county to adopt the floodplain-management ordinances or orders needed to qualify for the National…

Texas Water Code Section 26.040 lets the TCEQ issue general permits for storm water discharges. Regulated small municipal separate storm sewer systems obtain coverage under TPDES…

Cannabis dispensaries are effectively prohibited in Flower Mound. Texas allows only a limited number of licensed Compassionate Use Program dispensing organizations statewide under…

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Denton County and throughout Texas. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 classifies marijuana as a Penalty Group substance, and growing…

Rent control is prohibited in Denton County and throughout Texas. Texas Local Government Code Section 214.902 expressly preempts all local governments, cities and counties, from…

Denton County and Texas do not have just cause eviction requirements. Texas is a landlord-friendly state where a property owner may decline to renew a lease for any reason or no reason…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.052 a landlord must make a diligent effort to repair conditions that materially affect an ordinary tenant's health or safety after proper notice. Section…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas places no statutory limit on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. However, the landlord must refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant surrenders the…

In Texas a squatter can claim title only through adverse possession, with periods that shorten as the claim strengthens: 3 years under title or color of title (§ 16.024), 5 years with…

Solar panel installations in Denton County require building and electrical permits from the local city or county building department. Texas Property Code 202.010 prohibits HOAs from…

Section 202.010 of the Texas Property Code voids any homeowners association rule that bans or restricts installing a solar energy device, a term that under Tax Code Section 171.107…

Denton County has limited authority to address property blight in unincorporated areas. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 343 (Abatement of Public Nuisances) grants counties…

Denton County has limited authority to regulate vacant lot conditions in unincorporated areas. Under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 343, the county can require owners to maintain…

Garage sale signs in Denton County are regulated by local city sign ordinances. Most cities allow temporary garage sale signs on private property without a permit but prohibit signs on…

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs in Denton County. HOAs cannot prohibit political signs beginning 90 days before an election through 10…

Denton County does not provide bulk waste collection service in unincorporated areas but does operate household hazardous waste (HHW) collection events and provides access to the…

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.425 orders every county, municipality, school district, university, and state agency to run a recycling program that separates and collects at…

Commercial drone operations in Denton County require an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. Denton County does not have a county-level commercial drone ordinance. Commercial pilots…

Recreational drone operations in Denton County are governed primarily by FAA regulations and Texas Government Code Chapter 423, which restricts drone surveillance of private property…

Denton County does not issue food truck operating permits for unincorporated areas. Food trucks and mobile food vendors operating in unincorporated Denton County must obtain a Texas…

Anyone selling e-cigarettes to Texas consumers must hold an e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, obtained for each place of business under Health and Safety Code…

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 expressly preempts municipal and county minimum wage ordinances. The state minimum wage equals the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, and political…

Texas appellate courts have struck down municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio as preempted under the Texas Minimum Wage Act. HB 2127 (2023) further…

Texas authorizes License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns statewide under Government Code Chapter 411. Since 2021, permitless constitutional carry under HB 1927 also…

Texas Local Government Code Section 229.001 broadly preempts municipal regulation of firearms, ammunition, knives, and related accessories. Cities cannot adopt or enforce ordinances…

Texas authorizes open carry of holstered handguns statewide for adults 21 and older under Penal Code 46.02 and HB 910 (2015). Long guns may be openly carried subject to disorderly…

Texas Penal Code 46.02(a-1) lets any non-prohibited adult carry a handgun inside a personally-owned or leased motor vehicle or watercraft without a License to Carry. Since HB 1927…

Texas nonprofits can conduct bingo only under a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which absorbed the Texas Lottery Commission's charitable bingo program on…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

Texas Penal Code § 47.02(a) makes betting at cards, dice, or any game of chance a Class C misdemeanor. Section 47.02(b) supplies a defense: gambling that happens in a private place…

Texas licenses no retail sportsbook and no betting app. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game, contest, or a player's performance is a criminal offense under Penal Code §…

Under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, unpaid assessments become a lien (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0094), but a Texas HOA may not foreclose that lien without first…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs residential subdivision homeowners associations, not condominium associations and not associations that are themselves subject to the Public…

A Texas HOA enforces its recorded restrictive covenants (Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 202), but Chapter 209 controls the procedure: § 209.006 requires certified-mail notice and a cure…

Property Code Section 202.007 voids any homeowners association rule that bans drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving natural turf, and Section 202.008 bars fines for a brown…

Texas Property Code section 202.012 stops homeowners associations from banning display of the U.S. flag, the Texas flag, or an official U.S. armed forces flag. An association can…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

A Texas property owners' association cannot sell your home at a trustee's sale the way a mortgage lender can. Tex. Prop. Code Section 209.0092 requires the association to obtain a…

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

The Texas Legislature has authorized exactly one vehicle checkpoint program, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. Government Code Section 411.0095 lets the Department of Public…

Texas has never enacted an express statutory right to film police, so the legal boundary for a bystander with a phone is set by the offense of Interference with Public Duties, Texas…

Texas Penal Code Section 38.02 makes it a crime to refuse your name, residence address, or date of birth only after a peace officer has already lawfully arrested you. Being detained on…

No Texas statute obliges a driver to consent to a vehicle search, and none requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What Texas law does require is a paper trail: Article…

Texas lets golf carts onto public roads in four defined situations rather than by general permission: inside a platted master planned community, on a beach open to vehicular traffic…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 212 and Agriculture Code Chapter 251 limit municipal authority to zone or regulate land qualified for agricultural use appraisal. Counties have no…

The Texas Right to Farm Act, Agriculture Code Chapter 251, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and local regulations after one year of operation. HB…

The Texas Supreme Court in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) held that Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 preempts municipal plastic bag bans. Cities and…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 161 sets the minimum age for purchasing or possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products at 21 statewide, aligned with federal Tobacco 21. Active…

Texas regulates extra lighting by color, count, height and aim rather than by naming underglow. Transportation Code Section 547.305 bars any lamp showing red from directly in front of…

Texas grants no square inches of windshield to a camera. Transportation Code Section 547.613(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor to operate a vehicle with an object or material placed on or…

Texas banned motorcycle lane splitting in plain words on September 1, 2023. Transportation Code Section 545.0605(a)(3)(B), added by House Bill 4122 of the 88th Legislature, says the…

Texas outlaws license plate covers in Transportation Code Section 504.945(a)(7), which makes it an offense to display a plate carrying a coating, covering, protective substance or…

Texas does not prohibit owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. The one radar offense in the vehicle equipment chapter, Transportation Code Section…

Texas is one of the states that never wrote a studded tire calendar. Transportation Code Section 547.612(c) is the whole of the law: a tire on a moving vehicle may not carry a block…

Texas allows film down to 25 percent light transmission on both front side windows and on the windshield strip, with a matching ceiling of 25 percent luminous reflectance, and it sets…