100 local rules on file · Pop. 11,260 · El Paso County
Showing ordinances that apply to Fort Bliss, TX
Fort Bliss is an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 11,260 in El Paso County, Texas. Because Fort Bliss is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal government or city code. Instead, El Paso County ordinances apply directly to residential and commercial properties here. The rules below are the county-level regulations that govern your area. Nearby incorporated cities in El Paso County may have different rules.
Propane (LP-gas) storage in unincorporated El Paso County is regulated by the Railroad Commission of Texas under statewide LP-Gas Safety Rules, which adopt NFPA 58. County ESD fire…
Fireworks are legal in unincorporated El Paso County, but the Commissioners Court may ban skyrockets-with-sticks and missiles-with-fins during drought. Cities of El Paso, Socorro…
Recreational fire pits are allowed in unincorporated El Paso County under Texas outdoor-burning rules, but only when no county burn ban is in effect and when kept away from neighboring…
Texas has no statewide defensible-space mandate, so brush clearance around unincorporated El Paso County homes is largely voluntary. In the desert grass-and-brush landscape near the…
New homes in unincorporated El Paso County must have smoke alarms under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 766 and the adopted International Fire and Residential Codes enforced by…
El Paso County sits in the arid Chihuahuan Desert beside the Franklin Mountains, where fine desert grasses and brush create genuine wildfire risk. Texas has no mandatory wildfire-zone…
Texas broadly prohibits outdoor burning statewide, with limited exceptions. In unincorporated El Paso County the Commissioners Court can add a drought burn ban, and the arid Chihuahuan…
Small backyard recreational and cooking fires are permitted in unincorporated El Paso County under TCEQ rules, but never during a county burn ban and never for burning household trash…
Texas cottage food producers work under Health & Safety Code Chapter 437 - no permit or inspection is required to sell non-hazardous homemade food, and the annual gross income cap is…
Texas counties have no general zoning authority, so El Paso County does not zone home businesses in unincorporated areas. There is no county home-occupation category, size limit, or…
Because Texas counties cannot zone, El Paso County has no home-business sign ordinance for unincorporated areas - no size cap, illumination rule, or sign permit for a home-occupation…
El Paso County does not issue home occupation permits because Texas counties have no general zoning authority. No county application, neighbor notice, or approval is required to work…
Home child care in Texas is licensed by the state (HHSC Child Care Regulation) under Human Resources Code Chapter 42, not by counties. El Paso County does not zone or permit home…
Owning dangerous wild animals such as big cats, bears and certain primates in unincorporated El Paso County requires a registration certificate under Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no countywide beekeeping ban. Backyard hives are generally allowed and beekeepers register with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service, subject to state…
Cats in unincorporated El Paso County must be vaccinated against rabies by four months of age under Texas law. Unrestrained or stray cats may be impounded by the county animal…
Livestock keeping is broadly allowed on rural El Paso County land, but owners must not let animals run at large where a stock law has closed the range. Estrays may be impounded under…
El Paso County cannot enforce breed-specific dog bans. Texas law prohibits local governments from adopting dangerous-dog rules aimed at one or several breeds, so regulation focuses on…
In unincorporated El Paso County, dogs must be restrained under Texas rabies-control law. County Animal Welfare officers may impound unrestrained or roaming dogs; owners retrieve…
Unincorporated El Paso County sets no fixed numeric limit on dogs or cats per household. The county regulates by welfare and nuisance standards, requiring rabies vaccination and humane…
El Paso County has no verified countywide ban on feeding wildlife, but feeding that attracts nuisance or dangerous animals can trigger public-health and nuisance enforcement. Native…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no countywide poultry ban, so backyard chickens and small livestock are generally allowed subject to Texas nuisance and health rules. Larger livestock…
Animal hoarding in unincorporated El Paso County is addressed through Texas cruelty law. County Animal Welfare officers investigate neglect and improper housing, and courts can seize…
Public and semi-public pools and spas in El Paso County must meet Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 341 and DSHS rules in 25 TAC Chapter 265, Subchapter L. Private single-family pools…
Texas has no statewide rule aimed at private above-ground pools, and counties generally cannot regulate them. In unincorporated El Paso County, an above-ground pool built as part of…
Texas has no statewide residential pool-fence law, and counties cannot code-enforce ordinary homes. El Paso County is an exception: it adopted the International Residential Code for…
Texas does not regulate private residential hot tubs by statute, and counties generally cannot regulate them. In unincorporated El Paso County a permanently installed spa built with a…
Unlike most Texas counties, El Paso County runs a residential building inspection program in unincorporated areas under Local Government Code Chapter 233, Subchapter F, effective…
El Paso County has no county-wide noise ordinance and no legal quiet hours for its unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack the police power to adopt one, so nighttime noise outside…
El Paso County has no local vehicle-noise ordinance, but state law fills the gap. Loud exhaust and mufflers are regulated statewide by the Texas Transportation Code, enforced by the…
El Paso County sets no construction start or stop times for its unincorporated areas because Texas counties cannot adopt noise ordinances. Early or late construction outside city…
El Paso County has no outdoor-music or special-event noise ordinance for unincorporated areas and cannot adopt one. Backyard bands, outdoor venues, and events outside city limits…
El Paso County has no barking-dog noise ordinance for unincorporated areas, since Texas counties cannot adopt noise rules. A chronically barking dog outside city limits is addressed…
El Paso County sets no decibel limits for unincorporated areas because Texas counties cannot adopt noise ordinances. The only numeric threshold that applies is the state statute's…
El Paso County has no industrial-noise ordinance and no authority to enact one. Factories, plants, and commercial operations in unincorporated areas answer only to the state…
El Paso County has no leaf-blower ordinance and no authority to enact one. Gas and electric blowers are unrestricted in unincorporated areas, limited only by the state…
El Paso County cannot regulate aircraft noise. Overflights from El Paso International Airport and Fort Bliss / Biggs Army Airfield are governed exclusively by the FAA and the military…
El Paso County has no amplified-sound ordinance or permit for unincorporated areas because Texas counties cannot regulate noise. Loud amplified music outside city limits is addressed…
El Paso County has no short-term-rental registry. Because Texas counties cannot zone unincorporated areas, there is no county STR registration. The only county filing an operator makes…
El Paso County levies a 2.5% hotel occupancy tax on short-term stays under 30 days, part of a combined 17.5% (city 9%, county 2.5%, state 6%). STRs are 'hotels' for this tax, and…
El Paso County does not require a host to be present or on-site during short-term-rental stays. With no zoning authority in unincorporated areas, the county cannot mandate hosted…
El Paso County sets no short-term-rental occupancy limit; it has no zoning power in unincorporated areas. The operative ceiling is Tex. Prop. Code §92.010 (up to three adults per…
El Paso County has no short-term-rental parking ordinance for unincorporated areas because it cannot zone them. Guests typically park on-site; only cities may set STR parking standards…
El Paso County does not require short-term-rental operators to carry liability insurance. With no STR permit or zoning power in unincorporated areas, coverage is left to the operator…
El Paso County issues no short-term-rental permit. Texas counties have no general zoning power in unincorporated areas, so STRs there operate without a county permit; only cities like…
El Paso County has no STR noise ordinance for unincorporated areas. Guest noise is governed by Texas's statewide unreasonable-noise law under Penal Code §42.01 (disorderly conduct)…
El Paso County imposes no primary-residence requirement on short-term rentals. Lacking zoning power in unincorporated areas, the county cannot bar non-owner-occupied or investor STRs…
El Paso County imposes no cap on the number of nights a short-term rental may operate. Lacking zoning authority in unincorporated areas, the county cannot limit annual rental nights…
El Paso County does not regulate overnight parking on public streets, but its Commissioners Court order prohibits parking or remaining on County-owned property after regular business…
El Paso County has no ordinance regulating where residents park an RV, boat, or trailer on a public street, but its Commissioners Court order bans parking, camping, or squatting with…
El Paso County has no ordinance restricting oversized-vehicle parking in unincorporated areas. Size and weight limits and where large vehicles may stop come from the Texas…
El Paso County does not and cannot regulate general on-street parking in its unincorporated areas; those rules come from the Texas Transportation Code, and inside city limits from the…
El Paso County has no ordinance governing electric-vehicle charging stations or EV-only parking spaces in unincorporated areas. EV charging access is shaped by state law and, within…
El Paso County has no ordinance restricting commercial-vehicle or truck parking in its unincorporated areas. Where commercial vehicles may stop, stand, or park is governed by the Texas…
In unincorporated El Paso County, abandoned motor vehicles are handled under Texas Transportation Code Chapter 683, which lets the Sheriff take custody of a vehicle left unattended on…
El Paso County has no curb-painting ordinance and does not use colored curb markings to regulate parking in unincorporated areas. Curb-color parking systems are a city function; on…
El Paso County does not regulate parking on private driveways or front yards in its unincorporated areas. There is no county rule requiring paved driveways or prohibiting yard parking…
El Paso County does not designate or enforce loading zones on public streets in unincorporated areas. Loading and unloading on the road is governed by the Texas Transportation Code…
El Paso County issues no zoning-based fence permit in unincorporated areas because Texas counties cannot zone. A separate permit may apply inside city limits or where a fence sits in a…
Texas counties have no zoning authority, so El Paso County approves no specific fence materials in unincorporated areas. Any approved-materials list comes from a city code or your…
El Paso County has no zoning power, so it sets no retaining-wall height or setback rule in unincorporated areas. Drainage and floodplain review by Public Works, plus any deed…
Texas counties have no zoning authority, so El Paso County sets no fence-height rules in unincorporated areas. Check your city if you are inside El Paso, Socorro, Horizon City, or…
Texas counties have no zoning authority, so El Paso County sets no boundary-fence ordinance in unincorporated areas. Shared-fence disputes fall under Texas common law and any recorded…
Texas counties cannot zone, so El Paso County imposes no design, setback, or construction requirements on fences in unincorporated areas. City codes and recorded deed restrictions…
El Paso County has no zoning power, so it restricts no fence materials in unincorporated areas. Any limits on barbed wire, chain link, or wood come from a city code or recorded deed…
El Paso County has no county weed ordinance, but Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 343 lets it abate high weeds and rubbish as a public nuisance in unincorporated areas near other…
El Paso County has no tree-removal ordinance or heritage-tree protection for unincorporated private property. Texas counties cannot zone, so no county permit is needed to remove your…
Backyard composting is allowed in El Paso County, which sets no county composting ordinance. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 bars a homeowners association from prohibiting…
El Paso County sits in the arid Chihuahuan Desert. The county itself sets no watering rules; conservation comes from El Paso Water inside the city and from irrigation districts, wells…
Native and drought-tolerant desert landscaping is fully allowed in El Paso County, which sets no plant-type rules. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 stops a homeowners association…
El Paso County has no lawn-height ordinance. Under Texas law counties cannot zone or set a grass-height number in unincorporated areas. Overgrown vegetation is instead handled as a…
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged across arid El Paso County. The county sets no restrictions, and Texas Property Code Section 202.007 bars a homeowners association from…
El Paso County has no ordinance regulating artificial or synthetic turf on private property, and it cannot zone unincorporated land. Any real limits come from private HOA covenants…
El Paso County has no tree-trimming ordinance for private property in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack zoning and tree-protection authority, so pruning your own trees needs no…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no garage-conversion ordinance and issues no building permit or certificate of occupancy for interior work. But…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no ADU or second-dwelling zoning ordinance. What actually applies to a new accessory dwelling is a septic (OSSF)…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no shed size, height, or setback ordinance, and the county issues no building permit. A plain storage shed needs no…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no carport ordinance and no setback or height limits like a city would set. The county issues no building permit, but a…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no minimum-dwelling-size or tiny-home ordinance. Placing a tiny home instead triggers a septic (OSSF) permit, approved…
Wood and charcoal smokers are allowed for noncommercial cooking in unincorporated El Paso County under the TCEQ cooking-fire exemption, subject to any active drought burn ban and safe…
Backyard propane and charcoal grilling is allowed in unincorporated El Paso County. Cooking fires are exempt from the outdoor-burning ban, but a Commissioners Court burn ban can still…
Texas counties cannot zone, so El Paso County sets no general building-setback rule in unincorporated areas. The Commissioners Court may, however, adopt road setback lines under Local…
El Paso County has no zoning authority, so it sets no building or structure height limit in unincorporated areas. Height caps apply only inside a city or under recorded deed…
Texas counties cannot zone, so El Paso County sets no lot-coverage or impervious-surface limit in unincorporated areas. Coverage caps come only from a city code or recorded deed…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no ordinance dictating trash-can type, storage, or screening. Cart rules come from the private subscription hauler. The county only intervenes when…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no numeric grass-height ordinance. State law (Tex. HSC Sec. 343.011) makes weeds a public nuisance only when they grow within 300 feet of another…
Vacant lots in unincorporated El Paso County are regulated only through the Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 343 public-nuisance process. Overgrown weeds within 300 feet of a…
Unincorporated El Paso County does not require a permit or license for residential garage or yard sales, because Texas counties lack the ordinance power that lets cities regulate them…
In unincorporated El Paso County there is no municipal property-maintenance code. Blight (accumulated rubbish, unsanitary premises, dilapidated structures) is abated by the county…
Unincorporated El Paso County provides no universal curbside trash service. Residents subscribe privately (e.g. El Paso Disposal) or self-haul to the county landfill. The county runs…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no mandatory recycling ordinance. Recycling is voluntary through free county Community Cleanup events and private drop-off options. Texas has no…
Illegal dumping in unincorporated El Paso County is a state offense under Tex. Health & Safety Code Sec. 365.012, graded from Class C misdemeanor to state jail felony by weight and…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no ordinance on where or when to place trash carts, since collection is by private subscription. Set-out rules come from the hauler; the county only…
Unincorporated El Paso County has no scheduled bulk pickup. Residents self-haul large items to the Clint landfill or use the county's free Community Cleanup events, which accept bulk…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no political-sign ordinance regulating signs on private property. Election signs on private land are broadly protected…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no garage-sale-sign ordinance. Signs may be posted on private property with the owner's permission, but signs in a…
Texas counties cannot zone, and the state outdoor-lighting authority for counties near observatories or military bases does not reach El Paso County, so the unincorporated county has…
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated El Paso County has no light-trespass ordinance. Light spilling onto a neighbor's property is not handled by a county lighting code; the…
These unincorporated areas are also governed by El Paso County ordinances.