Baytown, TX Hurricane Preparedness: Storm Debris (2026)

The rule sits in Chapter 22, Article IV "Post-Disaster Management," Division 2, the same division that lets homeowners keep a temporary manufactured home or RV on-site while a storm-damaged house is rebuilt. Sec. 5 caps how long a waste container or storage container tied to that rebuild can stay: no more than one of each per residential property at a time, and the container must come off the lot within six months of the disaster declaration if the owner never pulls a building permit, or by the earlier of the certificate of occupancy or one full year if a permit is obtained.

The city manager triggers this whole division under Sec. 22-124 by designating the disaster-affected area after a storm, and the chief building official runs the permitting once the division is activated. Section 22-127 backs the container limit with the same enforcement tools used for the temporary-structure rules next to it: noncompliance is grounds for revoking or refusing any permit under the division, and if an owner leaves a noncompliant structure or overstayed container in place, the city can remove it at the owner's expense, mail a cost notice, and file a lien accruing interest at ten percent per annum if the bill goes unpaid.

A conviction for violating any provision of the division draws the general fine set in Sec. 1-14. This provision targets debris and material staging tied to storm rehabilitation specifically; it does not replace the routine residential trash and recycling cart rules that apply in normal, non-disaster conditions.