Hutto, TX

In the City of Hutto it is unlawful to keep a junked vehicle in ordinary public view; a vehicle inoperable more than 72 hours on public property or 30 days on private property is…

Hutto bans parking a trailer, boat trailer, RV, ATV, or dirt bike on a public street for more than four consecutive hours in any 24-hour period; § 22.04.004(a) declares the vehicle an…

Hutto bars heavy trucks, those rated at 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more, from parking in any residential, historic, or mixed-use district under § 22.04.006(a). The rule only…

Hutto residents may not park or store a vehicle, boat, RV, motor home, ATV, or trailer on an unimproved front or side yard surface under § 22.04.009(a). Any paved parking pad must be…

Hutto lets the city tow a vehicle from a public street when it blocks a private driveway and can't practically be moved elsewhere, and bars parking anywhere marked "no parking" by…

Hutto restricts overnight outdoor storage or parking of tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, and other vehicles rated 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or more in commercial districts…

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…

Feeding, hunting, catching or trapping wildlife, including coyotes, is a class C misdemeanor in any Hutto city park. The rule targets the wildlife-attraction conflicts that drive…

In the City of Hutto it is a class C misdemeanor for any person to hunt, catch, trap or feed wildlife within any city park; fishing is restricted to designated catch-and-release areas…

Cats are exempt from Hutto's leash requirement, but Code of Ordinances section 4.09.002 still makes it unlawful for an owner to let a cat stray onto another person's property, treating…

Hutto sets no fixed cap on the number of dogs or cats a household may keep. Instead, Code of Ordinances section 4.01.008 makes it unlawful to keep animals in a number that creates a…

In the City of Hutto, Code of Ordinances section 4.01.007 makes it unlawful to own, harbor, or keep any exotic or wild animal without written permission from the chief of police. The…

Hutto's Code of Ordinances section 4.04.001 caps backyard fowl by how far the pen sits from a neighbor's dwelling: up to ten birds at 100 feet or more, up to five between 50 and 100…

Hutto does not require every pet owner to microchip a dog or cat. Code of Ordinances section 4.08.013 instead requires microchipping only for dogs and cats impounded by the city…

In the City of Hutto, Code of Ordinances section 4.09.004 requires any dog in a street, sidewalk, park or other public place to be restrained on a leash or chain strong enough to hold…

Hutto does not regulate dogs by breed. Code of Ordinances article 4.10 instead lets the municipal court declare any individual animal "dangerous" based on an unprovoked attack, after…

Texas keeps beekeeping light-touch: registration with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service is voluntary, not required to own hives. Beekeepers may register annually with the chief…

In the City of Hutto it is unlawful to run motor vehicle music equipment audible 100 feet away, to operate a vehicle without an effective muffler, or to use an engine brake or…

In the City of Hutto, construction, excavation, demolition and repair work that creates noise above the decibel limits is confined to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and…

Hutto caps noise at 85 dBA in the daytime and 70 dBA at night under section 14.03.001, measured from the property line of the person complaining, with any excess automatically declared…

Hutto declares it a nuisance to keep an animal or bird that causes frequent or long-continued noise disturbing a neighbor's comfort and repose under section 14.03.003(4), folding a…

Hutto bans operating a loudspeaker, amplifier or musical instrument above the Article 14.03 decibel ceiling under section 14.03.003(2), reaching anyone who runs the equipment as well…

No statewide quiet hours exist. In unincorporated Williamson County, unreasonable noise in or near a private residence is disorderly conduct under Tex. Penal Code §42.01, a Class C…

The City of Hutto folds state Railroad Commission safety rules and NFPA standards directly into its own code for storing, handling, and using liquefied petroleum gas, so a Hutto…

The City of Hutto requires a fire marshal permit before any open fire on private or public land, with narrow exceptions for contained recreational fires and permitted firefighter…

Consumer 1.4G fireworks are legal in unincorporated Williamson County and sell June 24 through July 4 and December 20 through January 1; the Commissioners Court can restrict skyrockets…

Texas assigns no regulatory wildfire hazard zones and no wildland-urban-interface building code to unincorporated Williamson County; drought burn bans by the Commissioners Court are…

Propane and gas fire pits burn year-round in unincorporated Williamson County and stay legal even during a county burn ban; wood recreational fires are prohibited whenever the…

In the City of Hutto, tree limbs overhanging the area between a property line and the street curb must be kept trimmed to an 8-foot clearance under section 6.02.403(c), the local…

Once the City of Hutto declares Stage 2 of its Drought Contingency Plan, residential sprinkler irrigation is capped to two fixed days a week tied to street-address parity, and only…

Hutto bans weeds and tall grass on any lot under section 12.03.001, but section 12.03.007 draws the bright line: once weeds top 48 inches and threaten health, life or safety, the city…

Williamson County has no rule on artificial turf. Statewide, an HOA cannot force you to maintain living grass since September 2025, and it may not unreasonably deny water-conserving…

Drought-resistant and native landscaping is protected statewide. Property Code Section 202.007 stops an HOA from banning water-conserving plantings, and since September 2025 an HOA…

Rainwater harvesting is protected statewide. A Williamson County HOA cannot prohibit rain barrels or a rainwater collection system, and the county encourages it. Property Code Section…

Building a swimming pool in the City of Hutto, in-ground or above-ground, requires a permit under the city's adopted 2018 International Building Code. Development Services charges…

State law requires a pool yard enclosure at least 48 inches high for pools owned or controlled by a property owners association or multiunit rental complex. Private single-family pools…

Unincorporated Williamson County neither zones nor permits garage conversions. Converting a garage into living space with a bathroom triggers an on-site sewage (OSSF) review under…

A tiny home on wheels is titled as a travel trailer under Texas Transportation Code Section 501.002 and is not used as a permanent dwelling. A tiny home on a foundation with plumbing…

Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Williamson County sets no ADU size, setback, or occupancy limit. An accessory dwelling with plumbing requires an on-site sewage (OSSF)…

Operating a child-care home for pay in Williamson County requires a license, registration, or listing from Texas Health and Human Services under Human Resources Code Chapter 42. The…

Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Williamson County home with no permit, license, or health inspection. Annual food sales are capped at $150,000…

STR guests are bound by the same state law as everyone else: unreasonable noise near a residence is disorderly conduct under Tex. Penal Code §42.01, a Class C misdemeanor up to $500…

Short-term rentals owe Texas's 6% state hotel occupancy tax under Tex. Tax Code §156.052, plus Williamson County's county hotel tax. State law defines a 'hotel' to include short-term…

Under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 143, Subchapter F, you cannot tear out a fence you jointly own with a neighbor, or one attached to a neighbor's fence, without mutual consent. To…

In the City of Hutto it is a class C misdemeanor to consume alcohol or possess an open container in any designated parking area or within 25 feet of a roadway inside a city-owned…

Reserving a Hutto park facility or requesting exclusive use of an entire park for a festival-type event runs through the parks and recreation department, with published fees and, for…

Hutto requires a special event permit from the city manager before any street fair, arts and crafts show, rally or similar outdoor gathering that disrupts traffic or needs city…

Hutto requires a parade permit before any organized procession that impedes normal traffic flow on a public street or right-of-way. Applications go to the police department 30 to 90…

Hosting a block party on a Hutto residential street requires a street closure permit from the police chief or designee. Applications need signatures from 75% of abutting residents…

Anyone building, installing or operating facilities in a Hutto public right-of-way, including work that encroaches on a sidewalk, needs a construction permit and prior registration…

In the City of Hutto it is unlawful to place goods, containers, sports equipment, dispensers or signs on any street, alley or sidewalk, or the right-of-way between the curb and…

Contractors working in a Hutto public right-of-way must put erosion controls such as silt fencing in place before construction begins and stabilize any disturbed area from erosion…

The City of Hutto bans any discharge that isn't entirely stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system, citywide and across its extraterritorial jurisdiction. A discharger who…

From April 1 through October 31 each year, Hutto bars idling a motor vehicle's primary propulsion engine for more than five consecutive minutes while the vehicle isn't moving, under §…

In Hutto's mapped special flood hazard areas, the base flood elevation (BFE) shown on the FEMA flood insurance rate map sets the minimum finished-floor height. Article 6.06 requires…

Any construction, fill, grading or manufactured-home placement within a mapped special flood hazard area in the City of Hutto requires a floodplain development permit issued by the…

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…

In the City of Hutto, municipal parks and the trail system are open to the public only between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.; being in a park outside those hours is a class C misdemeanor…

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…

In the City of Hutto, an occupant may run only one garage sale per property every six months, and each sale is capped at three consecutive days between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Only the…

A tow truck cannot perform a nonconsent or incident-management tow in the City of Hutto without a certificate of registration from the chief of police. Article 8.06 sets insurance…

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…

Hutto makes it unlawful for anyone other than a city employee, the property owner, or a licensed hauler to take garbage, rubbish, recycling materials, or solid waste out of a curbside…

Every residential property in Hutto must keep one or more rodent- and fly-proof garbage containers holding between 20 and 32 gallons, made of galvanized metal or plastic with tight…

Hutto bills every occupied residence a citywide sanitation charge that covers recycling service whether or not the household uses it, and residents choose their cart-size combination…

Hutto's Code of Ordinances requires every residential owner, occupant, or tenant to place garbage and recycling containers curbside before 7:00 a.m. on the day the city has established…

Large or heavy debris that will not fit a standard can is the owner's responsibility to haul away in Hutto, except storm-damaged brush that the city will pick up on written request for…

Every occupied residence in Hutto must keep a rodent- and flyproof refuse container and set it at the curb before 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day under § 24.03.004. The city…

The City of Hutto requires leaves and grass clippings to go in a container or plastic bag for regular pickup, while tree limbs must be bundled and cut to no more than 3 feet long and 6…

Hutto's building code amendments require construction debris on every jobsite in the city to be contained in dumpsters, roll-off containers, or a fenced area with mesh no wider than…

Illegal dumping of refuse in the City of Hutto is punished harder than most code violations. Under § 1.01.009(b) of the Code of Ordinances, the city council may set a fine of up to…

The City of Hutto requires its own license, a $15 per-machine annual occupation tax tag, and posted age-18 signage before any amusement redemption machine game room can operate, and…

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 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 §…

In the City of Hutto, no food establishment may employ a food handler who lacks a valid registration certificate from the Williamson County and Cities Health District, earned by…

The City of Hutto bans property conditions that breed vermin and requires every residential household to keep refuse in a rodentproof, flyproof container holding between 20 and 32…

In the City of Hutto, new construction must meet the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code, adopted at section 6.02.351 to govern energy-efficient building envelopes and…

In the City of Hutto, construction work is governed by the adopted 2018 International Building Code, which Development Services enforces citywide. Section 6.02.051 adopts the IBC to…

In the City of Hutto, all wiring, service upgrades, and electrical installations must comply with the 2017 National Electrical Code, adopted at section 6.02.151. Section 6.02.152…

In the City of Hutto, plumbing work is governed by the 2018 International Plumbing Code, adopted at section 6.02.201 and locally amended at section 6.02.202. Permits and fees follow…

Hutto's seven-member Historic Preservation Commission recommends designation of historic districts and landmarks and rules on certificates of appropriateness and demolition requests…

In the City of Hutto, any substandard or unsafe building is declared a public nuisance under section 6.03.003 of the Unsafe Buildings article, and it is unlawful for an owner to…

Hutto requires every lot owner, vacant or built, to keep the property free of stagnant water, weeds, tall grass, rubbish, garbage, brush, trash and carrion under section 12.03.001…

The City of Hutto levies a 7 percent hotel occupancy tax on any room costing $2.00 or more per night, effective since October 1, 2005. The tax reaches lodging inside Hutto's…

City of Hutto customers who want a bill credit for a leak on their side of the water meter must request the adjustment in writing to the city manager. Once the city gives notice of an…

The City of Hutto does not run a recycled-water utility program, but its Drought Contingency Plan carves out Type I and Type II recycled water as the one allowed source for dust…

Homeowners in the City of Hutto can bar door-to-door peddlers and solicitors by posting a sign that clearly says solicitors are unwelcome; ignoring it is a violation. Separately, no…

Anyone peddling goods or soliciting orders door-to-door in the City of Hutto, apart from limited exemptions, must first get a permit from the city, which requires fingerprints and a…

Hutto defines 'street' to include sidewalks, roadways and other public ways, and itinerant vendors selling from a stand on a street or sidewalk need a city permit first. Vending in a…

Mobile food and other itinerant vending is barred within 1,000 feet of a hospital, college or school anywhere in Hutto, and inside the historic overlay district it needs Planning and…

Before operating in the City of Hutto, an itinerant or mobile food vendor must get a city permit, filing a written application at least 21 days ahead with identification, a Department…

Anyone installing solar panels on a home or business in the City of Hutto needs a building permit under the city's adopted International Residential and Building Codes. Development…

Texas law bars a property owners' association from prohibiting solar energy devices. Williamson County HOAs like Sun City and Cimarron Hills may set reasonable placement conditions but…

Hutto's noise ordinance doesn't name car alarms specifically, but section 14.03.003(5) reaches the same conduct: continued or frequent sounding of any horn or signal device on a…

Filming in the City of Hutto requires a $500.00 film application fee under Appendix A § A8.001(d) of the Code of Ordinances. Beyond that base fee, a production pays $500.00 per day for…

When a film production closes or obstructs a public street in the City of Hutto, Appendix A § A8.001(d) of the Code of Ordinances charges $50.00 per block per day for a total closure…

Williamson County has no ordinance regulating holiday lights, inflatables, or yard displays in unincorporated areas: those fall to HOA deed restrictions. Property Code §202.018 blocks…

Political signs are protected on private property in unincorporated Williamson County. The county has no sign ordinance, and Election Code §259.003 blocks any local sign rule that…

Garage-sale signs face no county rule on your own property in unincorporated Williamson County: the county has no sign ordinance. But Transportation Code §393.002 makes it illegal to…

Williamson County sets no lot-coverage or impervious-surface limit. Texas counties cannot zone. Coverage caps in unincorporated areas come from HOA deed restrictions and drainage rules…

Williamson County sets no setback rules. Texas counties have no zoning power. Only subdivision platting under Local Government Code Chapter 232 applies, and in platted subdivisions HOA…

Williamson County sets no building height limit. Texas counties lack zoning authority, so height caps in unincorporated areas exist only through HOA deed restrictions. Cities like…

Williamson County has no dark-sky lighting ordinance for private property. Texas has no general outdoor-lighting statute; Health and Safety Code Chapter 425 covers only state-funded…

Rent control does not exist in unincorporated Williamson County. Texas Local Government Code §214.902 bars any city or county from capping rent unless a declared disaster triggers an…

Texas has no just-cause eviction rule. A landlord in unincorporated Williamson County may end a tenancy without stating a reason. Property Code §24.005 requires only a three-day…

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…

There are no marijuana dispensaries to zone in Williamson County; retail cannabis sale is illegal statewide. The only lawful outlets are licensed low-THC medical dispensers under the…

Growing marijuana at home is illegal everywhere in Texas, including unincorporated Williamson County. Possessing usable marijuana is a crime under Health and Safety Code Section…

Texas Government Code Chapter 423 occupies the field of unmanned aircraft regulation. Cities and counties cannot adopt their own recreational drone ordinances, though limited municipal…

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…

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…