Irving, TX

Irving bans landscaping, lawn care and construction noise in residential areas between 9:00 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. The rule sits inside the city's noise chapter, enforced by police and…

Irving Code § 22-3 bars vehicle and sound-equipment noise: a car radio or amplified sound plainly audible 50 feet away in a commercial, industrial, or public space, and any…

Irving Ch. 22 restricts amplified sound that disturbs the peace. Loudspeakers and amplifiers are prohibited when they create unreasonable disturbance. Quiet hours apply 10 PM to 7 AM.

Irving Ch. 22 prohibits unreasonable noise from commercial and industrial operations that disturbs the peace of neighbors. Loading/unloading near residential areas restricted after 9…

Irving Ch 22 prohibits unreasonable noise citywide. Yelling, shouting, and singing in residential areas prohibited 10 PM to 7 AM. Construction restricted to 6 AM-9 PM weekdays and 7…

Irving bars construction, demolition or repair noise near homes outside 6 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m.-8 p.m. weekends. The building official can permit limited after-hours work…

Irving Ch. 22 makes unreasonably loud animal noise a per se violation. The owner, controller, or caretaker is responsible. Licensed animal facilities are exempt.

Irving regulates livestock by zoning district. Most residential districts prohibit large livestock. Properties in qualifying zoning districts must comply with animal density and lot…

Irving treats a cat running loose the same as any other animal at large: the owner is on the hook under Sec. 6-80(a) for failing to prevent it or to secure it, unless the cat is part…

Irving doesn't require every pet to be spayed or neutered, but two triggers make it mandatory. Sec. 6-34 forces sterilization within 30 days on any dog or cat that bites a person…

Irving requires every dog and cat over four months old to carry a microchip registered with a microchip company, not just a collar tag. Sec. 6-15 of the Code of Civil and Criminal…

Irving caps a single residence at eight companion animals four months or older, counting dogs and cats together. A household may also keep no more than two litters of offspring at the…

Irving Ch. 6 regulates the keeping of wild and exotic animals. Texas Parks and Wildlife regulates possession of dangerous wild animals under Health & Safety Code Ch. 822, Subchapter E.

Irving's Unified Development Code treats veterinary clinics and animal hospitals as their own zoning use, not as ordinary professional offices. Section 2.5.4(a)(7) expressly excludes…

Texas Property Code § 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning beekeeping that complies with TX Apiary Inspection Act. Irving allows beekeeping subject to nuisance provisions in Ch. 6.

Irving dog owners must keep animals from running at large under Sec. 6-80(a): confined or restrained on a leash strong enough to prevent unwanted contact, per the Sec. 6-1 definition…

No county breed-specific legislation. Texas has no statewide breed ban. TX HSC Chapter 822 regulates dangerous dogs based on behavior, not breed. Counties cannot enact breed…

Native birds are protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 64. Dallas County has no separate bird ordinance. Removing nests, eggs, or…

Texas does not prohibit retail pet sales statewide, and Dallas County imposes no countywide pet-store sourcing ban. Dallas City Code Section 7-3.1 limits retail sales to rescue and…

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…

Texas Cottage Food Law allows home-based food sales up to $75,000/year without a city food establishment permit. Products limited to non-potentially hazardous foods sold directly to…

Texas HHSC licenses home daycares. Registered homes may care for 1-6 children; listed homes 1-3 children from one household. Irving zoning must permit the use in the district.

Irving's Unified Development Code defines a customary home occupation as work carried on inside a residence without structural changes, extra machinery, or non-resident employees. The…

No county signage ordinance for home businesses. Texas counties cannot regulate signs through zoning. TX Transportation Code restricts signs on state highway rights-of-way. HOA…

Irving STR occupancy limits are partly based on available off-street parking spaces. Guests must not block driveways, sidewalks, or create parking nuisances for neighbors.

Irving escalates short-term rental penalties with each repeat offense of the same code provision within a rolling 12-month window: a notice for the first violation, a misdemeanor…

Irving STR hosts must collect and remit a 7% local hotel occupancy tax monthly, in addition to the state 6% hotel tax. Registration fees apply annually.

Irving STR occupancy limits are based on the number of bedrooms and off-street parking spaces. Building and housing standards regarding egress and safety must be met.

Irving law makes it unlawful to operate a short-term rental without host protection or liability insurance covering up to $1 million per occurrence. Owners must keep a certificate of…

Irving requires every short-term rental owner to hold a valid certificate of registration issued by the Code Enforcement Department before renting to guests. The application must…

Irving STRs must comply with general noise ordinance. Many cities impose stricter quiet hours for rentals. Complaints can trigger permit review.

Dallas County imposes no platform-liability requirements on Airbnb, Vrbo, or similar STR hosting sites. Texas has no statewide platform mandate. City rules vary. Dallas Chapter 42B…

Dallas County does not impose a maximum number of short-term rental nights per year in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack general authority to regulate STRs, and no…

Irving's traffic engineer designates and signs passenger and freight curb loading zones citywide, posting the hours each zone is active. Passenger loading is capped at 3 minutes…

Irving Code § 24-8.2 makes it unlawful for anyone to paint or apply markings to a public street, curb, or sidewalk, closing off DIY curb-number jobs, reserved-parking stripes, and…

Irving's Unified Development Code bars parking recreational vehicles, motor homes, and towed trailers anywhere in the required front setback in its R-ZLa zero lot line district, and…

Irving permits storing an RV, boat, motor home or travel trailer in a residential yard only on an approved surface under UDC Section 3.18.2(a). The pad must be concrete or asphalt, or…

Irving restricts overnight parking of oversized vehicles and trailers in residential areas. Standard passenger vehicles may park overnight on streets where not otherwise restricted by…

A junked vehicle, one missing a valid license plate or inspection sticker and either wrecked, dismantled or inoperable for more than 72 hours in public or 30 days on private property…

Irving requires vehicles to park parallel to the curb with right-hand wheels within 18 inches. Oversized and commercial vehicles on residential streets are enforced by Irving PD.

Irving repealed its local commercial vehicle residential parking restriction (former §21-115) in 2016. TX Transportation Code §545.307 still restricts overnight commercial vehicle…

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…

Texas law lets Irving prohibit or regulate fireworks, but Irving repealed its own dedicated fireworks ordinance in 2005. Today the city requires a fire marshal permit and $3 million in…

Irving regulates outdoor fires in parks and residential areas. Open fires on park property are only allowed in designated areas. Burning materials producing toxic fumes is prohibited.

Texas Property Code § 92.255 requires smoke detectors in each bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every level of a dwelling. Irving's alarm system chapter (Ch. 9) requires annual…

Irving's nuisance ordinance makes it a violation to burn hair, leather, rags, or any other substance that produces an offensive smell, smoke, or odor capable of annoying nearby…

Outdoor burning is prohibited in unincorporated Dallas County unless a daily burn permit is issued by the Dallas County Fire Marshal. Burns must be at least 300 ft from any building…

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…

Irving requires a separate building permit before a retaining wall goes in. Land Development Code Section 8B-27(e) lists retaining walls among the structures that need their own permit…

Irving requires a fence permit before anyone builds, repairs, or replaces a fence or any part of one, under Section 15-3(a) of Chapter 15. The permit fee is waived for small…

Irving bans barbed, concertina, and razor wire on fences citywide under Section 15-7(a), with a narrow affirmative-defense exception for non-residential districts where the wire sits…

Irving caps front-yard fences at 48 inches with at least 50% see-through visibility, while rear and side yards allow up to 8 feet in residential zones and 10 feet in non-residential…

Texas is a fence-out state with no mandatory cost-sharing. Irving requires fences on shared boundaries to comply with height, material, and setback standards. Disputes are civil…

Irving requires anyone whose tree grows over a public right-of-way to keep at least fourteen feet of clearance above the street pavement or curb under UDC § 4.5.6(b)(1), remove dead or…

Irving requires a tree removal permit before anyone cuts, removes, or damages a protected tree under UDC § 4.5.8(c), but exempts occupied residential property and commercial lots of…

Irving bans weeds and grass over ten inches on any premises, including the parkway and abutting right-of-way. Code Enforcement issues notice; after seven days the city mows the lot and…

Irving encourages native and drought-tolerant landscaping for water conservation but does not mandate native plant usage. HOAs cannot prohibit xeriscaping under Texas law.

Irving's own development code lets homeowners cover front and side yards facing a street with artificial turf as part of a Xeriscape plan, and Texas Property Code § 202.007(a)(4)…

Irving limits lawn and landscape irrigation to two days a week, even addresses Tuesday and Saturday, odd addresses Wednesday and Sunday, and bans all watering from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m…

Texas strongly supports rainwater harvesting. TX Water Code Section 16.0121 promotes collection. TX Property Code Section 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning rainwater harvesting…

Irving will not issue a permit to convert an attached garage into living space unless the project meets every condition in UDC § 4.4.10: matching exterior materials, no wood siding on…

A backyard shed in Irving falls under UDC § 3.1.4, which caps a detached accessory building on a lot under half an acre at 10% of the lot area or 2,500 square feet, whichever is…

Irving's Unified Development Code defines a 'servants quarters,' the only accessory dwelling unit its zoning code recognizes, as living quarters restricted to people employed on the…

Irving will not let a homeowner add a guest apartment or accessory dwelling by right. Under Unified Development Code § 2.4.7(b)(2), guest and servant's quarters are a lawful accessory…

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…

Irving requires building permits for swimming pool construction. Pools cannot be built on easements. Permits applied through MGO online portal. Residential permits take about 3…

Irving requires pool fencing per building code and Ch. 36 (Public Swimming Pools and Spas). TX Health & Safety Code Ch. 757 mandates minimum 48-inch barriers with self-closing…

Irving makes it a per se violation to make, or knowingly permit, any unreasonably loud, disturbing noise in a dwelling or on any public street, and bars yelling, shouting, or amplified…

Riding a skateboard, roller skates, coaster or other wheeled toy vehicle on an Irving roadway is illegal outside of a marked crosswalk under Section 21-17, and even in the crosswalk…

Irving bans smoking in the outdoor areas of any building or grounds the city owns, operates, or manages, including parks and recreation facilities. The ban carries exceptions for…

Irving has enacted no city ordinance against open containers or drinking alcohol in public. The subject is left to Texas state law: Penal Code Section 49.031 makes possessing an open…

Irving classifies defecating or urinating on streets, alleys or public grounds, or anywhere visible from a home or passing pedestrians, as a public nuisance. The rule sits in the…

Marijuana is illegal in Irving. Texas Health and Safety Code section 481.121 makes possessing two ounces or less a Class B misdemeanor, and Irving has adopted no local ordinance…

Irving makes it unlawful to loiter on another person's property or premises without being able to give a good account of yourself. The century-old rule sits in the city's miscellaneous…

Irving pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between signalized intersections they may cross only in a marked crosswalk. Violating…

Passive panhandling is constitutionally protected speech in Texas after Reed v. Town of Gilbert. Aggressive panhandling that touches, blocks, or threatens a person can be charged as…

Irving Ch. 22 general noise provisions apply to generators. Continuous use of generators producing unreasonable noise may be cited. Emergency generators during power outages are…

Irving restaurants and bars using amplified sound must stop by 10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and stay under 70 dBA at the property line, unless they sit within…

Irving bans loading and unloading noise near homes and businesses between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. on weekends. A separate exemption lets restaurants receive…

Irving Ch. 22 general noise provisions apply to HVAC equipment. Units must not produce unreasonably loud noise disturbing neighbors. Placement must comply with UDC setback requirements.

Irving has no cryptocurrency-specific ordinance. A crypto-mining operation is classified as a 'data center' under the Unified Development Code: a defined principal use allowed only in…

Irving's noise code singles out standby generators at data centers: they cannot be tested or run for maintenance between 7:00 p.m. and 7:59 a.m., and are expressly excluded from the 85…

In Irving, a data center is a principal use allowed only by Conditional Use Permit, and only in the C-W, ML-20, ML-20a, ML-40, ML-120, or C-P districts. Smaller accessory data centers…

Texas law permits security cameras on your own property. Cameras must not record areas where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy. TX Penal Code § 21.15 prohibits invasive…

Texas is a one-party consent state for audio recording. Video recording in public spaces is legal. Invasive visual recording in private areas is a state jail felony under TX Penal Code…

TX Property Code § 209.00505 governs HOA architectural committees for associations with 40+ lots. Written denial notices required with right to board hearing within 30 days.

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA assessments. Associations may place liens for unpaid assessments but foreclosure is limited. Payment plans required for delinquent amounts.

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 (TRPOPA) governs HOA board procedures. Open meetings, voting, record access within 10 business days, and proper notice requirements are mandated…

An Irving homeowners association cannot levy a fine until it mails the owner certified written notice describing the violation, allows a reasonable period to cure, and offers a hearing…

Texas Property Code Ch. 209 sets procedures for CC&R enforcement including required notice, hearing, and reasonable fine limits. Dedicatory instruments bind property owners upon…

TX Property Code Ch. 209 provides dispute resolution procedures including mandatory internal hearings before fines. Alternative dispute resolution (mediation/arbitration) is available.

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…

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…

Irving does not have a specific bamboo ordinance. Running bamboo that encroaches on neighbor property may be addressed as a nuisance. Property owners are responsible for containment.

Irving does not prohibit front yard vegetable gardens. Texas HB 2436 protects homeowners' right to grow gardens. HOAs may impose reasonable aesthetic standards but cannot ban food…

Irving does not maintain a city-level prohibited plant species list. Texas Department of Agriculture and USDA regulate noxious weeds and invasive species at the state and federal level.

Irving confines recreational drone flying to three parks: Mountain Creek Preserve, Running Bear Park, and Sam Houston Trail Park, and only within each park's specifically designated…

FAA regulations govern recreational drone use. Texas Government Code Chapter 423 preempts local drone ordinances. Counties cannot create separate drone rules. FAA TRUST test required…

A written, signed, and dated complaint from an Irving tenant under Texas Property Code § 92.052, copied to the city, doubles as the tenant's consent for city inspectors to enter and…

Irving inspects multi-family rental communities and assigns each a risk rating. A property rated 5 must install a heat detection system and improve to rating 4 or better within twelve…

Irving makes it a misdemeanor to stand, remain or congregate on a public street or sidewalk in a way that obstructs others, then refuse a police order to move on or disperse.

Camping overnight on any Irving park property is unlawful unless it is part of a city-provided program, under City Code Section 25-2(f). Statewide, Texas HB 1925 makes camping in any…

Reserving an Irving park facility for an outdoor event requires a venue rental application to Parks and Recreation with a detailed site plan before any Special Event Permit Application…

Any parade or procession of 30 or more people or five or more vehicles in Irving needs a permit from the police chief before it can march down a public street, per Section 21-22…

Irving residents must file a block party application with the special event coordinator at least 14 days ahead, notify neighbors within 200 feet, and keep the closure to a set window…

Vendors at an Irving special event must stay inside the area shown on the approved site plan, keep pedestrian paths clear, and hold a valid Texas Sales and Use Tax Permit plus a city…

In Irving's Heritage Crossing District, near the TRE Heritage Crossing station along Main Street, Irving Boulevard and Second Street, a restaurant cannot just set tables on the public…

Irving's Water Management Plan documents an active, contractual, non-potable water reuse system rather than a rule for individual customers. The Dallas County Utility and Reclamation…

Irving's landscape ordinance, updated by the city council on February 15, 2018, lets residential and commercial properties meet minimum landscaping standards by replacing grass turf…

Irving makes it a criminal offense to let water leak, pond, or run unrepaired on your property. City Code Sec. 41-14.1(c) requires property owners to abate leaking or flowing water…

Irving places the cost of installing and fixing the sidewalk in front of a property on the abutting owner. If an owner refuses after the city orders the work, the city can build it and…

Anyone wanting to place a display in Irving's street right-of-way, not merchandise for sale, must get a city manager permit good for a maximum of three months, carry adequate liability…

Every Irving city park posts its own opening and closing hours at the entrance, and Code § 25-2(a) makes it unlawful to be inside a park facility outside those posted hours or to…

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…

Every residential board and care facility in Irving, one housing 16 or more unrelated residents receiving personal care, must fit each building used for living or sleeping quarters…

Irving's minimum maintenance standards require the owner and manager of every structure and premises in the city to provide and maintain carbon monoxide and smoke detection equipment…

Irving enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code, with its Informative Annex H, as the city's electrical code under Section 8B-21, and Section 8B-22 layers in Irving's own amendments…

Irving requires every child-care facility, center, home, or parent's day out program, to hold a city inspections department permit on top of state licensing. Operating without one is…

Irving adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code under Section 8B-7, with local amendments controlling wherever they conflict with the published IPC text. Anyone…

Irving requires a permit before construction under its adopted 2024 International Building Code. The Inspections Department issues permits, and starting any building, electrical, gas…

Owners of a building with a sidewalk elevator or lift must keep it in good repair and the surface doors flush with the sidewalk, and are personally liable for injuries the public…

Irving imposes enhanced green-building performance standards on new multifamily and mixed-use residential development under Section 8B-30, requiring at least ten percent better energy…

Irving's inspections staff can examine any residential or nonresidential structure and premises in the city without giving the owner advance notice, under Code § 8-32. They get…

Irving's zoning code names auto-related businesses as one of only four activities expressly barred from operating as a customary home occupation, alongside physical or medical…

Operating a wrecker or towing service in Irving requires a city license from the chief of police plus a $25 annual permit for each truck, and non-consent tows must be reported to the…

Anyone buying, selling or dealing in junk within Irving, which the city defines broadly as scrap metal, rags, bottles, dismantled fixtures and used auto parts, must hold an annual…

Irving's Unified Development Code bars retail tobacco sales for off-premises consumption within 1,000 feet of any school or public park, including youth and recreation centers. Section…

Irving requires a city-issued sexually oriented business license and bars these businesses within 1,000 feet of a church, school, child care, park, residence, hospital, or another…

Irving requires a separate city license for every massage establishment and a separate license for every massaginist, issued by the chief of police and valid one year. Operating or…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 146 requires every tattoo and body-piercing studio in Dallas County to hold a Texas Department of State Health Services license. Dallas County HHS…

Pawnbrokers in Dallas County are licensed under Texas Finance Code Chapter 371 by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC). The county adds no parallel license, but the Dallas…

Irving's Unified Development Code sets aside an Agricultural (AG) zoning district where farming, ranching and related uses are permitted by right. Lots must run at least 200 by 200…

Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 251, the Right to Farm Act, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance suits when neighbors arrive after farming began. Dallas County…

Irving bans commercial dumpsters from front yards, rights-of-way, fire lanes, required parking, and any spot that blocks traffic or sight lines, and requires most of them to be…

Irving City Code § 33-4 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit garbage, brush, bulky items, construction debris, or other waste on private property you do not own or control. Code…

Irving requires garbage and recycling bags to stay closed and secured at all times except while being filled, and to go out only at the curb location the city designates as most…

Irving defines curbside recycling as a service tied to the city's current recycling materials processing contract, and it treats hazardous, biohazardous, or non-recyclable items as…

Irving requires curbside recyclables to go out in the city's blue recycling bag, which must hold between thirteen and thirty gallons and weigh no more than fifty pounds when full. The…

Irving collects residential garbage twice a week and recycling once a week on days assigned by address. Section 33-13 requires carts and bags at the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the…

Irving collects residential trash twice a week and recycling plus brush and bulky items once a week on the same day. Find your days on the city's collection map at…

No county bulk pickup service. Private haulers may offer bulk pickup for additional fee. Illegal dumping of bulk items prohibited under TX HSC Section 365.012 with penalties scaling by…

Irving treats window signs as a category of wall sign under Chapter 7 of the Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances. Section 7-3(14) caps the combined area of every wall, window…

Irving permits electronic message signs only as small components of an on-premise monument, multi-tenant, wall, or canopy sign. They cap at 40 square feet, sit at least 100 feet from…

Irving does not carve out a separate rule for political signs: Code § 7-17 folds them into the noncommercial-sign category and holds them to the same permit, fee, time, place, and…

Irving does not allow new billboards along its freeways: only billboards that stood lawfully on a controlled-access freeway before June 3, 1999, can be converted to digital displays…

Irving regulates temporary signs including garage sale signs under its sign ordinance. Garage sale signs may be placed on the property where the sale is occurring. Signs in the public…

Irving does not have specific ordinances restricting holiday displays on private residential property. Seasonal decorations and holiday lighting are generally permitted as temporary…

Irving sets minimum yard setbacks separately for each of its 35 zoning districts under the Unified Development Code. In the R-40 single-family district, principal structures must sit…

Irving's Unified Development Code caps how much of a single-family lot a house can cover, with the percentage set district by district. In the large-lot R-40 district it is 20 percent…

Irving's R-7.5 single-family zone, the city's most common residential district, caps houses at two stories or 25 feet, whichever applies, with lot coverage held to 40 percent of the…

New residential construction in Irving's special flood hazard areas must have the lowest floor, including any basement, elevated at least two feet above the base flood elevation. A…

Irving caps engine idling for trucks over 10,000 pounds at 15 minutes when parked within 300 feet of a home, unless the engine sits in an enclosed structure. The city's noise chapter…

Irving requires new development and redevelopment to control post-construction stormwater runoff under Chapter 51, sizing drainage improvements to the 25-year storm for areas under 100…

Irving requires an earthwork permit before grading, filling, or excavating, and Section 41-62.6 bars placing fill without controlling erosion on cut and fill slopes with planting…

Irving requires a development permit before any construction, grading, or land change occurs in an area of special flood hazard, on top of any building permit. Chapter 47 applies…

Texas has no statewide cool roof mandate, and Dallas County applies cool roof specifications only to its own facilities through capital project standards. Private buildings follow 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…

Irving requires a landscaped interior parkway along the street frontage of every nonresidential development, averaging 10 feet deep with at least one large or medium tree per 400…

Citywide, Irving bars anyone from damaging or removing a protected tree, defined as any species six inches or larger in diameter that is not on the city's unprotected list, without…

Inside Irving's Heritage Crossing District, any Post Oak, Blackjack Oak, or tree of 24-inch caliper or larger counts as a protected heritage tree. Developers preserving one earn a…

Irving licenses every coin-operated amusement machine business through the chief of police, splitting locations into amusement centers or amusement stores by machine density 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 §…

Irving has no separate storm or tornado debris program. Downed limbs and damaged household goods go out on the city's normal brush and bulky-waste routes, and Code § 33-18.22(h)…

In Irving's State Highway 161 overlay district, exterior lighting cannot cast glare onto neighboring lots or streets and cannot add more than one footcandle of light at any point off…

Irving's digital-billboard permit rules under Section 7-4.2(b) set hard limits on how a converted freeway billboard can display and light its image: no flashing, intermittent, or…

New development in Irving's State Highway 161 overlay district must shield every outdoor fixture with skirts or cutoffs capped at a 90-degree angle so glare stays off neighboring…

Irving's Downtown Development District requires new buildings and major renovations in the Downtown Pedestrian Subdistrict to score at least 40 points on a design-points table covering…

Texas counties cannot generally zone land. Dallas County regulates only subdivision plats, floodplains, and on-site sewage facilities in unincorporated areas under Local Government…

Irving property owners must maintain premises free from conditions that harbor pests. TX Structural Pest Control Act regulates pest control operators. Landlords must address…

Groups that serve free food to the public at outdoor charity events in Irving must notify the city's Health Manager in writing 48 hours ahead, and Section 18-4 lets the Health Manager…

Texas Property Code Chapter 92 makes landlords statewide responsible for habitable rentals including bed bug remediation. DCHHS responds to complaints in unincorporated Dallas County…

Irving enforces building and housing standards for all rental properties. Texas Property Code Ch. 92 sets landlord obligations for habitability, security devices, and smoke detectors.

Irving has NO local just-cause eviction ordinance. Texas is a no-cause termination state under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001: a month-to-month tenancy may be ended by either party on 30…

Texas has no statewide source of income protection, and Dallas County has not adopted a county-level rule covering its 25 cities. Only the City of Dallas, through 2020 Chapter 46…

Texas has no statewide tenant relocation assistance law, and Dallas County has no county-level relocation ordinance. Tenants displaced by no-fault terminations, condemnation, or sale…

Dallas County does not regulate cash-for-keys voluntary buyout agreements. Texas Property Code Chapter 92 governs landlord-tenant relations and allows landlords and tenants to…

Texas allows landlords to end fixed-term leases at expiration and to terminate month-to-month tenancies with at least 30 days' written notice for any lawful reason. Dallas County has…

Texas Property Code Sections 92.101 through 92.110 set statewide security-deposit rules for all Dallas County rentals. Landlords must return the deposit within 30 days of move-out with…

Dallas County has not adopted a comprehensive tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Tenants countywide rely on Texas Property Code Section 92.331 retaliation rules and Section 92.0081…

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 § 92.019 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 law forbids cities from adopting rent control. A municipality may not establish rent control unless its governing body finds a housing emergency caused by a disaster and 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…

Irving requires barbecue grills and similar outdoor equipment kept at a residence to remain in the rear yard under UDC Section 3.18.2(d)(2). The same accessory-items rule that covers…

Irving allows lawn ornaments, yard swings, water features and outdoor art at a residence under UDC Section 3.18.2(d)(1), provided the piece is designed for outdoor use and kept in…

Irving enforces property maintenance standards through Chapter 24 (Offenses) and property maintenance provisions of the city code. Properties must be kept free of junk, debris, high…

Irving requires vacant lot owners to maintain their properties free of high weeds, trash, and hazardous conditions. Weeds and grass must be kept below 12 inches. The city can abate…

Irving caps garage sales at two per calendar year per address and 72 consecutive hours per sale under Chapter 49 of the city code. Sales are confined to specific residential zoning…

Irving no longer issues its own mobile food truck permits. A truck must carry a Dallas County Health mobile food establishment permit to operate in the city, and Irving Code adopts the…

Under Texas Health & Safety Code Section 437.0045, a county, city, or public health district may require a food truck permit only if the Department of State Health Services would…

Irving levies a 7 percent hotel occupancy tax on any room costing $2.00 or more per day, collected by the operator and remitted to the city's chief financial officer. Permanent…

Irving regulates door-to-door solicitation under its business regulations code. Commercial solicitors and peddlers must obtain a solicitor's permit before going door-to-door. Permit…

Irving requires solicitors to honor No Soliciting signs posted at residences. Soliciting at a home with a posted no-soliciting sign is a violation of the city's solicitation ordinance…

Red-light cameras are illegal in Irving. Texas Transportation Code 707.020 bars every local authority from implementing or operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on…

Dallas County does not operate a countywide bicycle network. Bike lanes are designed and maintained by individual cities and TxDOT on state highways. DART runs regional transit, and…

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…

Irving requires building permits for solar panel installations on residential and commercial properties. Texas Property Code Section 202.010 prohibits HOAs from completely banning…

TX Property Code Section 202.010 prohibits HOAs from banning solar energy devices. HOAs may require prior approval but cannot unreasonably deny. Solar roof tiles included per HB 431…

Texas does not permit recreational marijuana dispensaries. The state's Compassionate Use Program allows a very limited number of licensed dispensing organizations to distribute low-THC…

Cannabis home cultivation is illegal in Texas. TX HSC Chapter 481 classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance. No county exception. Possession of any amount is a criminal offense…

Dallas County has no recreational cannabis dispensary buffer-zone rules because Texas does not allow recreational dispensaries. Compassionate Use Program (CUP) sites face no…

Texas has no recreational cannabis program, so no social-equity licensing exists in Dallas County. The state's narrow Compassionate Use Program (CUP) licenses three dispensing…

Texas prohibits all personal cannabis cultivation. Growing even one plant violates TX Health and Safety Code Section 481.120, treated as possession with intent to deliver based on…

Texas prohibits all recreational cannabis delivery. Compassionate Use Program low-THC products may be delivered to qualifying patients only by the three licensed dispensing…

Texas allows open carry of holstered handguns by adults 21 and older without a permit. House Bill 1927 (2021) ended the License to Carry requirement. Long guns may also be openly…

House Bill 1927 (2021) lets most Texans 21 and older carry a handgun concealed without a permit anywhere in Dallas County. The optional License to Carry through Texas DPS still…

Texas Penal Code section 46.02(a-1), the Motorist Protection Act expanded by HB 1927, lets any adult legally entitled to possess a firearm carry a handgun inside their motor vehicle or…

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 HB 2127, the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act effective September 2023, broadly preempts local labor regulation including paid sick leave. Dallas County cannot mandate paid leave…

Texas HB 2127 (2023) preempts local predictable scheduling laws. Dallas County has no scheduling ordinance and is barred from adopting one. Federal FLSA overtime is the only floor.

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 preempts any city or county from setting a minimum wage above the federal $7.25 per hour floor. Dallas County cannot enact a higher local wage.

Filming inside a Dallas County building requires written approval from the commissioners court, plus a copy of the film script submitted with the rental request. Productions pay a…

Dallas County's Nuisance Abatement Division enforces a set list of public nuisances in the unincorporated area: overgrown weeds, accumulated junk, unsanitary conditions, unsafe…

Dallas County residents can report a suspected public nuisance verbally or in writing to the Nuisance Abatement Division, or the county can catch it during a routine field inspection…

Dallas County must investigate a reported nuisance within seven days under Sec. 34-141(b). Once a violation is confirmed, the owner gets 30 days to abate it, and the county reinspects…

Texas Health and Safety Code section 361.0961 preempts cities and counties from regulating containers and packages, which the Texas Supreme Court Laredo case extends to polystyrene…

Texas Health and Safety Code section 361.0961 and the 2018 Laredo Supreme Court decision preempt city and county regulation of single-use packaging, which restaurant lawyers extend to…

The Texas Supreme Court ruling in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) invalidated municipal plastic-bag bans under Health and Safety Code section 361.0961. Dallas…

Texas has no statewide E-Verify requirement for private employers. State agencies and contractors must use E-Verify under a 2014 executive order. Dallas County requires it for its own…

Texas SB 4 (2017) prohibits any county, city, or sheriff from adopting sanctuary policies or refusing ICE detainers. Dallas County is not a sanctuary jurisdiction and the Sheriff…

Dallas County designates historic markers and monuments through its 15-member Historical Commission, not through a zoning or landmarks board. A state historical marker cannot be…

California's Mills Act does not exist in Texas. Texas Tax Code Section 11.24 lets cities and counties exempt part or all of designated historic property's appraised value from local…

Federal Tobacco 21 (PL 116-94) and Texas Health and Safety Code section 161.082 ban sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapor products, and any tobacco to anyone under 21 in Dallas…

Texas House Bill 1771 (2023), codified at Health and Safety Code section 161.0876, preempts cities and counties from restricting flavored tobacco, menthol cigarettes, or vape flavors…

Texas Tax Code Chapter 171 imposes a single state franchise tax on most businesses operating in Dallas County. Texas does not allow city or county business gross-receipts taxes, so…

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 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…