Bell County has no zoning power, so unincorporated areas have no grass-height ordinance. Inside Killeen, grass and weeds over 12 inches are a nuisance violation. Temple, Belton, and Harker Heights set their own limits.
Texas counties cannot zone or set general property-maintenance rules, so unincorporated Bell County has no across-the-board mowing standard. The city where you live controls the limit. Killeen Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 (Nuisances) treats grass and weeds taller than 12 inches as a violation, and properties over two acres must keep a 50-foot mowed strip along any public street, right-of-way, or adjacent residence. Temple and Belton run similar code-compliance programs. Outside city limits, the only backstop is the Texas public-nuisance statute (Health & Safety Code Ch. 343) for weeds near neighboring homes.
Killeen: notice to mow, then city abatement with the cost billed to the owner as a lien if not corrected.
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Texas has no specific 'hoarding' statute, but keeping animals without adequate food, water, care, or shelter, or cruelly confining them, is animal cruelty, a...
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Bell County has no ordinance banning the feeding of wildlife, and Texas has no general statewide ban either. Feeding game such as deer is legal but discourag...
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Bell County operates few public parks and sets hours by posted sign, not a countywide curfew. City parks in Killeen (Chapter 19) and Temple have posted openi...
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Bell County can't zone, so it has no light-trespass rule in unincorporated areas—glare disputes there fall under general nuisance law. Inside Killeen, Chapte...
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Bell County is not covered by Texas's observatory dark-sky lighting law, and the county cannot zone lighting in unincorporated areas. Inside Killeen, outdoor...
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Unincorporated Bell County does not regulate garage-sale signs. Inside Killeen or Temple, temporary garage-sale signs are governed by the city sign code (Kil...
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