Lewisville, TX

Lewisville does not regulate fence placement between neighbors beyond zoning setback and height requirements. Texas is not a shared-fence-cost state. The finished side of the fence has…

Anyone hired to build, alter, or remove a fence in Lewisville must be a city-registered contractor under City Code § 4-551, and the city will not issue a permit to an unregistered…

Lewisville limits residential fences to 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in side and rear yards under the zoning ordinance Ch. 18. Corner lots have additional sight triangle…

Lewisville zoning ordinance prohibits keeping livestock (horses, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens) on residentially zoned property unless on agricultural tracts meeting minimum…

Lewisville Code Ch. 6, Art. II requires dogs to be restrained by leash, chain, or other tether when off the owner's premises. Running at large is prohibited citywide. Animal Services…

City animal services won't release a dog, cat, or ferret for adoption unless it's already sterilized or the new owner signs a sterilization agreement. Owners who sign the agreement…

Lewisville Code Ch. 6 prohibits keeping dangerous wild animals within city limits. Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Ch. 63 regulates possession of non-game wildlife. Venomous snakes…

Residentially zoned properties in Lewisville may keep no more than six animals total per dwelling unit, mixing dogs, cats, rabbits, and ferrets three months or older however the…

Lewisville does not enforce breed-specific legislation (BSL). No dog breeds are banned within city limits. The city regulates dogs based on individual behavior through its dangerous…

Denton County does not regulate beekeeping. State law under TX Ag Code Chapter 131 requires free annual registration with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service.

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…

Lewisville property owners must keep trees and shrubs along the public right-of-way trimmed so branches don't block pedestrian travel, vehicular sightlines or utility service, under…

Removing, planting or trimming a tree, shrub or plant on Lewisville city-managed property, meaning parks and public rights-of-way, requires the city manager's prior written approval…

Lewisville Code Ch. 10 treats weeds the same as overgrown grass: vegetation exceeding 12 inches is a violation. Noxious weeds, brush, and rubbish that harbor vermin or create fire…

Lewisville runs mandatory, year-round Stage 1 watering-day limits: even-numbered addresses irrigate Tuesdays and Saturdays, odd-numbered addresses Wednesdays and Sundays, commercial…

Denton County has no landscaping requirements. TX Property Code 202.007 protects drought-resistant native plants from HOA bans. No county permits needed.

Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Texas. TX Property Code 202.007 bars HOA bans. Equipment is sales-tax exempt. No county permits required.

Lewisville bans recreational fires and bonfires outright: portable fire pits and backyard campfires are prohibited citywide. Only a permanently installed outdoor fire pit built at…

Lewisville bans open burning citywide under its Fire Code amendments. Bonfires and recreational fires are separately prohibited, and any permitted burn must clear TCEQ rules and any…

Lewisville requires working smoke detectors in all dwelling units per the adopted International Residential Code and TX Property Code Ch. 92. Landlords must install and maintain…

Lewisville bans consumer fireworks within city limits year-round, stricter than TX Occ. Code Ch. 2154. Sparklers and novelty items remain legal.

Northern and western Denton County contains significant wildland-urban interface areas where grasslands and oak woodlands meet rural subdivisions. The Texas A&M Forest Service maps…

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…

Lewisville bars parking on sidewalks, within 20 feet of crosswalks, on railroad tracks, within 15 feet of fire hydrants, and within 25 feet of most private driveways and street…

Lewisville bans parking or storing RVs, boats and other special vehicles on public streets, easements or rights-of-way in single-family and two-family zoned districts. On private…

Lewisville requires front-yard driveways and parking surfaces to be concrete or asphalt and caps their width at 27 feet, or 45 percent of lot width on narrower lots, and no more than…

Lewisville does not impose a blanket overnight street parking ban. Vehicles may park on most residential streets overnight if legally parked and currently registered. Specific areas…

Lewisville restricts parking of commercial vehicles exceeding one ton rated capacity in residential districts. Semi-trucks, trailers, and heavy commercial equipment may not be stored…

Abandoned vehicles in unincorporated Denton County are handled under Texas Transportation Code Chapter 683. Vehicles left on public property or rights-of-way for more than 48 hours may…

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…

Lewisville bans bells, sirens, compression horns and exhaust whistles on private vehicles, reserving them for law enforcement, fire and ambulance duty, and separately bars mounting a…

Lewisville limits construction noise to 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday under Ch. 18. Sunday and holiday work requires a special permit from Building Inspections.

Lewisville quiet hours run 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. under Code Ch. 18, Art. II. Sound plainly audible at a neighboring property during these hours is a noise disturbance with fines up to 500…

Lewisville regulates industrial noise under Ch. 18 and zoning rules. Facilities must limit noise to levels not plainly audible at adjacent residential property lines.

Lewisville treats frequent or prolonged barking, howling, crowing, or other animal noise that disturbs neighbors as a nuisance under Chapter 3 of the city code. An owner isn't cited…

Lewisville prohibits amplified music plainly audible at a neighboring property during quiet hours of 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. under Ch. 18. City events require sound permits.

Lewisville bars running leaf blowers, lawnmowers and other motorized power equipment outdoors in residential zones, or within 150 feet of a home, during nighttime hours. Sec. 9-5(b)(2)…

Building a residential pool in Lewisville requires a construction permit under City Code § 4-473, with fees set by the city's § 2-201 fee schedule, under the 2021 International…

Lewisville pools must meet drain entrapment prevention standards and TX H&S Code Chapter 757 requirements. GFCI protection is required within 20 feet of the pool.

Lewisville STR operators must collect 7 percent city hotel occupancy tax plus the 6 percent state tax for a combined 13 percent rate on nightly rental prices.

Lewisville STR operators must provide off-street parking for guests. Guest vehicles may not block sidewalks, driveways, or fire lanes under the traffic code.

Lewisville requires all STR operators to register before listing. Registration involves an application, property inspection, proof of ownership, and fees.

Lewisville does not impose an annual night cap on short-term rentals. There is no ordinance limiting total rental nights per year for registered properties.

Lewisville STR guests must comply with the noise ordinance in Ch. 18. Operators face fines or registration revocation for repeated guest noise violations.

Lewisville STRs follow IRC occupancy standards: generally two persons per bedroom plus two additional. Total occupancy must not exceed life-safety capacity.

Home daycares are regulated by HHSC, not Denton County. Listed homes serve 1-3 children; licensed homes serve 4-12. No county permits required.

Denton County has no sign ordinance for unincorporated areas. No county permits required. TxDOT regulates signs visible from state highways.

TX HSC Chapter 437 allows home-based food sales up to $50,000/year without permits, inspections, or commercial kitchens. Denton County adds no extra rules.

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…

Recreational drone use in Lewisville is governed primarily by FAA regulations and Texas Government Code Chapter 423 (privacy protections). Lewisville falls within the Dallas/Fort Worth…

Commercial drone operations in Denton County require an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate. Denton County does not have a county-level commercial drone ordinance. Commercial pilots…

Lewisville does not heavily regulate residential holiday displays. No permit is needed. Decorations must not obstruct sidewalks or create traffic hazards.

Lewisville allows one on-site garage sale sign of up to two square feet without a sign permit, but bans off-site directional signs entirely. Holding the sale itself still requires a…

Window signs in Lewisville do not need a sign permit, except directly wired electrical window signs and window signs in the Old Town Center district, which fall outside the exemption…

Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display political signs in Denton County. HOAs cannot prohibit political signs beginning 90 days before an election through 10…

Lewisville makes it a violation to remain, stay, or loiter in any city park after its posted closing time, unless the parks director has issued special written permission. Anyone found…

Lewisville bars pedestrian crossing only at specific signed locations under Section 15-62, including stretches of Round Grove Road (FM 3040) and Valley Parkway, rather than banning…

Lewisville makes it a criminal offense to urinate or defecate on public property, in a public place, or in public view anywhere in city limits. Article IV of Chapter 8, adopted in…

Lewisville bans consuming or possessing an open container of alcohol in any city park, parking area, or interior park roadway, unless the city council has specifically designated the…

Lewisville bars standing, sitting or otherwise occupying a roadway, median or right-of-way to solicit a ride, contribution, employment or business from vehicle occupants, and…

Lewisville bans skateboards, roller skates, roller blades and scooters in the downtown business district and the Medical Center hospital district under Sec. 8-3, and requires riders…

Lewisville bans smoking within 15 feet of doors, windows, or vents leading into places where smoking is already prohibited, reaching outdoor patios, sidewalks, and entryways. Signs are…

Contractors working in a Lewisville public right-of-way must have erosion control measures, such as silt fencing, in place before construction begins under Section 13-40(c), and the…

Lewisville bans dumping anything but stormwater into its storm drain system (the MS4) and requires construction sites to file a stormwater pollution prevention plan before breaking…

Any new home or substantial improvement in a Lewisville special flood hazard area must have its lowest floor built two feet above the base flood elevation, not just at flood level…

Lewisville requires a floodplain development permit for any construction, fill, or land alteration within the city's mapped areas of special flood hazard under Code of Ordinances…

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…

Lewisville's Fire Code bars charcoal grills, propane grills, and other open-flame cooking devices from combustible balconies and decks. One- and two-family homes get an exception, but…

Lewisville parks close at 11:00 p.m. and reopen at 6:00 a.m., with the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area and the Lake Park day use area on tighter seasonal schedules. The…

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…

Lewisville's Housing Standards article bars anyone from erecting, enlarging, altering, repairing, moving, converting, or demolishing a regulated building or structure until a separate…

Lewisville adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code, with Annex H, as its electrical code under City Code § 4-46, enforced by the Neighborhood and Inspection Services Department. Under…

Lewisville enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code, with Appendices C, D, and E, as City Code § 4-111, administered by the Neighborhood and Inspection Services Department…

Any dumpster, roll-off, compactor, or other outdoor receptacle placed on non-residential, multi-family, or mixed-use property in Lewisville needs city approval first, then must sit on…

Lewisville requires residential customers to sort recyclables into a city-owned 64-gallon cart, set it curbside by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, and keep it exclusively for approved…

Lewisville ties trash and recycling service to your water account: Sec. 12-21 requires residents to establish solid waste service at the same time they open water service and pay in…

Lewisville provides monthly bulk waste pickup for residential customers at no additional charge through Community Waste Disposal. Residents may place up to eight cubic yards of bulk…

Lewisville provides weekly curbside trash and recycling collection for residential properties through its contracted hauler, Community Waste Disposal, under Code of Ordinances Chapter…

Lewisville caps each residential setout at what fits in a standard one-ton pickup bed, limits individual bundles to 50 pounds, and requires containers to sit at the curb or alley edge…

Lewisville requires brush and yard waste bundles to be cut, tied and set at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day, with a hard four-foot length and 50-pound weight cap per bundle…

Lewisville makes it unlawful to sweep, deposit or scatter trash on any street, sidewalk or public park, and separately bans dumping litter on private lots, under Sec. 9-81 and 9-82…

Lewisville requires a sexually-oriented business license from the police chief before operating an adult arcade, bookstore, cabaret, motel, theater, escort agency, nude model studio…

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…

Lewisville allows reclaimed water in landscape irrigation only under conditions set by City Code § 4-112, amending International Plumbing Code § 608.17.5. Reclaimed lines must use…

City employees, including police officers, must report any water leaks or unnecessary waste they observe to the director of public services on forms furnished for that purpose…

Lewisville bans door-to-door solicitors and peddlers, licensed or not, from entering any residential property posted with a 'No Peddlers' or 'No Solicitors' sign, and bars all knocking…

Lewisville requires commercial door-to-door solicitors and peddlers to register with the city and obtain a solicitor permit under Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 (Businesses). The permit…

Any parade in Lewisville, defined as three or more people or vehicles processing along a public street, needs a special event permit filed one month to six months ahead, with the…

Lewisville lets the parks and recreation director issue special written permission for organized sports or special events that run past a park's normal closing hour. The park stays…

Lewisville treats fairs (three or more vendors) and festivals as regulated special events once they draw 100 or more attendees a day, requiring a city permit, temporary food permits…

Block parties get a break under Lewisville's special events rules: street closures are capped at four hours like any other event, but section 7-149(5) exempts residential block-party…

Lewisville limits any homeowner to two occasional sales, garage, yard, or estate sales alike, per 12-month period, each capped at three consecutive days, under a City Hall permit and a…

Every multi-family rental complex in Lewisville must carry a current city license under City Code § 4-206, renewed annually by the owner or property manager. The Neighborhood and…

Lewisville's Property Maintenance Code requires landlords to supply heat maintaining at least 68°F in every habitable room, bathroom, and toilet room, and to keep tight-fitting insect…

Rent control is prohibited in Denton County and throughout Texas. Texas Local Government Code Section 214.902 expressly preempts all local governments, cities and counties, from…

Denton County and Texas do not have just cause eviction requirements. Texas is a landlord-friendly state where a property owner may decline to renew a lease for any reason or no reason…

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 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…

Lewisville inspects every licensed multi-family complex at least once a year under City Code § 4-207, checking compliance with the city's property maintenance code. The code official…

Before placing any facility or structure in, on, over or under a Lewisville public right-of-way, Section 13-31 requires a permit, and Section 13-29 requires a separate municipal…

Lewisville levies a 7 percent hotel occupancy tax on rooms costing $2.00 or more per day under City Code Section 14-62, and the ordinance's 'hotel' definition expressly includes…

Lewisville bars mobile food establishments and general service carts from vending in city parks without a written agreement, from operating within 1,000 feet of a school or any…

Lewisville makes it unlawful for mobile food establishments and general service carts to sell food on any street, median, sidewalk, or residential property in the city, under Sec…

Lewisville requires mobile food vendors to obtain a mobile food vendor permit from the city under Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 (Businesses) and a health permit from the Denton County…

Lewisville can declare a building a 'substandard structure' under City Code §§ 4-243 and 4-246 when damage, deterioration, or code violations make it dilapidated or unfit for…

Lewisville requires owners of vacant lots to maintain the property free of weeds, brush, rubbish, and debris under Code of Ordinances Chapter 98 (Vegetation) and Chapter 42…

Texas does not permit recreational cannabis dispensaries. Lewisville has no local cannabis retail zoning. Only state-licensed Compassionate Use organizations may operate.

Home cultivation of cannabis is illegal in Denton County and throughout Texas. Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 481 classifies marijuana as a Penalty Group substance, and growing…

Every Lewisville employee who handles food, utensils, or food-service equipment must hold a valid food handler's permit within 45 days of starting work, earned by watching a…

Lewisville's housing standards article makes rodent control a legal duty, not a suggestion: owners must furnish and maintain infestation-prevention devices and exterminate any rodent…

Lewisville's Sec. 9-3 bars any light source that throws intense glare or direct illumination across a property line. The Code sets a numeric nuisance threshold of 0.4 foot-candle…

Lewisville forbids parking any vehicle so that part of it extends into a bike lane, over a sidewalk, across a parking-space line, or over a driveway. Sec. 15-132.5 also requires every…

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…

Solar panel installations in Denton County require building and electrical permits from the local city or county building department. Texas Property Code 202.010 prohibits HOAs from…

Section 202.010 of the Texas Property Code voids any homeowners association rule that bans or restricts installing a solar energy device, a term that under Tax Code Section 171.107…

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…

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 Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

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 §…

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 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…