Longview, TX

Longview prohibits vehicle stereos audible past 50 feet, exhaust discharged without an effective muffler, and engine-brake devices that create excessive, loud, or explosive noise on…

Longview bars outdoor speakers, musical instruments, or amplification equipment once they're audible within 100 feet of any home, apartment, or hotel, with narrow exceptions for…

Longview bars noisy construction work near homes and hotels from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekends, once a complaint has been made.

Longview's noise law bars loud or raucous noise at any hour if it's offensive to neighbors, but the only fixed nighttime curfew is for construction: 9 p.m.–7 a.m. weekdays and 6 p.m.–7…

Longview does not set numeric decibel limits. Instead it bans noise audible 50 feet away (amplified devices) or 100 feet away (outdoor loudspeakers), plus night-hour construction…

Longview bans keeping or harboring any animal or fowl whose noise, by character, volume, or repetition, is offensive to nearby residents.

Longview prohibits habitually parking or storing trucks, tractors, and other vehicles on any paved street overnight, from sundown to sunup.

Longview caps how long vehicles can occupy marked curb loading zones: three minutes for passenger zones and 30 minutes for freight zones, set by the City Traffic Engineer under Chapter…

Longview requires cars to park parallel, right-hand wheels within 18 inches of the curb, headed the right way: parking against traffic is illegal.

Longview prohibits habitually parking or storing vehicles on paved streets overnight, from sundown to sunup, under the city's traffic code.

Longview treats a junked vehicle visible from public property as a nuisance and can order it removed after a 10-day notice under Sec. 49-52.

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…

Longview makes it a public nuisance for an owner to let a dog or other animal roam at-large on public or private property, unless it's inside a designated dog park.

Longview's animal ordinance defines pet shops as lawful retail or wholesale sellers of dogs, cats, and other pet animals, with no citywide ban on commercial sales and no adoption-only…

Longview households may keep at most six dogs or cats combined, with exemptions for larger properties, kennels, shelters, and similar facilities.

Longview lets residents keep chickens and other poultry, but the enclosure must sit at least 100 feet from any neighboring property.

Longview does not ban dog breeds. Instead, any dog judged fierce or dangerous by conduct faces court-ordered muzzling, confinement, and registration under Chapter 13.

Longview outright bans keeping dangerous wild animals or reptiles, lions, tigers, primates, venomous snakes, and more, as pets anywhere in the city.

Longview requires every dog and cat in city limits to be sterilized unless the owner holds a paid intact pet permit.

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…

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…

Longview requires every permitted pool and spa enclosure to stay secured at all times, with self-closing, self-latching gates and no gap wide enough for a four-inch sphere, so a child…

Longview bans grass, weeds, or brush over 12 inches on any property citywide, with an emergency 48-inch abatement trigger and misdemeanor fines starting at $1.

Texas Property Code 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning rainwater harvesting systems, and Health & Safety Code 341.042 sets statewide standards for harvested rainwater used as a…

Longview levies a 9% hotel occupancy tax on short-term rental income, covering any room or space rented for consideration, collected monthly by the operator and remitted to the Finance…

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…

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…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2154 governs fireworks sales and use, while Local Government Code Chapter 352 limits how counties can restrict consumer fireworks during drought. The…

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…

Texas does not license cottage food at all. Health and Safety Code Section 437.0191(a) declares that a cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment, and…

Texas Human Resources Code Chapter 42 governs licensing and registration of home-based child care statewide through HHSC. Registered family homes serve up to 6 children under 14, must…

Longview makes it a misdemeanor to sleep or lounge on public sidewalks, streets, or other public property when it blocks others from walking, running, or using the space.

Longview outlaws camping in tents or temporary lodging anywhere within city limits, with narrow exceptions for camping on your own property out of street view.

Longview requires a city permit before any festival, carnival, or outdoor gathering open to the public can be held.

Longview requires a facility reservation or a Parks Director special event permit before holding gatherings, meetings, or exclusive-use activities in city parks and recreational…

Longview requires a parade permit from the Chief of Police before any march, procession, or parade on city streets or parks.

Longview's Chapter 79 outdoor-event permit, with its 60-day filing, site plan, and fee requirements, explicitly does not apply to neighborhood block parties or crime-watch meetings.

Longview makes it a strict-liability offense to discharge any hazardous substance into a street, storm drain, or drainage way anywhere in the city, on public or private property.

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…

Any Texas construction that disturbs one acre or more must get TCEQ Construction General Permit (TXR150000) coverage and develop a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan with erosion and…

Texas Water Code Section 16.3145 orders the governing body of every Texas city and county to adopt the floodplain-management ordinances or orders needed to qualify for the National…

Longview requires every mobile food unit to hold a valid permit before operating, plus a Mobile Food Unit Certificate of Occupancy from Development Services and health permits from…

Longview limits where mobile food units may vend: not on grass or dirt, not in residential zones without an HOA or resident invite, and not in the public right-of-way except downtown's…

Longview bars vending, selling, or displaying merchandise from any public sidewalk, street, or right-of-way inside city limits, with only narrow permitted exceptions.

Longview classifies furniture, appliances, and loose brush as 'bulky waste,' separate from routine bagged trash pickup. Bundles over three cubic yards or 50 pounds need special…

Longview requires bundled yard waste for regular curbside pickup: tree, shrub, and brush trimmings must be tied or boxed into packages no larger than three cubic feet, 50 pounds, or…

Businesses that haul commercial or industrial dumpsters and roll-off containers in Longview must hold a city-issued solid waste collection permit before using public streets to service…

Longview makes it a public nuisance to dump solid waste on any public or private property outside a building, enforceable citywide and up to 5,000 feet beyond city limits.

Longview bills every occupied building for city garbage pickup unless the owner hires a licensed private hauler instead, per City Code Chapter 49.

Longview delegates garbage cart placement, collection days/times, and container limits to written Public Works rules rather than fixing numbers in City Code § 49-3 itself.

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.425 orders every county, municipality, school district, university, and state agency to run a recycling program that separates and collects at…

Longview requires a permit from the Chief of Police before anyone goes door-to-door selling merchandise or services, with permits valid up to 12 months and mandatory ID display.

Longview lets residents block solicitors with a posted "No Soliciting" sign or verbal notice, and caps door-to-door hours to noon-6 p.m.

Longview has no noise standard written for data centers specifically. Its general noise ordinance bans offensive loud noise and requires muffled engine exhaust, which covers backup…

Longview bans loud or raucous noise, including party music audible 50 feet away or offensive to neighbors, under Code Sec. 58-21.

Longview bans consuming or possessing alcohol in public places during set overnight hours, tied to state late-hour permit rules.

Longview requires landlords to heat rental units to at least 68°F from November through March under the city's amended property maintenance code.

Longview requires a city-issued multi-family dwelling license before anyone can own, operate, or manage a rental complex of three or more units.

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…

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…

Longview prohibits launching, operating, ascending, or descending any drone in city public recreational facilities, alongside other aircraft like airplanes and gliders.

Longview bans launching or flying drones in city recreational facilities, including at events held there, unless the parks director issues a permit.

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…

Longview parks and recreational facilities are open 6:00 am to 11:00 pm daily unless a specific facility posts different hours, and the parks director can close any area early for any…

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…

Longview requires a city-issued license for every multi-family dwelling complex of three or more units, backed by mandatory city inspections and landlord-conducted tenant move-in…

Longview requires a police-issued license for every sexually oriented business, owner, and employee, and bans operating one within 1,000 feet of a church, school, park, hospital, home…

Longview requires wrecker companies to obtain a city permit and register every tow truck before performing nonconsensual tows dispatched through the police rotation list, under Chapter…

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…

Longview declares buildings that endanger health, safety, or welfare public nuisances, subject to court-ordered vacation, repair, securing, or demolition under Chapter 19's…

Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 487 limits cannabis dispensing to state-licensed Compassionate Use Program providers: expanded to as many as 15 organizations by HB 46 (2025). There…

Texas Health & Safety Code 481.121 makes it a crime to possess or grow marijuana anywhere in the state. Home cultivation is illegal in every Texas city and county regardless of plant…

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 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…

Texas Election Code 259.003 and Election Code Section 259.002 protect political signs on private residential property. Cities cannot regulate compliant signs at any time, and HOAs…

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…

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 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…