Lubbock, TX

Lubbock bans parking an oversized truck, bus, RV or boat/utility trailer on any collector street, or on any street within 250 feet of a single-family home. The size trigger is a…

Lubbock lets residents petition to turn their block into a Resident Parking Only zone, limited to eight named neighborhoods including Tech Terrace and North and South Overton. A permit…

Where Lubbock has posted signs or painted curbs at hazardous or congested spots, stopping, standing or parking there is against the law. The same painted-curb-or-sign rule separately…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code lists "Vehicle Charging Station" as its own land use in the citywide use matrix. It is permitted outright in the HDR district, every mixed-use…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code bans parking on unpaved surfaces within the front or side-street setback. Vehicles, including RVs and trailers, must sit on a driveway or paved…

Lubbock loading zones run from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. under signs the city traffic engineer installs and maintains. Businesses pay an annual fee to hold one, drivers get three minutes…

Lubbock Code Section 26-155 prohibits parking commercial vehicles over one ton or over 22 feet long on residential streets for more than two hours except for active loading, unloading…

Lubbock permits overnight on-street parking in most residential areas. There is no blanket ban, though vehicles must move every 24 hours and observe street-sweeping and snow-emergency…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances Chapter 26 (Traffic and Vehicles) governs street parking. Parking is generally allowed on residential streets unless signed otherwise, with a 24-hour maximum…

Lubbock Code Section 26-231 and Texas Transportation Code Chapter 683 govern abandoned vehicles. Junked or inoperable vehicles visible from public view on private property must be…

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…

Lubbock STRs follow the citywide noise ordinance under Chapter 16, with quiet hours typically 10 PM to 7 AM. Hosts are responsible for guest conduct and face escalating citations.

Lubbock zoning caps where a short-term rental can legally operate: under Unified Development Code Section 39.02.018(c)(6)(B), the use may only occur inside a legal accessory dwelling…

Lubbock STRs follow residential parking rules. Vehicles must park on improved driveways or legally on-street, and cannot block sidewalks, hydrants, or driveways.

Lubbock allows extended home-sharing arrangements where operators rent rooms or whole homes for stays longer than a typical weekend, including game-day and Texas Tech parent visits…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code lets the Director of Planning deny or revoke a Short-Term Rental Permit for a history of noncompliance, not just a single violation. Operators get…

Lubbock imposes no direct ordinance liability on Airbnb, VRBO, or other platforms for hosting non-compliant listings. Texas state law and federal Section 230 limit any future Lubbock…

Lubbock STRs under 30 days owe a combined 13 percent HOT: 7 percent city plus 6 percent state. Airbnb auto-collects state HOT; city HOT collection varies by platform.

Lubbock has no STR-specific occupancy cap, but IPMC limits occupants by bedroom area (70 sq ft first, 50 each added) and fire code requires egress and smoke alarms.

Lubbock has no dedicated STR permit, but operators must register for Hotel Occupancy Tax with the city and state, and comply with residential zoning and building codes.

Texas strongly encourages rainwater harvesting. Homeowners may install rain barrels and cisterns without a city permit for non-potable outdoor use. Larger systems connected to potable…

Lubbock lets residents compost on-site as part of a community garden, but only inside a composting container kept well off the property lines. Under Unified Development Code Section…

From April 1 to September 30, Lubbock bans city-water landscape irrigation except between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. Irrigating during those restricted daytime hours, during freezing…

Artificial turf is allowed on residential property in Lubbock. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 prevents HOAs from unreasonably restricting drought-resistant and synthetic…

Lubbock encourages xeriscape and native West Texas plantings through Water Utilities educational programs. No ordinance mandates native plants, but drought-tolerant species are…

Lubbock requires every property owner to prune tree branches overhanging a street, curb, or sidewalk to a six-foot clearance and to remove dead, diseased, or hazardous trees…

Lubbock prohibits rank weeds, tumbleweeds, and noxious vegetation taller than 12 inches on residential and vacant lots. Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 71 designates several state…

Lubbock makes it unlawful to run aircraft engines through acceleration or deceleration over the city in a way that distracts, excites or disturbs people on the ground, regardless of…

Lubbock has no dedicated leaf blower ordinance. Gas and electric blowers are allowed during general daytime noise hours (roughly 7 AM to 9 PM) and must not create a nuisance under TX…

Lubbock sets no general decibel limits by zone or time of day. Its noise code enforces an "ordinary sensibilities" disturbance standard, with one numeric threshold: a place of public…

Lubbock quiet hours run 10 PM to 7 AM under Lubbock Code of Ordinances Chapter 18 (Offenses). During these hours, any sound plainly audible beyond 50 feet of the source or across a…

Construction noise in Lubbock is permitted roughly 7 AM to 9 PM in residential areas. Outside those hours, power tools, heavy equipment, and hammering may be cited as a noise…

Amplified music in Lubbock must not be plainly audible across a residential property line or beyond 50 feet between 10 PM and 7 AM. Depot District venues operate under commercial…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.04.004 requires every motor vehicle with a factory tailpipe and resonator to keep a working exhaust system, bans cutout, bypass or similar…

Lubbock treats habitual barking as a public nuisance. A dog that barks, howls, or whines continuously for 15 minutes or intermittently for 30 minutes can be cited under the Animal…

Lubbock treats a pet grooming facility as an animal establishment under Code of Ordinances § 4.01.001, meaning it must hold an annual animal establishment permit from the director of…

Lubbock makes it unlawful to keep a wild animal anywhere in the city under Code of Ordinances § 4.06.002, with narrow carve-outs for grandfathered permitted facilities, government…

Lubbock requires all dogs to be on a leash no longer than 6 feet when off the owner's property. Dogs at large are subject to impoundment and citation under the city Animal Services…

Lubbock has no breed-specific legislation. Texas Health and Safety Code 822.047 prohibits Texas cities from adopting breed bans. All breeds including pit bulls are legal in Lubbock.

Lubbock requires spay or neuter for impounded dogs and cats released to owners after a second pickup, and charges higher annual fees for intact animals to encourage sterilization…

Lubbock requires every dog and cat over four months old to carry traceable identification, either a city registration tag or an implanted microchip, under Code of Ordinances §…

Lubbock requires cats over four months to be vaccinated against rabies and registered with the city. Owners must keep cats from running at large or causing nuisance, though feral…

Veterinary clinics in Lubbock are typically allowed in commercial and certain mixed-use zoning districts, with overnight boarding requiring additional review. Outdoor runs and…

Beekeeping is allowed in Lubbock with hive setbacks from property lines and a flyway barrier where hives face a neighbor. Texas Agriculture Code Ch. 131 governs apiary registration…

Rehabilitating injured native wildlife in Lubbock requires a Texas Parks and Wildlife rehabilitator permit and a federal migratory bird permit when birds are involved. Lubbock allows…

Migratory birds, eggs, and active nests are federally protected from disturbance under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Lubbock builders, tree trimmers, and homeowners must avoid…

Lubbock allows up to six chicken hens as an accessory use on R-1, R-1A, or R-2 zoned residential lots under Code of Ordinances § 4.07.001, but bans roosters outright and requires the…

Lubbock pet shops must hold a city animal-establishment permit and meet caging, sanitation, and health-record standards under LMC Chapter 4. Texas large-breeder licensing also applies…

Lubbock prohibits keeping animals in numbers or conditions that endanger their welfare. Lubbock Animal Services and LPD investigate hoarding cases under LMC Chapter 4 and Texas Health…

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…

Lubbock's building code exempts a retaining wall from a building permit only while it stays 4 feet or less, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, and does not…

Texas has no good-neighbor fence statute. Lubbock property owners are each responsible for their own fence and cannot force a neighbor to share fence costs absent a written agreement…

Lubbock fence height is capped at 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in side and rear yards. Fences over 8 feet require a building permit and engineering review.

Texas Property Code Sec. 202.023 stops a Lubbock homeowners' association from writing or enforcing a restrictive covenant that bans a resident from installing a perimeter security…

Lubbock's building code exempts fences from a building permit only while they stay at or under 7 feet high, under Code Section 28.05.062(2). A fence taller than 7 feet falls outside…

Lubbock's fire code amendments spell out exactly how close a backyard firepit can sit to the house. Under the city's amendment to International Fire Code § 307.4.4, a permanently…

Lubbock bans the sale, possession, and discharge of all consumer fireworks within city limits year-round. Unincorporated Lubbock County permits fireworks during Texas legal windows…

Lubbock doesn't write its own propane tank size limits; it adopts the Texas Railroad Commission's Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Rules wholesale under Article 10.06 and lets the fire…

A Lubbock group home housing fewer than six handicapped persons as a state-licensed Type A or Type B assisted living facility must run interconnected, hard-wired smoke alarms with…

Outdoor burning inside Lubbock city limits is generally prohibited. Outside city limits, burning follows TCEQ 30 TAC Section 111.219 and any active Lubbock County burn ban. Burning…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code holds sheds, garages, greenhouses, and storage buildings to a five-foot minimum side and rear setback, sets a 20-foot setback for alley-facing…

Lubbock only allows an accessory dwelling unit on a residential lot where the property owner lives in either the primary house or the ADU itself, and approval automatically ends if…

Lubbock allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot in the RE, SF-1, SF-2, and MDR zoning districts, but only if the property owner lives in the primary or accessory unit. New ADUs need…

Lubbock lets an owner-occupied accessory dwelling unit be rented long-term, rented short-term, or used as a guest house, but caps every ADU at one per lot, a 10,000-square-foot minimum…

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…

Lubbock caps a home occupation to one vehicle parked on the property and no more than two on-street spaces at a time, and separately bans running the business in a way that creates…

Lubbock limits a residential home occupation to office and professional services, caps it at 25 percent of the home's floor area or 400 square feet, bars any employee besides a…

Texas Cottage Food Law (Health and Safety Code Chapter 437) lets Lubbock residents sell non-hazardous homemade foods directly to consumers without a health permit. Annual sales capped…

Lubbock allows registered family home child care in residential zones under Texas HHSC rules. State registration or licensing applies based on child count.

Home occupations in Lubbock may not display exterior signs advertising the business in most residential zones. The home must retain its residential appearance without commercial…

Lubbock pools need a 48-inch barrier with self-closing, self-latching gates opening outward. Latch release must be at least 54 inches above grade per IRC Appendix G.

Lubbock requires permits for above-ground pools over 24 inches deep or 5000 gallons. Pool walls 48+ inches above grade can serve as the barrier if ladders are secured.

Electrical work anywhere in Lubbock requires a permit before the work starts, and the city enforces the 2020 National Electrical Code as adopted and amended in Code of Ordinances…

Lubbock enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code, and no plumbing work can begin without a permit signed off by the building official under Code of Ordinances…

Lubbock's amended residential code bans any door from a garage into a bedroom and requires a hard-wired carbon monoxide detector within five feet of the garage entrance to the…

Lubbock's Building Official runs construction through a set sequence of inspections once the permittee requests them: footing and foundation, concrete slab, framing, and a final…

Lubbock has adopted the International Energy Conservation Code with local amendments, requiring insulation, window, and HVAC efficiency. Lubbock has not adopted the broader IgCC or…

In Lubbock, anyone who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, move, or demolish a building, or install regulated electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing systems, must first apply to…

Lubbock homes built before 1978 fall under EPA RRP rules requiring certified contractors. Sellers and landlords must disclose known lead paint hazards federally.

Lubbock elevators fall under the Texas Elevator Safety Program at TDLR. Annual inspections by licensed inspectors and TDLR-licensed contractors are required.

Lubbock follows the International Building Code on door hardware. Egress doors in commercial buildings must open from the inside without keys or special knowledge, and additional locks…

Lubbock has adopted the International Fire Code and International Residential Code with local amendments. New one and two-family homes are not required to install sprinklers, but…

Childcare centers in Lubbock must meet International Building Code occupancy requirements, fire-rated construction, dual exits, and Texas Health and Human Services minimum standards…

Lubbock's Charter requires every business, profession or occupation operating in the city to buy an annual license from the City Manager before starting work. The city occupation tax…

Lubbock requires every tattoo and body piercing studio to hold an annual, nonrefundable permit from the city's Environmental Health Department. Operating without one is unlawful, and…

Lubbock's home-occupation rule flatly excludes motorized vehicle repair, welding, and vehicle body work from the list of businesses a resident may legally run out of a house, so a paid…

Lubbock regulates sexually oriented businesses through licensing, location buffers from churches, schools, parks, and residential zones, and operating standards. Permits require…

Secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers in Lubbock must report transactions to police using the LeadsOnline electronic system. State law caps interest, and dealers must hold goods for…

In Lubbock you cannot perform a nonconsent (police-ordered or private-property) tow without a valid city tow truck service permit. The police department keeps the permitted list and…

Texas requires retailers selling cigarettes, cigars, or e-cigarettes to hold a state Comptroller permit. Lubbock enforces age-21 sales under Texas Health and Safety Code section…

Massage therapists and establishments in Lubbock must hold Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation credentials. The city does not issue separate licenses but enforces zoning and…

Lubbock bans blocking any part of a public street, alley, sidewalk, or right-of-way with items like firewood racks, pool or irrigation equipment, landscaping boulders, trash…

Lubbock puts sidewalk, curb and driveway upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the city. A defective sidewalk is declared a nuisance, and the owner has 30 days after written…

Placing a mailbox, driveway culvert or any other improvement in a Lubbock County road right-of-way is prohibited without prior written approval from the Lubbock County Transportation…

Anyone promoting a parade, demonstration or recreational street use that involves a public street without normal traffic controls must get a permit from the city secretary's office…

Lubbock treats sidewalk cafes as a temporary use: outdoor dining is a Temporary Permitted Use ("TP") in Mixed-Use, Neighborhood Commercial, Office, and Apartment/Condominium districts…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 16.01.005 bans alcohol in public parks by default, but allows it at eleven named park facilities, including the Buddy Holly Recreational Area and…

Lubbock pedestrians who cross a roadway outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles on the road. Between signalized intersections, crossing anywhere except in a…

Lubbock's smoke-free ordinance in Article 8.17 bans lighting up in enclosed public places, but the same code carves out open air. Section 8.17.032(a)(9) exempts "outdoor areas or…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.01.004 bans loafing or loitering within 250 yards of any public, private or parochial school, including universities and colleges such as Texas…

Lubbock prohibits open alcohol containers in vehicles and public parks. Texas law allows local option for retail sales, and Lubbock voted wet citywide in 2009. Depot Entertainment…

Texas has not legalized recreational marijuana, and any public use or possession in Lubbock can trigger state criminal charges. Lubbock has not adopted the cite-and-release reforms…

Lubbock prohibits aggressive panhandling, including solicitation near ATMs, bus stops, outdoor dining, and after dark. Passive begging remains protected speech, but threatening conduct…

Lubbock police respond to loud party complaints under city noise rules and Texas disorderly conduct statutes. Texas Tech student housing near campus generates significant call volume…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 16.01.008(5) makes it unlawful to ride, drive, propel or carry a bicycle, skateboard, scooter, roller skates or any other wheeled device within a…

Lubbock cites public urination and defecation under disorderly conduct and indecent exposure statutes. Enforcement intensifies in the Depot Entertainment District during football…

Lubbock defines a historic landmark broadly enough to cover sites of cultural importance and lets the city council individually designate them for preservation. Owners of a designated…

New development in Lubbock's Base Mixed-Use districts must use International Dark-Sky Association-certified fixtures, and citywide outdoor lighting must stay at 3,000 Kelvins or below…

Lubbock caps how much outdoor light a property can throw onto its neighbors, setting maximum vertical illuminance at the lot line by the zoning of the adjacent lot, from 0.5…

Lubbock's parks and recreation article expressly names tree of heaven on its prohibited street tree species list. It cannot be planted as a thoroughfare street tree, and the parks…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code keeps invasive and noxious plants out of the landscaping that developers must install. Under UDC Sec. 39.03.019, a species only counts toward a…

Lubbock requires trees and brush cut into lengths no longer than five feet, in bundles weighing no more than 80 pounds, set neatly in the alley for pickup under City Code Section…

Lubbock requires dumpsters, donation bins, and recycling containers on nonresidential and mixed-use property to sit on a paved concrete or asphalt surface, be reachable by a collection…

Lubbock recycling is voluntary drop-off only. The city does not provide curbside recycling. Residents may take accepted materials to the Citizens Convenience Station or other drop-off…

Lubbock's solid waste manager can adjust weekly pickup counts and timing for weather and seasonal conditions, but City Code Section 22.06.189 sets a floor: no less than once a week…

Lubbock makes it unlawful to discard furniture, appliances, mattresses, carpet, brush, trees, or any nuisance material anywhere in the city except a state-permitted landfill. Code…

Lubbock Solid Waste provides weekly residential curbside trash collection using city-issued 95-gallon carts. Service is mandatory for single-family homes within city limits and billed…

Lubbock residents must place regulation garbage containers at the edge of the alley at the property line, or between the sidewalk and curb if there's no alley, under City Code Section…

Lubbock offers on-call bulky item pickup for large items like furniture and appliances with scheduled collection. Residents may also self-haul to the city landfill. Construction debris…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code lets a development irrigate its required landscaping with reclaimed, recycled, gray, non-potable surface, or rainwater instead of drawing on the…

Lubbock holds property owners, their agents and tenants responsible for water lost to leaks in pipes or plumbing on the discharge side of the meter, and the water department will cut…

Lubbock encourages homeowners to replace traditional turf with drought-tolerant landscaping through periodic Water Utilities rebate programs, and HOAs cannot prohibit xeriscape under…

Any Lubbock business running six or more skill-or-pleasure coin-operated machines, or whose main business is running them, must hold an operator's game room permit from the city…

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 §…

Lubbock's Residential Estates (RE) zoning district lists Farm, Ranch, or Orchard and Winery as permitted (P) uses by right under Table 39.02.004.a-1 of the Unified Development Code…

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…

Lubbock's floodplain code requires new and substantially improved homes in special flood hazard areas to raise their lowest floor above the base flood elevation using the most…

Lubbock requires grading plans for subdivisions and any site work over 5,000 sf of disturbance. Residential lots must positively drain to approved outfalls; ponding within 10 ft of…

Lubbock has no broad municipal idling ban, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality applies idling restrictions to heavy-duty diesel trucks in non-attainment counties, and…

Lubbock bans any non-stormwater discharge into its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) under City Code Section 22.11.031, unless it falls into one of 21 exempted categories…

Any development inside a Lubbock floodplain needs a Floodplain Development Permit from the Floodplain Administrator before work starts, under UDC Section 39.05.009. The application has…

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…

Lubbock's amended building code sets the wind and snow loads every roof and structure must be designed to withstand: a 100 to 118 mph ultimate design wind speed depending on the…

Lubbock runs no curbside storm-debris collection. After a tornado or wind event, residents haul downed limbs and brush themselves to a city landfill, and brush must be cut into pieces…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.04.003(b)(6) treats running an electrical generator to power inflatable play equipment, like bounce houses, in a residential zone or city park as…

Lubbock Code of Ordinances section 14.04.003(b)(8) bars operating any mechanical, electrical or electronic device, which covers HVAC condensers, pool pumps and similar equipment, in a…

Lubbock caps grass and weeds at 8 inches average height on every lot, occupied or not, and bans nuisance conditions on the property or the adjacent sidewalk, parkway, or alley. The…

Lubbock enforces property maintenance standards through Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances, addressing dilapidated structures, accumulated junk, overgrown weeds, and other nuisance…

Texas has no statewide bed bug statute and Lubbock has not adopted a dedicated ordinance. Tenants rely on the implied warranty of habitability under Texas Property Code Ch. 92 to…

Texas treats home-generated sharps as household waste when properly contained. Lubbock has no syringe service program; residents place capped sharps in rigid containers in trash, never…

Lubbock Code Chapter 18 (Health and Sanitation) requires property owners to prevent rodent and insect harborage. Licensed commercial applicators must hold a Texas Structural Pest…

Texas state law requires food employees to complete an accredited food handler training program within 60 days of hire. Lubbock enforces the rule through Environmental Health…

Lubbock does not restrict expanded polystyrene foam takeout containers, cups, or coolers. The same Laredo Merchants preemption that blocks bag bans also makes a city foam ban legally…

After the Texas Supreme Court ruling in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018), Texas cities may not ban or charge fees on plastic checkout bags. Lubbock has no bag…

Lubbock has no straw-on-request rule and no plastic straw ban. Restaurants may freely distribute plastic straws at every table or drive-thru window, in contrast with California and…

Neither Texas nor the City of Lubbock prohibits flavored cigarettes, flavored cigars, or flavored vape products. Sales of menthol, fruit, and dessert flavors are legal subject only to…

Texas Health and Safety Code §161.0815 sets the minimum age for buying tobacco, e-cigarettes, and vape products at 21. The rule applies in all Lubbock retail outlets including…

Lubbock HOAs regulate exterior changes via architectural review under Ch. 209 and CCRs. They cannot unreasonably deny solar panels, flags, or religious displays.

Lubbock HOAs enforce CCRs under the Texas POA Act (Property Code Ch. 209). Notice and cure are required, and Ch. 202 owner rights override conflicting restrictions.

A Lubbock homeowners association can fine members only if its dedicatory instrument grants that power, and only after its board adopts a written enforcement policy listing fine…

Lubbock HOA assessments follow TX Property Code Ch. 209: itemized delinquency notice, mandatory payment priority, payment plans, and court-ordered foreclosure.

Texas HOAs must give owners written notice and a cure opportunity before fines under TX Property Code 209.006. Owners can request a board hearing within 30 days.

Lubbock HOAs operate under TX Property Code Chapter 209. Boards must hold open meetings with 72 hours notice, allow member attendance, and maintain accessible records.

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…

Lubbock maintains designated on-street bike lanes plus the Marsha Sharp Freeway shared-use path, with bicycles allowed on most streets and required to follow Texas Transportation Code…

Lubbock has periodically hosted shared electric scooter pilots near Texas Tech, with vendors operating under city license agreements that include speed caps, geofenced parking, and…

Lubbock cannot operate red-light cameras. Texas Transportation Code Section 707.020 bans photographic traffic signal enforcement statewide, so no automated red-light citations are…

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…

Lubbock charges a 7 percent city hotel occupancy tax on top of the 6 percent Texas state HOT, totaling 13 percent on stays under 30 days. Revenue funds tourism, Civic Center…

Lubbock has no ordinance regulating cash-for-keys agreements between landlords and tenants. Such buyouts are negotiated privately under Texas common-law contract principles without a…

Lubbock has no source-of-income protection. Landlords may legally refuse Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and other rental subsidies, and Texas Local Government Code section 250.007…

Lubbock does not require landlords to pay relocation assistance when tenants are displaced by no-fault evictions, demolitions, or substantial renovations. Texas state law preempts…

Lubbock landlords may decline to renew a fixed-term lease for any non-discriminatory reason. Texas Property Code allows non-renewal without cause as long as proper notice and Fair…

Lubbock has no city tenant anti-harassment ordinance. Texas Property Code sections 92.0081 and 92.331 prohibit lockouts, utility shutoffs, and retaliation, providing the primary…

Texas Property Code section 92.103 requires Lubbock landlords to refund security deposits within 30 days of move-out with an itemized statement of any deductions. Bad-faith withholding…

Lubbock 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…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.052 a landlord must make a diligent effort to repair conditions that materially affect an ordinary tenant's health or safety after proper notice. Section…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas 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…

Lubbock's parks and recreation director controls what gets planted as a street tree along city thoroughfares. Section 16.02.002 lists recommended small, medium and large species, and…

Texas Labor Code 62.0515 preempts cities from setting a minimum wage above the federal $7.25 per hour. Lubbock cannot adopt a local wage floor for private employers, though tipped and…

Texas HB 2127 (the Death Star bill) and prior court rulings preempt Lubbock from mandating private-sector paid sick leave. Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio paid sick leave ordinances…

Texas SB 4 (2017) bans sanctuary city policies and requires local jails to honor ICE detainers. Lubbock cooperates with federal immigration authorities and notably declared itself a…

Lighting a backyard smoker or barbecue pit in Lubbock doesn't trigger the fire code's 300-foot open-burning setback. The city's amended IFC § 307.4.1 requires that distance for…

Lubbock requires every mobile food vendor to comply with Environmental Health Department and Fire Marshal permitting, pass a pre-permit Fire Marshal inspection, and register a…

Lubbock food trucks need a Mobile Food Unit permit from the Lubbock Public Health Department plus a Texas Food Handler certified operator. Permits run approximately 258 dollars…

Lubbock caps where a food truck, cart or trailer can set up shop. Section 8.19.003 confines mobile food vendors to commercial and industrial zoning districts like C-3, C-4, M-1 and…

Lubbock does not register landlords or run a crime-free or periodic rental-inspection program. Rental housing is policed the same as any structure: complaint-driven enforcement of the…

Off-premise billboards in Lubbock are allowed only in the LI and GI industrial zoning districts, and only with a Specific Use Permit. Digital electronic-message-display billboards are…

Garage sale signs may be placed only on the selling propertys own lot. Placing signs on public right-of-way, utility poles, traffic signs, or median strips violates Lubbock sign code…

Holiday decorations and temporary seasonal displays on residential property are not regulated by Lubbock sign code. Lights and inflatables are allowed without permit subject to general…

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…

Lubbock's zoning code lists no data center use in its Land Use Matrix. A data center is sited through the unlisted-use rule: the Director of Planning classifies it into the most…

Lubbock's Unified Development Code sets exact placement limits for ground- and roof-mounted solar arrays, requires a Specific Use Permit when an array cannot meet those standards, 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…

Lubbock enforces sidewalk obstruction and public-sleeping rules under city code and Texas HB 1925, which makes camping in unapproved public places a Class C misdemeanor statewide…

Recreational cannabis dispensaries are illegal in Texas. The Compassionate Use Program licenses a small number of dispensing organizations statewide for low-THC medical cannabis. No…

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…

In Lubbock's West Broadway (MU-1) Mixed-Use district, the transitional corridor linking Texas Tech and downtown, the Unified Development Code caps lot coverage at 100 percent generally…

Lubbock caps principal-structure height at 35 feet in the SF-1 single-family district under Table 39.02.004.b-2 of the Unified Development Code, the same limit for both conventional…

In unincorporated Lubbock County, a proposed building or setback line must sit at least 25 feet from the edge of right-of-way on public roads other than major highways designated by…

Door-to-door solicitors and peddlers in Lubbock must obtain a city solicitor permit and carry identification. Permits require background checks. Exemptions apply to political…

Once a Lubbock resident or occupant tells a licensed peddler, itinerant merchant or transient vendor not to enter, or to leave, further entry or refusal to leave is a misdemeanor under…

Lubbock closes every public park and the Meadowbrook Golf Course to the public between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Entering or remaining on park grounds during those hours is a misdemeanor…

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

Lubbock does not impose a specific numerical limit on how many garage sales a household may hold per year. Occasional residential garage sales are considered a normal activity…

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

Texas 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…

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…