Plano, TX

Plano's zoning ordinance lets a Multifamily Residence property put up to one unit, or 5% of its units (whichever is greater), into short-term rental use with no separate permit. Going…

Plano escalates short-term rental discipline by strike count: one nuisance incident draws a six-month suspension or denial, and two or more within a year, or one serious incident…

Plano's short-term rental rules carve out a distinct "Live-in Management STR", one where the registered operator stays overnight whenever guests are present, and give it two privileges…

Every registered short-term rental in Plano must have a noise-monitoring device, and the city requires the resulting data to be kept for 180 days, though it can't capture content…

Plano won't let a short-term rental operate without liability insurance covering at least $1,000,000 per occurrence. Owners must keep a certificate on file with the city's director…

Registering a short-term rental in Plano costs $300, or $200 to renew a clean record with no nuisance or serious incidents in the prior year, plus $25 to reprint a certificate…

Plano STRs must provide on-site parking disclosed at registration. Street parking is capped at 15 consecutive days, and RVs, trailers, and boats are banned on residential streets under…

Before anyone can list a short-term rental in Plano, the hosting platform itself must warn them: city code prohibits STR use without an active registration. Airbnb, Vrbo and similar…

Plano banned new STRs in single-family neighborhoods effective April 22, 2024. Existing STRs grandfathered but must register with the city. In heritage districts, STRs must be 300+…

Every registered short-term rental in Plano needs a designated contact who can be reached by phone and show up in person within an hour, day or night, whenever guests are staying. It's…

Collin County has no STR occupancy cap in unincorporated areas. International Property Maintenance Code applied by cities typically limits occupancy to 2 per bedroom plus 2. Septic…

Plano prohibits open burning citywide, with the only carve-out a permitted ceremonial campfire. There is no by-right allowance for backyard fire pits, brush burning, or recreational…

Plano is not in a state-designated wildfire hazard zone and has no formal wildland-urban interface code. Standard brush-clearance rules and the outdoor-burning ban apply to minimize…

Plano enforces Texas H and S Code 766 and Property Code 92.254 requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom and on every level. New construction needs hard-wired interconnected alarms.

Plano bans all open burning inside the city limits under Code of Ordinances § 14-110, with a single carve-out: ceremonial campfires. Anyone who wants to light one needs a permit, and…

Fireworks are completely banned inside Plano city limits year-round under the adopted International Fire Code. Possession, sale, and use are prohibited. Only permitted professional…

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…

Plano requires a permit from the building inspections department before anyone builds, alters, or adds to a fence, with an exception for repairs under 25 percent of the fence's area in…

Plano allows wood, masonry, vinyl, wrought iron, and chain link for residential fences. Barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fences are banned in residential zones. HOA covenants…

Plano fences must meet setback, sight-triangle, easement, and zoning rules. Barbed wire and electric fences are banned in residential zones. Fences cannot obstruct drainage or block…

Plano lets homeowners build a masonry retaining wall up to 48 inches tall without a permit, but anything taller must follow a design submitted by a registered engineer, under Code of…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each owner pays for their own fence. TX Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125 covers nuisance. Boundary disputes resolved via survey and civil…

Plano's fire code amendments set specific safety requirements for electric vehicle charging stations: no indoor charging outside approved parking garages, mandatory emergency…

Plano requires retail, commercial, industrial, hotel, office and restaurant buildings to provide off-street loading berths sized to gross floor area under Zoning Ordinance Sec…

Abandoned vehicles declared a public nuisance per TX Transportation Code Ch. 683. Junked vehicles visible from public view on any property are prohibited with fines up to $200. Junked…

Plano bars parking a vehicle anywhere on residential or commercial property unless it sits on a solid, continuously paved concrete or asphalt surface sized to the vehicle's full…

Plano bans parking or standing a motor home, boat trailer, house trailer, bus, semi-trailer, pole trailer, truck tractor, special mobile equipment, farm tractor or other implement of…

Plano caps overnight street parking in business districts under Code of Ordinances § 12-105: no vehicle may sit on a business-district street longer than thirty minutes between 1:00…

Plano prohibits parking any vehicle on a residential street, alley or right-of-way if any part of the vehicle, or an attachment like a ladder rack, mirror or trailer hitch, extends…

Plano bans parking next to any curb painted yellow and marked "No Parking" in four specific downtown public lots: the lot at 15th/K Avenue/Municipal Avenue, the Haggard Park lot, the…

Plano prohibits leaving a vehicle on a city street or alley for more than 15 consecutive days without being moved at least 100 feet. Vehicles extending more than 95 inches into the…

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…

Plano's Drought and Emergency Response Plan lets the city manager cap landscape irrigation to set days per week once Stage 1 is triggered, splitting the city by even- and odd-numbered…

Plano puts the trimming duty on the property owner, not the city: Code of Ordinances § 15-117(c) makes it unlawful for anyone owning property next to a parkway area, the strip between…

TX Property Code 202.007 blocks HOAs and cities from banning rainwater harvesting. Plano encourages rain barrels with no permit needed; cisterns tied to indoor plumbing require a…

Plano requires an approved Tree Preservation Plan before any tree 8 inches DBH or larger is removed on vacant, undeveloped, or redeveloping property. Protected trees must be preserved…

Plano's zoning code requires landscaping installed under a reviewed landscape plan to use trees and plants that are native to the area or well adapted to local soil and climate, with…

Plano treats weeds and rank vegetation over 12 inches as a public nuisance under Chapter 14. Owners must abate within the 7-10 day notice period, or the city cuts and bills the owner…

Artificial turf is legal across Collin County with no countywide restrictions. TX Property Code 202.007 limits HOA bans on water-conserving landscaping but HOAs may impose reasonable…

Before pouring concrete for a residential pool in Plano, submit plans and specifications in two copies to the Building Inspection Department under City of Plano Code of Ordinances §…

Plano enforces Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757 pool barrier rules. Barriers must be 48 inches tall with self-closing self-latching gates and openings that will not pass a…

Plano's home-occupation rules flatly prohibit advertising signage. Zoning Ordinance § 15.700.1 bars any interior or exterior sign for the business, and even parking a vehicle bearing…

Plano allows a home occupation in any residence under Zoning Ordinance § 15.700, but Sec. 15.700.1 caps the business at one outside employee and confines it to the principal dwelling…

Plano caps the traffic a no-impact home-based business can generate at what's 'normally expected in the neighborhood,' per Zoning Ordinance § 15.700.2, and requires all parking to be…

Texas Cottage Food Law (TX H&S Code Ch. 437) allows Plano residents to prepare non-hazardous foods at home for direct sale. HB 1926 (2021) also permits mail, delivery, and pickup sales…

Plano's zoning ordinance treats an in-home day care as a home occupation under Zoning Ordinance § 15.400, capping enrollment at 8 children regardless of what a state license would…

Wildlife rehabilitation in Plano requires a state permit from Texas Parks and Wildlife under the Texas Administrative Code, plus Chapter 4 Plano sanitation rules. Residents who find…

Plano allows only hens, not roosters, and requires a Backyard Hen Permit with a site inspection, coop plans and a mandatory hen-care course. Coops need 10 inches of roosting space per…

Plano bans no dog breed. TX Health and Safety Code 822 (Lillian's Law) uses a behavior-based dangerous dog standard. HOAs may privately restrict breeds.

Plano caps a single-family property at 10 adult animals, no more than 4 of which may be intact dogs or cats; multi-unit dwellings are capped at 5, with only 1 intact. Keeping more…

Plano does not impose a citywide mandatory spay-neuter rule, but Chapter 4 charges higher reclaim fees for unaltered animals impounded from strays. Plano Animal Services partners with…

Plano follows TX H&S Code 822 subchapter E and TX Parks and Wildlife Code 63. Big cats, bears, non-human primates, and many venomous reptiles are effectively barred as pets.

Plano requires dogs to be leashed off the owner's property. Off-leash is permitted only inside Jack Carter Park and Bob Woodruff Park dog parks. Running at large is a Class C offense.

Plano requires anyone operating a pet grooming facility to hold a city permit and meet sanitation, temperature and cage standards. Housing temperatures must stay between 60 and 79…

Plano requires cats to be vaccinated against rabies and registered, and discourages free-roaming cats under Chapter 4. Trapped nuisance cats may be impounded by Plano Animal Services…

Plano bans steel-jawed, body-hold and snare traps commonly used on coyotes, along with any poison or toxic bait, citywide. Only humane, checked-daily traps are allowed, and trapping on…

Plano allows veterinary clinics in commercial and select mixed-use districts under the Plano Zoning Ordinance, with overnight boarding tied to specific use permits. Chapter 4 and Texas…

Plano allows residential beekeeping with placement standards, consistent with TX Agriculture Code 131. Hobby beekeepers need no TAIS registration. Flyway barriers recommended near…

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…

Plano allows one backyard cottage per lot citywide under Zoning Ordinance § 15.1800, provided the lot is at least 6,000 square feet and the cottage stays on the same lot as the main…

Plano's zoning code lets homeowners build sheds and other detached accessory structures, but boxes them in: no commercial use or renting, no placement in the required front yard, a…

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…

Plano treats persistent barking as a public nuisance under the Animals chapter of the Code of Ordinances. Complaints are handled through Plano 311 and Animal Services.

A Plano restaurant may run amplified music or speech on its indoor or outdoor property only until 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and only while…

Plano caps noise reaching industrial-district property at 75 dB (or 10 dB above background, whichever is lower) between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., falling to 65 dB (or 5 dB above…

Plano has no blower-specific ban. Gas and electric blowers are legal but subject to the general noise ordinance and the 7 AM to 10 PM residential convention.

Plano bars nighttime construction, 10:01 p.m. to 6:59 a.m., within 500 feet of a residential area or use, and protects daytime construction and landscaping noise only when it runs 7…

Plano bans operating any loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment mounted on or in a vehicle on a street, alley, sidewalk, park, or other public property when the sound is clearly…

Plano defines daytime as 7 AM-10 PM and nighttime as 10:01 PM-6:59 AM. Commercial/entertainment venues limited to 70 dB daytime and 60 dB nighttime, measured at the complainant's…

Aircraft noise is federally preempted under 49 USC 40103. Collin County sits under DFW International Class B airspace and is near McKinney National Airport (TKI) and Aero Country…

Plano zones qualifying rural-character tracts as the A, Agricultural district, expressly reserving them for farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture and animal husbandry under Zoning…

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…

Noise from a heating, refrigeration, ventilation, air conditioning, generator, or pool equipment system in Plano has a defense to a noise-nuisance charge only while it stays at or…

A Plano bar or nightclub that wants to exceed the Table 1 noise limits must hold a city-council-approved entertainment venue permit, and even then may only run at commercial/industrial…

A Plano food service establishment that accepts supply deliveries between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. avoids a noise-nuisance citation only if the delivery lasts no more than one hour…

Plano requires every registered short-term rental to have an outdoor video monitoring device for security, placed somewhere conspicuous where there's no reasonable expectation of…

Plano's outdoor lighting ordinance otherwise caps footcandles and requires shielding, but Sec. 6-470(a)(3) makes "temporary holiday lighting on private property" an affirmative defense…

Plano's zoning ordinance gives general business signs, identification signs, and multipurpose signs a larger size and height allowance on property fronting U.S. Highway 75, letting…

Plano prohibits billboards and off-premise signs outright, so digital billboards cannot be permitted. On-premise electronic message signs are allowed but may change copy no more than…

Plano caps window signage at 25% of any individual window and requires a permit once coverage exceeds 15%, unless the sign is a noncommercial temporary sign. The Zoning Ordinance also…

Plano's sign regulations allow political signs on private property consistent with First Amendment protections. Texas Election Code Section 259.002 protects the right to display…

Signs advertising a Plano garage or yard sale must meet the city's general sign ordinance and come down fast once the sale ends. City of Plano Code of Ordinances § 11-368 requires all…

Plano makes it an offense to let a motor vehicle's primary propulsion engine idle for more than five consecutive minutes while the vehicle is stopped. City Code § 12-270 sets thirteen…

In Plano's FEMA special flood hazard areas, new and substantially improved homes must have their lowest floor, including basement, elevated to two feet above the base flood elevation…

Anyone conducting construction or land-disturbing activity in Plano, disturbing 5,000 square feet or more of vegetative ground cover, must prepare and get city approval of an erosion…

Plano's storm water code bans dumping anything but storm water into the municipal storm sewer system. Sec. 21-65 lists specific prohibited substances, from oil, chemicals, and…

Any new construction, substantial improvement, or land alteration within Plano's areas of special flood hazard needs a floodplain development permit under Code of Ordinances Sec…

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…

Plano requires landlords of multi-family complexes five years or older with five or more units to inspect every dwelling unit at least once a year and give tenants the results in…

Plano requires the landlord of every apartment complex five years or older with five or more dwelling units to register with Neighborhood Services by October 31 each year, pay $13 per…

Plano cannot operate red-light cameras. Texas Transportation Code Section 707.020, added by HB 1631 effective June 2, 2019, bars every local authority from running a photographic…

Plano maintains over seventy miles of off-street trails plus on-street bike lanes prioritized by the Bicycle Transportation Plan. Riders must follow Texas Transportation Code rules of…

Plano's Code of Ordinances regulates every motor-assisted scooter, including the electric and gas-powered stand-up scooters used by rental fleets, through Chapter 14, Article II…

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…

A Plano street fair or festival must include a vendor and food/beverage area on its special event site map, comply with Chapter 9's Food Code and TABC rules for any food or alcohol…

Plano regulates commercial filming through the same Chapter 11 special events article as festivals and parades, but carves out its own filing deadline and requires only the insurance…

To temporarily close a residential type G street for a block party, bike-a-thon, or similar neighborhood event, Plano requires a street closure permit from the Neighborhood Services…

Plano defines a parade/distance event as 100 or more persons, animals or vehicles moving on city streets and requires a special event permit filed 60 days to 9 months ahead depending…

Anyone who wants to hold an activity in a Plano park facility that requires a permit under §§ 15-3 or 15-4 must file a written application with the parks and recreation director at…

Plano requires a film permit before shooting can impact a city right-of-way like streets or sidewalks, use city-owned property, or require traffic control measures such as barricades…

Plano requires a film permit before any commercial production that touches a city right-of-way, uses city-owned property, needs traffic control, or involves firearms, pyrotechnics, or…

Plano registers every plumbing contractor working in the city on an annual basis and will not issue permits or inspections to a contractor whose registration has lapsed. The city has…

Plano enforces the 2024 International Residential Code as its Residential Code (§ 6-709), and its local amendment to Section R105.2 exempts only cosmetic finish work, painting…

Plano adopts the International Energy Conservation Code through Chapter 6 of the city code, with local amendments coordinated through North Central Texas Council of Governments. The…

Plano's Building Inspections Department, created under Sec. 103.1 of the amended International Building Code, runs every construction inspection in the city. Inspectors can charge a…

Plano's Building Security Code sets a hard construction standard for exterior swinging doors: single doors and the active leaf of paired doors must carry an approved exterior…

Elevator maintenance in Plano is regulated by TDLR under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 754. Annual inspections by a state-licensed inspector and a current Certificate of…

Plano's Residential Code amendments strike the International Residential Code's automatic sprinkler requirement for one- and two-family dwellings entirely, so new houses and duplexes…

Childcare centers in Plano must meet Plano Code Chapter 6 building rules, Chapter 18 fire requirements, and Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 42 state licensing. Plano Fire-Rescue…

Plano requires carbon monoxide detection in new and existing buildings under Section 915 of its amended 2024 International Building Code. Dwelling units and sleeping units with a…

Plano requires a permit from the electrical inspector before anyone installs, alters, or repairs electrical wiring or equipment covered by the electrical code, with narrow exceptions…

Pre-1978 homes in Collin County fall under EPA RRP Rule (40 CFR 745). Contractors must be EPA Lead-Safe certified; violations up to 37,500 per day. Landlord disclosure required under…

Plano's amended 2024 International Property Maintenance Code requires landlords to heat rental dwellings to at least 68°F between October 1 and May 1. Section 6-54's rewrite of Subsec…

Plano 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…

Plano has NO local rent control ordinance. Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902 preempts Texas cities from enacting rent control absent a declared disaster-related housing emergency and…

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…

Plano makes it a criminal offense to urinate or defecate on public property, in a public place, or in public view anywhere within city limits. Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-11 provides a…

Plano holds a property owner or occupant personally liable for a loud party or other noise nuisance on land under their care, custody or control, not just for noise they cause…

Plano prohibits standing, sitting, or loitering on any roadway median under six feet wide, and separately bans approaching a moving vehicle on a major thoroughfare, freeway, or access…

Plano bans drinking alcohol in public and commercial parking areas, private multi-tenant residential parking areas, streets, alleys and sidewalks citywide. Exceptions cover…

Smoking marijuana in Plano is barred wherever the city's smoking ordinance reaches: its definition of "smoking" sweeps in any lighted "weed, plant or combustible substance," so…

Plano bars skateboards, roller skates, rollerblades and other non-motorized wheeled devices from sidewalks, walkways, plazas, steps, walls and railings in four specific areas: the…

Plano requires a permit before launching or landing any aircraft, the ordinance's own list runs from hot air balloons to helicopters and is explicitly non-exhaustive, on park grounds…

Collin County follows FAA Part 107 and the Remote ID Rule. Texas Government Code Chapter 423 limits drone imaging of private property and critical infrastructure. No countywide drone…

Plano's Zoning Ordinance blocks building permits in a Residential Community Design (RCD) district until a property owners' governance association is formally established. The…

Plano HOAs require architectural review committee approval before most exterior changes. Texas Property Code Chapter 202 restricts HOA control over solar, rainwater, flags, and…

Plano HOAs operate under Texas Property Code Chapter 209. Boards must hold open meetings, maintain records for member inspection, and follow notice and voting procedures in governing…

Plano HOAs levy assessments under their declaration and Texas Property Code Chapter 209. Payment-priority rules apply, payment plans must be offered, and foreclosure usually requires a…

In Plano, a homeowners association draws its authority from recorded covenants, but Texas Property Code Chapter 202 caps that power: an HOA cannot ban solar panels, rain barrels, or…

A Plano homeowners' association can fine an owner for covenant violations only if its dedicatory instrument authorizes fines, and only after the board adopts a written enforcement…

Plano HOA disputes follow Texas Property Code Chapter 209, which requires written notice, cure period, and a hearing. Many HOAs also require mediation; owners can sue in Collin or…

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…

Plano partners with NTMWD on the Water IQ SmartScape program, offering homeowners rebates and free design templates for replacing thirsty St. Augustine turf with native Texas plants…

Plano uses NTMWD-treated reclaimed water to irrigate select parks, golf courses, and medians, reducing potable demand on Lake Lavon. Private connections require a TCEQ-permitted reuse…

Plano treats leaking water that reaches a neighbor's yard or the street as a nuisance. Sec. 21-52 bans letting 'fugitive' or excess water flow onto adjacent property or the…

Plano does not ban flavored cigarettes, cigars, or vape products. Texas does not preempt local flavor restrictions outright, but the city has not adopted one, leaving sales subject…

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…

A Plano dealer who buys used electronics, tools, jewelry, firearms, instruments, or sporting goods for resale must record the seller's identification, hold the item ten business days…

Plano requires tattoo, permanent cosmetics, and body piercing facilities to hold a Texas state license and meet city health requirements, and confines the use as a primary business to…

Plano's home-occupation standards flatly prohibit vehicle repair as a home business. Zoning Ordinance § 15.700.1 states no repair or servicing of vehicles, internal combustion engines…

Vape retailers in Plano must hold a Texas Comptroller e-cigarette permit and follow the city smoke-free ordinance, which extends to vapor products in enclosed public places…

Plano City Code Chapter 28 regulates sexually oriented businesses, requiring annual licensing, owner background checks, and strict zoning buffers from churches, schools, parks, and…

Plano bars charcoal grills and similar open-flame cooking devices from combustible balconies and decks, or within 10 feet of combustible construction, unless the building has a fire…

Once you set your recycling out in Plano, it belongs to whoever issued the container, the city or its contractor, and only the customer, an Environmental Waste Services Division…

Plano makes it a criminal offense for a property owner to cause or allow refuse, carrion, or unsanitary conditions to accumulate or remain on premises, punishable by a fine up to…

Plano runs an opt-in composting program for restaurants and other commercial generators of food waste rather than a blanket mandate: the Environmental Waste Services Division supplies…

Nonresidential and multifamily developments in Plano must provide at least two solid waste containers per lot for refuse and recycling, screened per the city's Site Design Standards…

Plano's Environmental Waste Services Division collects residential garbage and yard waste weekly and recycling every other week, using one city-issued cart. Carts must be at the curb…

Plano issues one solid-waste cart per household free of charge and the container stays city property: you can't take it when you move. The lid must stay closed to keep water out…

Plano offers scheduled bulky item collection. Residents can arrange pickups for large items like furniture, appliances, and mattresses. The city also accepts bulky items at designated…

Every Plano household and non-franchisee business gets one free recycling cart from the Environmental Waste Services Division, and it stays city property just like the trash cart. The…

Plano requires solid waste, recyclable, landscape waste, HHW, bulky and special-collection materials to reach the curb or alley by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day, later placement can…

Texas Local Government Code 229.001 preempts Plano from setting a local minimum wage, leaving the federal floor of 7.25 dollars per hour as the legal minimum across Toyota North…

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…

Plano requires every mobile food establishment to operate from an approved central preparation facility, never a private residence, and report there daily. As of July 1, 2026, the…

A food truck park in Plano is a distinct zoning use that needs a Specific Use Permit in every nonresidential zoning district and is barred from residential districts entirely. Every…

Food trucks in Collin County require a Texas DSHS mobile food unit permit and a local health department permit from each city or from Collin County Environmental Services for…

Plano runs no special storm-debris program. Tornado-downed tree limbs and brush go out with weekly landscape waste collection in manageable piles capped at six feet long and fifty…

Plano regulates downtown redevelopment through the BG, Downtown Business/Government zoning district, which sets a four-story height cap for mixed-use buildings on a structured-parking…

In Plano's SF-A, Single-Family Residence Attached district, Zoning Ordinance § 9.1000.3 caps multi-unit platted lots at 10 dwelling units per acre. Section 9.1000.4 lets the Planning &…

Plano designates cultural and historic landmarks under a Heritage Resource Preservation ordinance run by the Heritage Commission and Heritage Preservation Officer. A building, site, or…

Plano makes it a class C misdemeanor to place or allow anything that encroaches on public property, including sidewalks, parkway areas, and rights-of-way. Sec. 19-1 bans lumber, boxes…

Plano enforces general obstruction and pedestrian-right-of-way ordinances rather than a dedicated sit-lie rule. Sitting or lying on commercial-district sidewalks in a manner that…

Off-site advertising displays and billboards in Plano can only run their lights from dusk to 11:00 p.m. under Sec. 6-474(h)(2), unless the fixture is fully shielded and points downward…

Plano treats outdoor security lighting as "Class II" lighting under Sec. 6-466, and Table 3 in Sec. 6-469(a)(1) requires those fixtures, LPS, HPS, metal halide, and LED lamps alike, to…

Plano caps how much light can spill onto neighboring property to control sky glow: Sec. 6-474(d) ties outdoor fixtures to the footcandle and luminance tables in Sec. 6-469(a)(1), which…

Every food employee at a Plano food establishment, apart from the certified food protection manager, must complete an accredited food handler training course within 30 days of hire…

Pest control operators in Plano must be licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Property owners must keep premises free of rodent and insect infestations under the property…

Plano requires the parks director's written sign-off before anyone plants or removes a tree, shrub, or plant in a parkway area, public street, park, or other municipal property, under…

Plano levies a 7 percent municipal hotel occupancy tax on lodging stays under 30 days, stacked on the 6 percent Texas state HOT for a combined roughly 13 percent rate funding tourism…

Plano bars skill-or-pleasure coin-operated machines within 300 feet of any church, school or hospital, forbids student play during school hours, and requires operators to post a…

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 §…

Plano's zoning ordinance defines a Data Center at Sec. 8.200 as a facility whose primary service is data processing, then classifies it as a "Service" use in the Sec. 14.200…

Cannabis dispensaries are not permitted in Plano or anywhere in Texas outside the very limited Compassionate Use Program (CUP). CUP dispensaries are licensed at the state level and…

Cannabis remains illegal under Texas state law. Home cultivation of marijuana is a felony in Texas regardless of the amount. Texas has a very limited Compassionate Use Program for…

Plano requires building and electrical permits for solar panel installations. Systems must comply with the adopted building codes. Texas law (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…

Plano's 8-member Building Standards Commission can declare a structure substandard, order repairs, require demolition of a public nuisance, or secure vacant dangerous buildings under…

Plano requires vacant lots to be maintained free of tall weeds, overgrown vegetation, debris, and trash. Grass and weeds must be kept below 12 inches. The city can mow unmaintained…

Plano requires a $100 nonrefundable permit before anyone runs a temporary itinerant vendor business on private property, caps operating hours to 7 a.m.-10 p.m., and limits any single…

Plano's Ordinance 11-145 makes it unlawful to solicit at any residential premises that displays a 'No Solicitation,' 'No Peddlers,' or 'No Trespassing' sign. The sign must be at least…

Plano's yard setbacks vary by residential zoning district under Zoning Ordinance Article 9. In the SF-9 district, for example, § 9.500.3 requires a 30-foot front yard (25 feet under…

Plano caps most single-family homes at 2 stories and 35 feet, the standard baseline used across its SF district dimensional tables (e.g., SF-9 at Zoning Ordinance § 9.500.3), while §…

Plano's Zoning Ordinance caps how much of a lot a building and its accessory structures can cover, with the exact percentage set district-by-district under § 13.700. A standard SF-7…

Anyone holding a garage, yard, patio, rummage, or estate sale in Plano first needs a permit from the building inspections department. City of Plano Code of Ordinances § 11-367 limits…

Plano parks and park facilities are open to the public only from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. under Code of Ordinances § 15-2.1, unless a specific facility posts different hours or a…

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…

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…

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 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…