Collin County has no snow or ice clearing ordinance for sidewalks. DFW area snow events are rare. TxDOT handles state highways and FM roads; counties treat major unincorporated roads during winter storms.
North Texas averages fewer than 3 inches of snow and 1–2 ice events per winter, so neither Collin County nor its cities impose sidewalk snow-clearing obligations like northern U.S. jurisdictions. No county property-maintenance code exists (TX general-law counties lack this authority). Winter road treatment during events like February 2021 Winter Storm Uri and January 2024 ice storms is coordinated by: TxDOT Paris District for US-75, US-380, SH-121, SH-5, SH-78, and FM roads; Collin County Road & Bridge (Precinct 1–4) for county roads; city public works for municipal streets. Residents are not required to shovel sidewalks. TX Civil Practice & Remedies Code Ch. 75 (premises liability) generally protects owners from liability for naturally occurring ice absent negligence per *M.O. Dental Lab v. Rape*, 139 S.W.3d 671 (Tex. 2004) ('natural accumulation doctrine'). HOAs under TX Prop Code Ch. 202 rarely address snow clearing.
No fine (no ordinance). Civil premises-liability claims limited by TX natural accumulation doctrine.
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