Collin County may enforce overgrown vegetation and nuisance conditions on vacant lots under Health and Safety Code Chapter 343. No proactive lot inspection program; complaint-driven enforcement through Environmental Health Services.
TX Health & Safety Code §343.011 authorizes counties to abate 'public nuisances' on real property — including weeds over 12 inches, accumulated rubbish, stagnant water, dead trees, and rodent/mosquito harborage. Collin County Environmental Health Services (2300 Bloomdale Rd, McKinney, (972) 548-5585) investigates on complaint only. Procedure under TX HSC §343.013: written notice to owner at record address, 30-day cure period, post notice if owner unknown, then Commissioners Court order authorizing abatement with costs assessed as tax lien under §343.023. Collin County has no proactive mow/inspection program (unlike Plano's §6-301 city mowing, McKinney's §50-113, or Frisco's §50-111 which mow at owner cost plus admin fee). TX HSC §342 applies in municipalities. Vacant platted lots in rapidly growing corridors (Celina, Prosper, Anna) generate most complaints. Mosquito-breeding standing water is a separate violation under Collin County Mosquito Control Order.
TX HSC §343.011: Class C misdemeanor, up to $200 first offense, up to $2,000 subsequent. Abatement costs attach as tax lien on property under §343.023.
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