In unincorporated Nueces County, Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343 lets the county abate accumulated rubbish on a vacant lot that sits in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street. Corpus Christi separately requires vacant-building owners to clear solid waste and high weeds from the premises.
Texas counties cannot impose zoning-style vacant-lot maintenance rules, so the county's only lever is nuisance abatement under Health & Safety Code Ch. 343. That statute makes it a nuisance to keep, store, or accumulate rubbish (newspapers, tires, appliances, furniture, cans) on premises in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more. Inside Corpus Christi, § 13-3007 requires the owner of a vacant building to remove solid waste and high weeds and brush from the premises and keep it maintained until reoccupied, demolished, or sold.
The county may abate the nuisance and bill the owner; Corpus Christi may clean the lot, file a lien (§ 22-8), or revoke a vacant-building plan.
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