Wylie, TX Sidewalk & Pedestrian Rules: Encroachment Permits (2026)

Chapter 102, Article V of the Wylie Code of Ordinances governs private use of the city's public rights-of-way, and its permitting rule is blunt: under § 102-88, any agency or public infrastructure contractor that wants to place facilities on, in or over a right-of-way, or to excavate, encroach on or otherwise work within one, must first file an application for a construction permit with the city engineer and follow every term of the article. Only city maintenance activity is excepted. Before that permit can be issued, § 102-87 requires the agency or contractor to register annually with the city, by January 31, and to carry the insurance set out in § 102-91, which runs as high as $5,000,000.00 per occurrence in commercial general liability coverage for agencies.

Section 102-89 lays out what the application must contain, including the proposed facility route, engineering plans and a traffic control plan if traffic will be obstructed, and it creates standard permits, maintenance permits and emergency permits with their own filing deadlines. The city engineer administers and enforces the article under § 102-86, and can deny, suspend or revoke a permit for reasons listed in § 102-89(c), including a lack of insurance, a safety hazard or a prior failure to comply. Section 102-86(c) makes it an offense to perform, authorize, direct or supervise construction without a valid permit, to violate any provision of the article, to break a permit's restrictions, or to ignore an order of the city engineer.

A denied, suspended or revoked permit can be appealed first to the city manager and then to the city council under § 102-90, whose decision is final. The article does not print its own fine amount, so a violation is punished under the citywide general penalty at § 1-13.