Lubbock County runs no curbside trash service. The City of Lubbock collects household garbage and makes it unlawful to place any garbage, brush or refuse on public or private property except as deposited under its solid-waste article. Unincorporated residents contract private haulers.
The City of Lubbock Solid Waste Department provides scheduled collection, and the code makes it unlawful to place garbage, brush, glass or refuse outside a building except when deposited per the solid-waste article. Owners and occupants must keep containers in repair and their alley free of loose garbage. Unincorporated Lubbock County provides no county-wide collection; residents there arrange private garbage service. The county cannot zone or mandate a specific hauler.
Placing refuse outside approved containers or outside the article's rules is a city code violation enforced by the Codes Department and subject to fine.
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Composting is unrestricted in Lubbock County, which cannot zone private yards. Texas Property Code Section 202.007 bars a homeowners association from prohibi...
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Lubbock County has no rule on artificial turf, and it cannot zone private yards. The City of Lubbock does not ban synthetic lawns; HOAs may set appearance st...
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Lubbock County sets no landscaping-plant rules. Statewide, Texas Property Code Section 202.007 stops a homeowners association from banning drought-resistant ...
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Rainwater harvesting is legal statewide in Texas, and Lubbock County adds no restriction. State law bars a homeowners association from prohibiting rain barre...
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Semi-arid Lubbock sits over the depleting Ogallala Aquifer, so the City of Lubbock enforces mandatory two-day-per-week lawn watering by address, with no wate...
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In unincorporated Lubbock County, tall weeds are a public nuisance under Texas Health & Safety Code Ch. 343 when within 300 feet of a residence or business. ...
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