Tyler, TX

Tyler short-term-rental guests must obey the citywide noise ordinance (Sec. 4-90): 75 dB(A) daytime and 63 dB(A) from 10:01 PM to 6:59 AM. There is no separate, stricter STR noise…

Short-term stays in Tyler carry a 15% hotel occupancy tax: 6% Texas state HOT plus Tyler's 9% city HOT (a 7% base rate plus a 2% convention-center tax under Sec. 2-16). Airbnb and Vrbo…

Tyler sets no fixed construction-hours window. Construction noise is governed by the Sec. 4-90 decibel limits (75 dB(A) day, 63 dB(A) night), and City-permitted work meeting building…

Tyler's noise ordinance (Sec. 4-90) makes it unlawful to keep any animal or fowl whose noise is offensive to reasonable neighbors. Complaints go to Tyler Animal Services and Police…

Tyler's Sec. 4-90 bans sound equipment 'plainly audible' 50 feet from a vehicle and caps amplified music at 75 dB(A) day, 63 dB(A) after 10 PM. Downtown DBAC venues get later hours…

Tyler caps noise at 75 dB(A) from 7 AM to 10 PM and 63 dB(A) overnight (10:01 PM to 6:59 AM), with a one-hour Friday/Saturday extension. Set by City Code Sec. 4-90.

Tyler zoning lists accessory dwelling units and garage apartments as permitted household-living uses. Accessory buildings cannot be used as dwellings except permitted garage…

Tyler allows garage apartments as a permitted use, but converting garage space to living area needs a building permit and must meet dwelling and setback standards. Accessory buildings…

Tyler has no separate tiny-home category. A permanent-foundation tiny house must meet single-family standards, with residential lots starting at 3,000 square feet. An accessory…

Tyler caps an accessory building at 50 percent of the main house's floor area and 16 feet in height. It must sit at least 5 feet from side and rear lot lines, cover no more than 30…

Tyler allows up to six fowl per household in non-agricultural zones regardless of lot size, with coops set back 15 feet from side and rear lines. Livestock is one animal per fenced…

Tyler bans keeping dangerous wild animals within city limits or 5,000 feet of them, declaring it a public nuisance. The prohibited list covers big cats, bears, wolves, primates…

Tyler prohibits any animal from running at large; loose dogs are a public nuisance subject to impoundment under Sec. 14-11. Households may keep up to four dogs, and off-leash is…

Texas keeps beekeeping light-touch: registration with the Texas Apiary Inspection Service is voluntary, not required to own hives. Beekeepers may register annually with the chief…

Texas Health & Safety Code 822.047 prohibits any Texas city or county from regulating dogs based on breed. Local breed bans against pit bulls, Rottweilers, or other breeds are…

Texas has no standalone hoarding statute; officers use Health & Safety Code Chapter 821 to seize animals deprived of necessary food, care, or shelter, and a court can divest the owner…

Texas lets hunters bait and feed game animals, including deer, on private property statewide. Baiting is unlawful on most public land, for wild turkey in the East Zone, and for all…

Tyler does not ban artificial turf on residential property, but it cannot be used to meet the city's landscape requirements. Section 10-305 states that artificial plants are not…

Tyler homeowners can trim trees on their own single-family property without a permit, but street and park trees are city-managed. Statewide oak wilt guidance urges avoiding oak pruning…

Tyler requires no tree-removal permit for single-family homeowners. Tree preservation applies only in multifamily, commercial, office, and manufacturing districts, where a Clearing and…

Tyler encourages native and East Texas-adapted landscaping. The development code requires that plants installed to meet landscape rules be native or acclimated species from the city's…

Tyler Water Utilities asks customers to water lawns just two days a week, before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m. Even-numbered addresses water Sundays and Thursdays; odd-numbered addresses…

Tyler's weed ordinance (Sec. 18-20) bans uncultivated vegetation over 12 inches on vacant and occupied lots citywide. Owners get notice; if ignored, the city clears the property, bills…

Texas Property Code 202.007 prohibits HOAs from banning rainwater harvesting systems, and Health & Safety Code 341.042 sets statewide standards for harvested rainwater used as a…

Tyler home occupations may not alter the home's exterior except for one permitted sign under Sec. 10-408. In single-family districts that means a single wall sign up to one square…

A home daycare in Tyler needs a special use permit approved by the planning and zoning commission and city council, plus a state child-care license. Sec. 10-74 caps a day care home at…

Tyler home occupations may never be open to the public, so walk-in customers are prohibited. Deliveries are limited to vehicles no larger than a one-ton truck, and outdoor storage of…

Tyler permits home occupations that stay incidental and subordinate to an owner-occupied residence. Up to 25 percent of the home's floor area may be used, with one non-family employee…

Texas does not license cottage food at all. Health and Safety Code Section 437.0191(a) declares that a cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment, and…

Tyler caps front-yard fences at 4 feet and requires them 50 percent open, while rear and side fences may reach 8 feet in residential districts. Multi-family front yards allow 6 feet…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act, so Tyler property owners each pay for their own fence. City code requires fences to sit entirely on private property; cost-sharing is a private…

Tyler ties retaining walls to the building code: they combine with fences for height and must follow the adopted 2021 International Building Code. Walls over four feet or carrying a…

Tyler regulates fences through its development code rather than a standalone fence permit. Conforming wood, masonry, and chain-link fences within height limits need no building permit…

Tyler allows wood, chain-link, brick, wrought iron, stone, pipe, and concrete fences. Chain-link and pipe are banned in the front-yard setback, barbed and razor wire are prohibited in…

Tyler requires a building permit before any residential pool or spa is built, obtained from the Building Official, and sets water-line setbacks of 5 feet from the house and side or…

Tyler requires every pool holding water over 18 inches deep to be enclosed. Single-family residential lots (R-1A through R-1D) need at least 4 feet; all other pools need 6 feet. Gates…

Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2154 governs fireworks sales and use, while Local Government Code Chapter 352 limits how counties can restrict consumer fireworks during drought. The…

Selling, transporting, dispensing, or storing propane (LP-gas) in Texas requires a license from the Railroad Commission of Texas under Natural Resources Code Chapter 113. Only the…

Texas Transportation Code Chapter 683 declares a motor vehicle abandoned after 48 hours left illegally on public property, unattended on a highway right-of-way, or parked on private…

Texas Occupations Code chapter 2308 sets the statewide rules for nonconsent towing and vehicle booting. A vehicle owner has 14 business days to demand a hearing in the justice court…

Tyler requires a clearing and grading permit from the city engineer before any earth change, excavating, grading, filling, or clearing, on any property. Drainage cannot create a public…

Building in Tyler's FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas requires a Floodplain Development Permit under UDC Division G. The city participates in the National Flood Insurance Program…

Tyler requires a stormwater management plan for every development. No building permit or subdivision construction plan is approved without one, prepared by a Texas-licensed…

Texas prohibits damaging, destroying, or removing a sand dune or its vegetation seaward of a dune protection line or within a critical dune area unless a permit authorizes the work…

Tyler has no rent control. Texas Local Government Code Section 214.902 bars municipalities from capping rents except during a governor-declared disaster housing emergency, so market…

Texas gives Tyler tenants no just-cause eviction protection. A landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy or decline renewal without stating a reason, after at least three days' written…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, a Texas landlord must give a defaulting or holdover tenant at least three days' written notice to vacate before filing a forcible detainer (eviction)…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.052 a landlord must make a diligent effort to repair conditions that materially affect an ordinary tenant's health or safety after proper notice. Section…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.019 a residential late fee must be reasonable and may be charged only if written in the lease and the rent stays unpaid two full days after due. A fee is…

Under Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy by giving notice, and the tenancy ends on the later of the date in the notice or one month after notice is…

Texas places no statutory limit on how much a landlord can charge for a security deposit. However, the landlord must refund the deposit within 30 days after the tenant surrenders the…

In Texas a squatter can claim title only through adverse possession, with periods that shorten as the claim strengthens: 3 years under title or color of title (§ 16.024), 5 years with…

Tyler bars mobile food units from vacant lots and residential districts, requires an improved parking surface, and limits stops to six consecutive hours before the unit must move at…

Tyler requires each mobile food unit to hold a Transient Mobile Food Vendor Permit from the Planning Director plus Northeast Texas Public Health District approval. Permits run up to…

Tyler carts may be set at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection and must be brought in by 7:00 a.m. the morning after. Carts left at the curb between collections…

Texas Health and Safety Code Section 361.425 orders every county, municipality, school district, university, and state agency to run a recycling program that separates and collects at…

Tyler city parks are open sunrise to sunset, and it is unlawful to enter or remain in a park when it is closed. Public trails like Rose Rudman open at 5:00 a.m. and close at 10:00 p.m.

Texas HB 1819 (88th Legislature, 2023), codified at Local Government Code 370.008 (originally 370.007), prohibits all Texas municipalities and counties from adopting or enforcing…

Tyler is not a formal dark-sky city, but its Unified Development Code requires site lighting to be fully shielded and concealed within opaque housing, invisible from the street, with…

Tyler's Unified Development Code prohibits lighting that unnecessarily illuminates and substantially interferes with a neighbor's use or enjoyment of their property, and bars glare…

Tyler prohibits uncultivated vegetation taller than twelve inches on any lot, including vacant ones, inside the city or within 5,000 feet of it. Owners must control weeds, brush, and…

Tyler's Chapter 18 declares accumulations of rubbish, junk, debris, and overgrown vegetation on a property a public nuisance. Code enforcement issues a notice to abate; unresolved…

In Tyler, Texas Property Code Sec. 202.010 bars a property owners' association from prohibiting or restricting rooftop solar. Any HOA provision that violates it is void. HOAs may…

Most Tyler residential districts cap building height at 42 feet, including R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, and Residential Estate. Multifamily (R-MF) allows 50 feet. A building may exceed the cap…

In Tyler's common single-family districts (R-1B and R-1C), homes need a 25-foot front setback, 25-foot rear setback, and 6-foot interior side yard. R-1A requires 7.5-foot side yards…

Tyler sets no limits on holiday decorations at single-family homes. In multi-family and nonresidential districts, decorations may go up at most 14 days before a federal holiday, must…

Tyler garage sale signs must be posted only on the property where the sale is held, never in the right-of-way, and must not obstruct traffic. No sign permit is required, and sales are…

Tyler allows political signs on private property with the owner's consent up to 36 square feet and eight feet tall, with no permit or fee. Signs may not be illuminated or have any…

Tyler garage sales must keep the property presentable: signs may be posted only on the sale premises, not on rights-of-way, and merchandise should not become an accumulation. Unsold…

Commercial drone operators in Tyler need an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate; the city issues no separate permit. Texas Government Code Chapter 423 restricts capturing images of…

Recreational drones in Tyler follow FAA rules, not a local ordinance. Register any drone weighing 0.55 pounds or more, pass the TRUST test, and stay below 400 feet. Texas law makes…

Tyler has no separate heritage-tree registry. Its development code instead protects trees 6 inches DBH and larger in commercial and multifamily projects through mandatory buffers, and…

Tyler runs no door-to-door solicitor permit or badge program. Its Home Solicitation ordinance instead limits charitable and sales visits to between 10 a.m. and sunset, Monday through…

Tyler has no opt-out solicitation registry, but a posted no-soliciting sign carries the force of law. Sec. 4-61(b) makes it unlawful to knock or ring for sales or charity at any…

Anyone selling e-cigarettes to Texas consumers must hold an e-cigarette retailer permit issued by the Comptroller, obtained for each place of business under Health and Safety Code…

Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 487 limits cannabis dispensing to state-licensed Compassionate Use Program providers: expanded to as many as 15 organizations by HB 46 (2025). There…

Texas Health & Safety Code 481.121 makes it a crime to possess or grow marijuana anywhere in the state. Home cultivation is illegal in every Texas city and county regardless of plant…

Texas Labor Code Section 62.0515 expressly preempts municipal and county minimum wage ordinances. The state minimum wage equals the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, and political…

Texas appellate courts have struck down municipal paid sick leave ordinances in Austin, Dallas, and San Antonio as preempted under the Texas Minimum Wage Act. HB 2127 (2023) further…

Texas authorizes License to Carry (LTC) holders to carry concealed handguns statewide under Government Code Chapter 411. Since 2021, permitless constitutional carry under HB 1927 also…

Texas Local Government Code Section 229.001 broadly preempts municipal regulation of firearms, ammunition, knives, and related accessories. Cities cannot adopt or enforce ordinances…

Texas authorizes open carry of holstered handguns statewide for adults 21 and older under Penal Code 46.02 and HB 910 (2015). Long guns may be openly carried subject to disorderly…

Texas Penal Code 46.02(a-1) lets any non-prohibited adult carry a handgun inside a personally-owned or leased motor vehicle or watercraft without a License to Carry. Since HB 1927…

Texas nonprofits can conduct bingo only under a license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which absorbed the Texas Lottery Commission's charitable bingo program on…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 234, Subchapter E lets any county's commissioners court license, zone, and inspect "game rooms": for-profit businesses with six or more skill or…

Texas Penal Code § 47.02(a) makes betting at cards, dice, or any game of chance a Class C misdemeanor. Section 47.02(b) supplies a defense: gambling that happens in a private place…

Texas licenses no retail sportsbook and no betting app. Placing a wager on the outcome of a game, contest, or a player's performance is a criminal offense under Penal Code §…

Under the Texas Residential Property Owners Protection Act, unpaid assessments become a lien (Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0094), but a Texas HOA may not foreclose that lien without first…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs residential subdivision homeowners associations, not condominium associations and not associations that are themselves subject to the Public…

A Texas HOA enforces its recorded restrictive covenants (Tex. Prop. Code Ch. 202), but Chapter 209 controls the procedure: § 209.006 requires certified-mail notice and a cure…

Property Code Section 202.007 voids any homeowners association rule that bans drought-resistant landscaping or water-conserving natural turf, and Section 202.008 bars fines for a brown…

Texas Property Code section 202.012 stops homeowners associations from banning display of the U.S. flag, the Texas flag, or an official U.S. armed forces flag. An association can…

Texas Property Code Chapter 209 governs HOA fines, but only for mandatory-membership subdivisions; condos fall under Chapter 82 instead. State law sets no dollar cap on a fine, only a…

A Texas property owners' association cannot sell your home at a trustee's sale the way a mortgage lender can. Tex. Prop. Code Section 209.0092 requires the association to obtain a…

Texas Property Code Section 209.016 sets no cap on how much of a subdivision an association can rent out, no minimum lease term, and no grandfather clause: a declaration can still ban…

The Texas Legislature has authorized exactly one vehicle checkpoint program, and it has nothing to do with alcohol. Government Code Section 411.0095 lets the Department of Public…

Texas has never enacted an express statutory right to film police, so the legal boundary for a bystander with a phone is set by the offense of Interference with Public Duties, Texas…

Texas Penal Code Section 38.02 makes it a crime to refuse your name, residence address, or date of birth only after a peace officer has already lawfully arrested you. Being detained on…

No Texas statute obliges a driver to consent to a vehicle search, and none requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What Texas law does require is a paper trail: Article…

Texas lets golf carts onto public roads in four defined situations rather than by general permission: inside a platted master planned community, on a beach open to vehicular traffic…

Texas Local Government Code Chapter 212 and Agriculture Code Chapter 251 limit municipal authority to zone or regulate land qualified for agricultural use appraisal. Counties have no…

The Texas Right to Farm Act, Agriculture Code Chapter 251, protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits and local regulations after one year of operation. HB…

The Texas Supreme Court in City of Laredo v. Laredo Merchants Association (2018) held that Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 preempts municipal plastic bag bans. Cities and…

Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 161 sets the minimum age for purchasing or possessing tobacco and e-cigarette products at 21 statewide, aligned with federal Tobacco 21. Active…

Texas regulates extra lighting by color, count, height and aim rather than by naming underglow. Transportation Code Section 547.305 bars any lamp showing red from directly in front of…

Texas grants no square inches of windshield to a camera. Transportation Code Section 547.613(a)(1) makes it a misdemeanor to operate a vehicle with an object or material placed on or…

Texas banned motorcycle lane splitting in plain words on September 1, 2023. Transportation Code Section 545.0605(a)(3)(B), added by House Bill 4122 of the 88th Legislature, says the…

Texas outlaws license plate covers in Transportation Code Section 504.945(a)(7), which makes it an offense to display a plate carrying a coating, covering, protective substance or…

Texas does not prohibit owning, mounting or using a radar detector in a private passenger vehicle. The one radar offense in the vehicle equipment chapter, Transportation Code Section…

Texas is one of the states that never wrote a studded tire calendar. Transportation Code Section 547.612(c) is the whole of the law: a tire on a moving vehicle may not carry a block…

Texas allows film down to 25 percent light transmission on both front side windows and on the windshield strip, with a matching ceiling of 25 percent luminous reflectance, and it sets…