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Tyler sets no short-term-rental parking requirement. Because the city has no STR ordinance, rentals follow ordinary residential parking rules — no on-lawn parking, and Texas imposes no…
Tyler requires no short-term-rental permit or registration ordinance. STRs operate as an ordinary residential use; the only city obligation is collecting the 9% hotel occupancy tax…
Tyler sets no short-term-rental occupancy cap. With no STR ordinance in place, guest numbers are governed only by building- and fire-code occupancy standards, not a per-bedroom rental…
Tyler requires no short-term-rental insurance. Neither the city code nor Texas law mandates STR liability coverage, though hosts should carry it — standard homeowner policies often…
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 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…
Tyler bans possessing, selling, and discharging fireworks anywhere inside the city limits. Setting one off is a fire-safety violation carrying a fine up to $2,000. Legal sales and use…
Tyler requires improved and vacant lots to be kept clear of vegetation over 12 inches and free of fallen limbs and brush. Code Enforcement inspects, tags, and can abate at the owner's…
Tyler allows recreational and cooking fires under the International Fire Code it adopts in Sec. 6-122. Smith County burn bans suspend all open flames; gas and propane pits stay exempt.
Tyler prohibits outdoor burning inside the city, with narrow exceptions for large lots. Property of two-plus acres may burn brush for maintenance under a Fire Marshal permit costing…
Tyler sits in the East Texas Piney Woods, where wildfire risk is real during drought but no local defensible-space code or mapped hazard zone applies. Vegetation control runs through…
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 has no leaf-blower-specific ordinance. Gas and electric blowers are legal, but their noise must stay within the Sec. 4-90 limits — 75 dB(A) daytime, 63 dB(A) after 10 PM.
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 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…
Aircraft noise in flight is regulated exclusively by the FAA under federal law (49 U.S.C. 40103, 14 CFR Part 36, 91, 150). Texas cities and counties cannot impose noise limits on…
Tyler prohibits overnight parking of commercial vehicles over 22 feet long, 7.5 feet tall, or 8,000 pounds in residential districts — on streets, driveways, or any improved surface…
Tyler requires vehicles on residential lots to be parked on an improved surface such as concrete or asphalt. Parking on grass, dirt, or the front lawn is prohibited under the Unified…
Tyler defines a large recreational vehicle as one longer than 22 feet and 'storage' as parking 48 hours or more. Stored RVs and boats in side or rear yards must be screened from…
Tyler treats a junked vehicle visible from a public place as a public nuisance under Texas Transportation Code Ch. 683. Owners get at least 10 days' notice before the city abates and…
Tyler sets its own street-parking rules through the traffic code and posted signs; Texas imposes no statewide time limit. State law keeps vehicles 15 feet from fire hydrants, and…
Tyler has no blanket overnight ban on passenger vehicles parking on public streets, but leaving a vehicle in one spot triggers storage and nuisance limits. Commercial vehicles and…
Installing a home EV charger in Tyler requires an electrical permit for the 240-volt circuit. Texas has no right-to-charge law, so HOAs may set reasonable rules on placement and…
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 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…
Tyler bans no dog breed. Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 822 (Lillian's Law) makes dangerous-dog status behavior-based, and state law bars cities from breed-specific rules. Trained…
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 sets no hive limit or beekeeping permit; bees are neither fowl nor livestock under city code. State law governs through the Texas Apiary Inspection Service, and Tyler is a Bee…
Tyler has no ordinance specifically banning the feeding of wildlife. Attracting animals that create odors, health hazards, or nuisance conditions can be abated under city nuisance…
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…
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Tyler. Texas Property Code Sec. 202.007 bars HOAs from prohibiting rain barrels or rainwater systems, and Tax Code Sec. 151.355 exempts…
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 caps uncultivated grass and weeds at 12 inches on any lot inside the city or within 5,000 feet of it. Code Enforcement can mow overgrown property, bill the owner, and place a…
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'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…
Tyler residents can remove trees on their own single-family property without a city permit. Tree-removal controls apply only to development in multifamily, commercial, office, and…
Tyler home cooks may sell many non-hazardous homemade foods without a permit under Texas's cottage food law, which SB 541 expanded effective September 1, 2025. The gross-sales cap rose…
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 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…
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…
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 treats any pool holding water over 18 inches deep like an in-ground pool: it needs Sec. 6-14 fencing and, on single-family lots, the 5-foot water-line setbacks. A…
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 treats any neglected or unfenced pool as an unlawful public nuisance. Owners must keep water clear enough to see the bottom, maintain Section 6-14 fencing and latching gates, and…
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…
Tyler defines a spa, including hot tubs, jacuzzis, and whirlpools, as a swimming pool, so it must meet Sec. 6-14 fencing and Sec. 18-50 maintenance. Portable spas are exempt from pool…
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 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 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…
A carport is an accessory structure in Tyler, capped at 16 feet high and 50 percent of the main house's floor area, set at least 5 feet from side and rear lot lines, and it cannot…
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 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 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 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 every swimming pool to be enclosed by a barrier: at least four feet in single-family residential zones and six feet elsewhere. Gaps must stay under four inches, wire is…
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…
When trees are cleared without meeting Tyler's buffer rules, the owner must mitigate by replanting. Replacement trees must be at least 2 inches DBH, native or East Texas-adapted…
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 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…
Tyler has no recreational or medical marijuana dispensaries because Texas prohibits marijuana retail. Only low-THC dispensing organizations licensed by the Department of Public Safety…
Growing marijuana at home is illegal in Tyler and everywhere in Texas. State law authorizes only low-THC medical cannabis through the Compassionate Use Program, and even then only…
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 requires garbage carts placed at the curb no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before collection and removed by 7:00 a.m. the morning after. Bundled brush and limbs go six feet away…
Tyler's Solid Waste Department collects bulky items like furniture and appliances, limited to 8 cubic yards per pickup, with an extra charge for larger piles. Tires, tree stumps…
Tyler Solid Waste collects household garbage once weekly on your address's assigned day. Look up your day through the free 'Tyler Talks Trash' app or the city's online Solid Waste…
Recycling in Tyler is not mandatory. Curbside recycling is an opt-in subscription costing $5.96 per month plus tax for twice-monthly pickup. Service resumed in July 2025 under a new…
Tyler caps each garage sale at three consecutive days; a longer event requires a temporary use permit from the planning director. The code limits duration rather than fixed clock…
Tyler allows no more than one garage sale per residence in any six-month period, capped at two sales per year. Each sale may run up to three consecutive days unless a temporary use…
Tyler requires no permit to hold a garage sale, and no sign permit is needed. Sales requiring a sales-tax permit and reselling merchandise bought for resale are prohibited. A sale…
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…
Tyler has no snow-removal ordinance; measurable snow is rare in East Texas. Property owners are still responsible for keeping adjacent sidewalks and their yards clear of debris…
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 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…
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…
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.
Tyler no longer has an enforceable juvenile curfew. Texas House Bill 1819, effective September 1, 2023, bars every Texas city and county from adopting or enforcing a curfew on anyone…
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 caps maximum lot coverage at 50 percent in the common single-family districts (R-1A, R-1B, R-1C, R-2) and 30 percent on one-acre Residential Estate lots. Higher-density R-1D and…
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…
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…
Tyler is a landlocked East Texas city in Smith County, roughly 180 miles from the Gulf Coast. It lies outside the Texas Coastal Management Program, so no coastal-zone, dune, or…
Tyler requires an approved Erosion and Sediment Control Plan before any land-disturbing activity that needs grading. The plan must meet the Texas TPDES Construction General Permit…
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…
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 requires building and electrical permits for rooftop solar under the International Codes it adopts in Chapter 6. Texas sets no statewide net-metering mandate, so surplus buyback…
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…
Tyler does not require landlords to register or license residential rentals and runs no proactive rental-inspection program. Housing complaints are handled reactively by Code…
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…
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…
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…
Texas has no statute requiring a landlord to give advance notice before entering a residential rental unit. Whether and how much notice is required is governed entirely by the lease…
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 has no statute capping residential rent or requiring advance notice before a rent increase. Amount and timing are governed entirely by the lease. On a month-to-month tenancy a…
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 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 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 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…
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…
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…
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…
HB 2127 (2023), the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act, preempts municipal predictive or fair workweek scheduling ordinances. Texas cities cannot require employers to provide advance…
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…
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 requires open HOA governance: Tex. Prop. Code § 209.0051 makes board meetings open to owners with advance notice, § 209.005 gives owners the right to inspect association books…
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…
Before a Texas HOA may levy a fine, Tex. Prop. Code § 209.006 requires written notice by certified mail describing the violation and a reasonable time to cure. The owner may request a…
Texas law overrides HOA covenants on several fronts: Tex. Prop. Code § 202.010 bars associations from prohibiting solar energy devices, § 202.012 protects the U.S., Texas, and military…
Texas Government Code Chapter 673 requires every state agency to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm the work eligibility of new employees, and Executive Order RP-80 extends…
Texas Government Code Chapter 752, enacted by Senate Bill 4 in 2017, prohibits any local entity, campus police department, or jail from adopting sanctuary policies. Local officials…
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…
Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 also preempts municipal bans on polystyrene foam containers used for food service. The same statute that struck down plastic bag bans prevents…
Plastic straw bans by Texas municipalities are preempted under Health and Safety Code Section 361.0961 and reinforced by HB 2127 (2023). Cities cannot prohibit or restrict food service…