FENCE RULES – PRINCETON (CITY), TEXAS

OVERVIEW

This page covers residential fence work within the incorporated boundaries of the City of Princeton, Texas. Recorded plats, zoning districts, planned developments, easements and the Downtown Overlay can add property-specific conditions.

Princeton regulates fence permits, required residential fencing, materials, maintenance and drainage-easement construction. Six feet is the usual side- and rear-yard reference, but the code also sets district-specific conditions and a special open-fence provision for estate front yards. Solid front-yard fencing is prohibited. Wood needs steel posts; professional-grade virgin PVC and composite are expressly recognized, while chain-link is restricted by coating and district. Pool enclosures, corner visibility, easements and subdivision approvals require separate attention. Several City publications differ on permit scope, front-yard heights and fees; the operative code and the applicable permit review are consequential. Updated November 2026.

Quick question	Princeton answer
Permit or approval	A fence permit is required for work described in §14-62, including its greater-than-20-foot language. The City FAQ describes permits for all new and repaired fences. Obtain a scope determination before shorter repairs.
Typical fence height	Generally six feet at the sides and rear; the listed residential districts have a six-foot minimum. Solid front-yard fences are prohibited. SF-E open front fencing has a published 4 ft 6 in limit; the general FAQ says 48 inches.
Placement & property lines	No single ordinary side/rear fence-to-boundary distance is stated in Article III. Public property, visibility clips, easements, pool use and manufactured-home spaces have separate conditions.
Common fence materials	Wood: recognized; Schedule 40 steel posts required. Vinyl/PVC: professional-grade virgin PVC recognized. Chain-link: galvanized fencing restricted to agricultural zoning; vinyl color-coated fencing allowed only in specified districts.
Important local conditions	Fence rules may be further affected by the zoning district, planned development, subdivision approval, corner or rear-entry drive, drainage and utility easements, pool barriers, floodplain work, manufactured housing, agricultural use and private restrictions.
Official local resource	Princeton Building Permits & Inspections

The table above is for quick reference. Additional fence-rule details appear in the corresponding sections below. Before purchasing materials or beginning construction, read the sections that apply to the property, review the linked official sources, and confirm site-specific questions with Princeton Development Services or the responsible office identified for the issue.

GOVERNANCE

Princeton is a home-rule city with a council-manager government. The City Council adopts local ordinances. The Princeton Code of Ordinances distributes fence requirements among Chapter 14, Article III; zoning in Chapter 82; subdivision regulations in Chapter 35; flood prevention in Chapter 34; landscaping in Chapter 37; and special manufactured-housing and animal-enclosure provisions.

Development Services and the Building Inspection Division administer fence applications and inspections. The building official administers specified height waivers and design approvals. The City Engineer reviews drainage-easement certifications, interested easement agencies provide written consent, and the Fire Marshal approves emergency access systems for gates within the security-fence provisions. The building official or designee is the Floodplain Administrator. The City Manager or designee administers the landscaping provisions.

Sections 14-2 and 14-3 adopt the 2021 International Building and Residential Codes with amendments. Section 14-10 adopts the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Section 14-68 also retains a reference to 2006 IBC §3109, while §82-29(h) independently requires a six-foot pool enclosure. Pool designs therefore need review under the City’s combined enclosure provisions.

• Agricultural zoning and use: Section 14-60 excludes qualifying fences on property that is agriculturally zoned, has an agricultural exemption and is used for agricultural purposes, unless a provision expressly applies to that district. Agriculture Code Chapter 251 separately limits governmental requirements for qualifying agricultural operations. Agricultural zoning, an appraisal exemption and statutory operation status are distinct conditions; residential lots do not automatically receive those protections.

• Planned developments and Downtown Overlay: Approved planned-development ordinances and plans can impose additional fencing. Section 82-49 applies to properties within the Downtown Overlay and governs conflicts with other development standards. Its street-facing side-parking screen may be a wall, fence or landscaping, with a three-foot maximum and Chapter 14 material standards.

PERMIT AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

• Fence permit and shorter repairs: Section 14-62(b) requires a permit before installing or changing a fence, including repairs and maintenance, using language addressing a fence or portion greater than 20 feet long. The City’s Development Services FAQ describes permits for all fences built and repaired. The publications do not give the same scope description; confirm the treatment of shorter work with Building Inspection. Repairs must use similar materials.

• Application and duration: A fence permit is valid for no longer than 180 days. Submit the City application, fence style/material/design and height, plus a plot plan showing lot size, all improvements and proposed fence location. Show utility, drainage and other easements, including width and length, and supply other documents required by the applicable fence provisions. Fees are paid before permit issuance.

• Fee: The Supplement 18 fee schedule lists a $75 fence permit in its FY2025–2026 fee changes. Older fee text and the FAQ display $25. Confirm the current amount when applying; the newer schedule is material to the quoted cost.

• Contractors: Under §14-14, as amended November 10, 2025, the building official verifies current registration for contractors required to register before issuing a Chapter 14 permit; registration must remain current during the permit. The current fee schedule lists $100 annual contractor registration. Gate electrical work may involve a separately regulated trade.

• Completion inspection: For a permitted fence, notify Building Inspection within ten days after completion. It issues acceptance or a notice identifying deficiencies. Deficiencies must be corrected within 30 days, with a possible additional 30-day extension for good cause.

• Drainage easements: Section 14-63 requires a licensed engineer’s sealed certification that the proposed fence will not interfere with natural water flow, reviewed and approved by the City Engineer. The applicant pays 100 percent of the applicable engineer’s consultant fee. Approval does not remove the owner’s responsibility for interference with drainage. Written consent from interested easement agencies is also required under §14-64(h).

• Other approvals: SF-E and agricultural solid side/rear walls require the site plan and design approval described below. Gated-community security fencing requires Council approval before a permit. Floodplain development, pool enclosures, retaining-wall work, recorded plat conditions and public-right-of-way work can require additional review applicable to that project. A fence permit does not settle title or easement rights.

• New residential development: Before a single-family certificate of occupancy, §35-21(j) requires a six-foot wooden side/rear fence complying with Chapter 14. Section 82-6(g) requires an approved-material six-foot side/rear fence with steel posts for residential planned developments. The general recognition of alternative materials and the subdivision’s express wood requirement both matter at this development stage; obtain approval for the material proposed. Section 35-22 requires owner-funded thoroughfare screening when platted rear yards adjoin a dedicated road or are separated from it by an alley/service road, with elevations and materials submitted with the preliminary plat.

FENCE PLACEMENT RULES

Article III does not state a single numeric ordinary side- or rear-property-line fence setback. Legal boundaries, public property, easements and required visibility areas still control. A survey, deed and recorded plat identify different interests from a visible fence, curb, ditch or online parcel line.

• Front yards: Section 14-64(c) prohibits solid fencing in the required front yard or beyond the front building line. Residential planned developments under §82-6(g) prohibit front-yard/beyond-building-line fencing unless approved elsewhere in Chapter 82. SF-E has the specific open-fence provision described under height.

• City/state property and easements: No private fence, brace, guy wire or other part may occupy or protrude over City- or State-owned property. Any easement placement requires prior written approval of interested agencies, submitted with the fence application. Drainage easements have the additional engineering process above. Recorded plat notes may prohibit obstructions and preserve public access/removal rights; the actual plat remains material.

• Visibility clips: Section 14-61 requires five-foot clips, measured from the property-line corner in both directions, on both sides of rear- or side-entry garage/carport drives in the described residential/commercial developments or infield lots. Residential/commercial corner lots with streets to the front or side use 25-foot clips measured from the property-line corner in both directions. The article treats both public and private streets as streets.

• Manufactured-home spaces: Section 42-77(e) expressly includes fences among accessory structures prohibited within ten feet of a private street or a HUD-Code manufactured-home space boundary. This is a special park/space restriction.

• Pool location: Section 82-29(h) excludes pools from required front yards and street-abutting side yards and places the pool itself at least three feet from property lines. Its enclosure must surround the pool or surrounding yard. The three-foot pool distance is separate from ordinary fence placement.

• Floodplain excavation and obstructions: Chapter 34 applies in mapped special flood hazard areas and defines development to include manmade changes, grading, filling and excavation. Covered fence excavation and wall work need Floodplain Administrator review and the required floodplain development permit. Floodway encroachments require hydrologic/hydraulic demonstration of no increase in base-flood levels, subject to the formal federal conditional-approval process in §34-70(3). In designated A1–30/AE areas without a regulatory floodway, the cumulative-development limit is one foot unless the stated federal process is completed. These reviews are separate from drainage-easement consent.

• Drainage and erosion: Walls, footings and grading must preserve lawful drainage. Water Code §11.086 restricts diversion or impoundment of natural surface water that damages another property by overflow, subject to its qualifications. Construction-stormwater coverage depends on project scope and common-plan acreage; ordinary post holes do not automatically constitute a one-acre regulated project. For development within or near floodplains/channels, §36-12 separately prohibits new construction in unreclaimed FEMA or ultimate-condition floodplain, requires detailed engineering/drainage studies for Zone A/AE development, permits an administrator-required study without a FEMA designation, and sets reclamation conditions: no offsite 100-year water-level increase without an easement, a conditional FEMA map revision for proposed increases, no loss of 100-year valley storage, a conditional revision before floodway fill, and a final map revision or allowed alternative for regulatory-floodplain reclamation. City base models or an approved substitute model are required. Section 36-13 requires an engineer-designed erosion control plan for all covered project sites regardless of size, with applicable controls to keep sediment out of streets, drains and watercourses and temporary/final stabilization. Its drainage-design project requirements are separate from a statewide acreage trigger; Engineering determines the fence project’s applicable submittal scope.

• Fence-row trees in covered development: Chapter 37 preserves a 15-foot area centered 7½ feet on either side of fence-row trees unless removal is approved by the City Manager/designee. The landscaping chapter addresses new development, qualifying 30-percent floor-area expansions and certain changes of use. Its existing-residential exemption covers lots over 6,000 square feet with residences existing when the section was adopted, except grand trees; other listed exemptions include qualifying preexisting agricultural/silvicultural use and specified nursery/timber and FEMA-area conditions. Fence installation alone is not described as a universal landscaping-plan trigger.

• Joint or attached fence removal: Agriculture Code §§143.121–.123 restrict removal of jointly owned dividing fences and fences attached to another’s fence, except mutual consent or the applicable statutory process. A person who owns an interest in a fence attached to another person’s fence may physically withdraw or disconnect their own fence after giving six months’ written notice of the intended separation to the owner of the other fence or that owner’s agent, attorney or lessee. An owner whose fence is wholly on their land may require an attached fence’s disconnection through the corresponding six-month written-notice process. Ownership and attachment determine which provision applies.

• Texas811 before post digging: Request a locate before digging, follow ticket/start instructions, check responses and site markings, resolve missing or conflicting information, protect markings and excavate carefully. Utilities Code Chapter 251 covers defined powered/mechanized excavation to at least 16 inches and generally requires notice within its 14-day/48-hour advance window, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, with statutory exceptions. A Saturday notification means notice given before 11:59 a.m. Saturday; its statutory start is the following Tuesday at 11:59 a.m., or Wednesday at 11:59 a.m. if Monday is a legal holiday. Private lines and some facilities may not be marked. RRC Chapter 18 separately governs covered pipelines, including deeper manual excavation, working-day ticket and response/record duties; pipeline-easement construction can also require operator notice under Health and Safety Code Chapter 756. A locate is separate from permission to occupy an easement.

FENCE HEIGHT AND VISIBILITY RULES

• Listed residential districts: Section 14-64(b) requires a minimum six-foot fence at adjacent grade in side/back yards for SF1, SF2, SF-SE, TF, SF-Z and SF-TH lots. For residential use in a nonresidential district, it requires either the six-foot fence or the zoning buffer, generally with the compliance burden on the later use unless a specific ordinance provides otherwise. The FAQ describes six feet as the side/rear maximum. These provisions make six feet the normal reference, with project-specific branches below.

• Sloping ground: Where significant slope makes the constructed six-foot fence effectively shorter, the building official may approve a height waiver to achieve an effective six-foot, level fence consistent with surrounding properties. Adjacent grade is defined by the property slope where it meets another property, alley or road.

• Front-yard differences: The FAQ states a general 48-inch front-yard maximum. Section 14-64(k) separately allows open-style SF-E front fencing up to four feet six inches. Solid-front and planned-development placement prohibitions still apply. Confirm the district-specific front-yard design with Building Inspection before construction.

• SF-E and agricultural side/rear walls: Section 14-64(g) allows solid side/rear fences or walls up to six feet above adjacent grade, subject to its materials and design review. Recognized additional wrought-iron, composite, professional-grade virgin-PVC and engineered-masonry systems in §14-64(b)(2) also have a six-foot maximum.

• Special screening: Manufactured-home districts under §§82-16(e) and 82-17(f) require six-to-eight-foot masonry screening where they side/back on the specified single-family, two-family or townhome districts. Multifamily complexes adjoining those districts use six-to-eight-foot solid masonry screening at construction along nonstreet perimeters, maintained by the complex owner. These development screens are separate from an individual homeowner’s ordinary fence. Downtown side-parking screens have a three-foot maximum; qualifying headlight screens under §82-31(k)(1) are three-to-four feet above parking-area finished grade.

• Pool enclosure: Section 82-29(h) requires a wall/fence at least six feet high, completely enclosing the pool or yard, with self-enclosing and self-latching entrances. This local six-foot requirement remains relevant alongside the 2021 pool-code barrier framework; obtain approval before relying on a cover or alternative enclosure method.

MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITS

• Wood and posts: Wood fencing is recognized. All wood-fence posts must be Schedule 40 steel, buried at least two feet in concrete support. Wood posts are prohibited. Wooden fences must be regularly painted or sealed. New single-family subdivision occupancy has the separate wooden-fence requirement described above.

• PVC, composite and masonry: Section 14-64(b)(2) expressly recognizes professional-grade virgin PVC, composite, wrought iron and engineered masonry walls, subject to its six-foot limit and all other applicable ordinances. SF-E/agricultural solid side/rear fences under subsection (g) may use brick, rock, stone, wood, steel or combinations; wrought iron may form part of the fence. Steel fencing requires painted steel posts, corner supports and top/center rails. A site plan and design standard require Building Official approval before permitting.

• Chain-link and livestock wire: Galvanized chain-link, with or without slats, is restricted to agricultural zoning. Vinyl color-coated chain-link up to six feet is expressly permitted in SF-E, SF-SE and agricultural districts. Section 14-64(f) permits barbed-wire/metal-wire livestock fencing up to five feet above adjacent grade in agricultural zoning and on the joining section of other-zoned property abutting agricultural property. Subsection (i) otherwise restricts those materials to agricultural zoning; the FAQ’s general barbed-wire prohibition does not describe this specific agricultural-edge provision.

• Electric and sheet metal: Electrically charged fencing requires prior written Council approval through development approval/permitting. Sheet-metal fencing is prohibited on residential/commercial property and as a required buffer. Qualifying nonresidential battery-security-fence protections under state law are a separate limited context.

• Security gates and screening: Gated-community security fencing needs Council approval of material, height and appearance before permitting; gates within §14-65 require a Fire Marshal-approved emergency-access system. Industrial/commercial security-fence dimensions do not supply an ordinary residential maximum. Required screening must use the material specified for its development: manufactured-home and multifamily boundary screening is masonry; qualifying headlight screens use irrigated berms, solid masonry or reinforced concrete.

• Maintenance: Fences may not be more than 20 percent out of vertical alignment. Missing/damaged portions require comparable replacement materials. Owners must remove graffiti, keep vegetation clear and prevent vegetation growing into fencing. Adopted property-maintenance standards also apply. Section 14-69 provides written notice and a ten-day cure opportunity for the described dilapidated-fence violation; this is separate from the new-fence inspection correction period.

• Livestock enclosures where lawful: Section 10-7(c) permits a stable solid wall from ground to at least four feet or a small-livestock wire enclosure: at least 16-gauge hog-wire grid with openings no larger than 7½ by 12 inches, extending from ground to at least 32 inches, plus at least two taut 16-gauge strands above it, one at least four feet high. Posts may be at most 15 feet apart, sway at most six inches when tested and cannot be trees. Hinged gates extend ground-to-four-feet, prevent escape, have openings no larger than 7½ by 12 inches and have a testable latch/chain. Large-livestock enclosures may instead use a stable four-foot solid wall or at least four taut 16-gauge strands, with one one foot above ground, one at least four feet high and two evenly spaced between. The same post rules apply; hinged gates extend from one foot to at least four feet above ground, prevent escape and have a latch/chain. Mixed small/large livestock use the small-livestock standard. These rules apply only where keeping the animals is lawful and remain subject to applicable agricultural-operation protections.

• Pool barriers — local requirements and adopted edition: Section 14-10 adopts the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC). Its 2021 ISPSC §305 barrier provisions supply the following standards. Princeton’s separate §82-29(h) requires a six-foot enclosure with self-enclosing and self-latching entrances, while §14-68 retains a reference to 2006 IBC §3109. The local six-foot enclosure and those overlapping provisions remain part of the approval requirements. The 2021 model’s lower minimum, safety-cover exception and alternative-barrier methods do not waive the separate local enclosure requirement; obtain Building Official approval for the combined design.

• Pool construction fencing and covered areas: ISPSC §305.1.1 requires fencing at least four feet high around an in-ground pool or spa construction site from the start of excavation until completion of the permanent barrier. Under §305.2, barriers surround outdoor pools and spas and indoor swimming pools, subject to the code’s qualified alternative methods and cover exception described below.

• Pool barrier height, grade and openings: Section 305.2.1 measures its minimum 48-inch height from the outside, away from the pool/spa. That height must be maintained around the entire perimeter and for three feet horizontally outside the barrier. Princeton’s independent six-foot enclosure remains required. Outside bottom clearance is at most two inches over grass, gravel or other nonsolid grade, and at most four inches over a solid surface such as concrete. Where the pool/spa structure is above grade, the barrier may be at grade or on the structure; a structure-mounted barrier has at most a four-inch gap above the structure. Under §§305.2.2–.3, openings must prevent passage of a four-inch-diameter sphere; solid barriers cannot have climbable handholds or footholds, except normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints.

• Pool barriers with horizontal or diagonal members: Under §305.2.5, when the tops of horizontal members are less than 45 inches apart, those members must face the pool/spa, with vertical-member spacing and decorative cutouts no wider than 1¾ inches. At 45 inches or more between horizontal-member tops, §305.2.6 allows vertical spacing up to four inches, but decorative cutouts remain limited to 1¾ inches. Diagonal barriers under §305.2.8 have openings at most 1¾ inches and diagonals angled no more than 45 degrees from vertical. Section 305.2.9 keeps equipment on the same lot, including pumps, filters and heaters located outside the barrier, at least 36 inches from its outside face.

• Mesh pool barriers: Section 305.2.4 requires manufacturer-compliant installation, a bottom no higher than one inch above the deck, installed surface or grade, and no ability to lift the bottom more than four inches above grade/decking. No four-inch sphere may pass under a panel, and the maximum bottom clearance over the solid surface is four inches. Each section must have an attachment device at least 45 inches above grade, providing security at least equivalent to a spring-retained safety gate hook. Hinged gates must meet §305.3; deck sleeves must be nonconductive. Mesh cannot be installed atop an onground residential pool. Section 305.2.4.1 places the inside face at least 20 inches from the nearest water edge.

• Chain-link pool barriers: Section 305.2.7 limits chain-link openings to 1¾ inches. If top-and-bottom-fastened slats reduce the openings, the resulting openings may be no larger than 1¾ inches. Princeton’s separate chain-link coating and zoning restrictions continue to apply.

• Pool access doors, gates and latches: Section 305.3 requires doors/gates to accommodate a lock. Pedestrian entrances must open outward, away from the water, close themselves and latch themselves. Utility/service gates must remain locked when unused. For double/multiple entrances, at least one leaf must be secured in place and the adjacent leaf self-latching. Under §305.3.3, an outside-accessed residential latch that is not self-locking has its release at least 54 inches above finished floor/ground. For self-locking residential mechanisms operated by a key, electronic opener or integral combination lock, the operating control and release are no higher than 54 inches. At a private pool, a self-latching gate whose only release is on the pool/spa side must place that release at least three inches below the gate top. With an inside release, openings in the door, gate and barrier within 18 inches of the latch are at most ½ inch in any dimension (§305.3.4). Public-pool latch heights have different rules; these residential dimensions do not replace public-pool requirements.

• Building walls forming part of a pool barrier: Section 305.4 addresses direct access through doors, gates or windows in a dwelling/structure wall used as the barrier. Its alarm method requires a UL 2017 listed/labeled water-hazard entrance alarm warning audibly when doors, gates, operable windows with indoor sill heights below 48 inches, or their screens open. Alarm-deactivation controls in dwellings not required to be Accessible, Type A or Type B units are at least 54 inches above the finished floor. In those accessible-unit categories, and in nondwelling structures, controls are between 48 and 54 inches. Section 305.4 also provides a listed/labeled ASTM F1346 safety-cover alternative or an approved protective means, such as self-closing/self-latching doors, with protection at least equivalent to its stated alarm provisions. The local enclosure requirement remains independently applicable.

• Onground residential pool walls as barriers: Section 305.5 requires the following applicable conditions: a wall alone rests on grade, reaches at least 48 inches around the entire pool, complies with §305.2 and is allowed as a barrier by the manufacturer; a wall-top barrier reaches at least 48 inches above grade around the perimeter and the wall/barrier meet §305.2. Access ladders/steps must be capable of being secured, locked or removed unless surrounded by a compliant §305 barrier. The resulting access openings must prevent passage of a four-inch sphere. Wall-top barriers follow manufacturer installation instructions. These model conditions remain subject to Princeton’s separate six-foot enclosure and approval requirements.

• Natural pool barriers and safety covers: Under §305.6, where a pool/spa borders a lake or other natural waterbody, no public shoreline access is allowed, and the other barriers extend at least 18 inches to and beyond the water’s edge, the model does not require a barrier between that shoreline and the pool/spa. Under §305.7, natural topography preventing direct access, such as rock formations, needs governing-body approval and protection at least equivalent to §§305.2–.5. Section 305.1 exempts areas with ASTM F1346-compliant lockable spa/hot-tub covers or powered pool safety covers from §§305.2–.7. None of these model branches establishes permission to omit Princeton’s independently required local enclosure; confirm the approved local design before relying on one.

PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS

Recorded covenants, homeowners’ association architectural rules, private easements and agreements about boundaries, maintenance or costs can impose independent requirements within Texas law. City approval does not determine fence ownership, require a neighbor to share costs or eliminate a recorded restriction.

Property Code §202.023 protects qualifying security measures while retaining association control over fence type; obstruction of license areas, public/community sidewalks and drainage areas; a requirement for a driveway gate to stand at least ten feet from the right-of-way where the driveway meets a defined laned roadway; and covenant-based front-building-line restrictions. It protects maintenance of qualifying fencing installed before September 1, 2025. The front-building-line prohibition has exceptions for legally confidential addresses and documented law-enforcement security needs. Condominiums and Chapter 215 master mixed-use associations are excluded. This association gate provision is not a universal City setback.

Property Code §202.022 protects defined nonclimbable transparent-mesh/clear-panel, metal-frame pool enclosures no higher than six feet that meet applicable safety requirements. Associations retain specified appearance/color controls but cannot prohibit the protected black transparent-mesh form. These protections do not waive public pool-safety rules.

REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT CONTEXT

Fence issues are typically reviewed during permit or approval review when required, and through complaint-based code enforcement. Examples include:

• Permit and inspection: Fence location, application plans, permitted work, contractor registration, completion inspection and correction of deficiencies.

• Height, materials and maintenance: District and yard rules, front-yard design, required screening, steel posts, restricted wire/metal fencing and deteriorated fences.

• Site conditions: Visibility clips, public property, easement consent, drainage engineering, floodplain development and applicable plat or overlay conditions.

• Special uses: Pool barriers, gated-community emergency access and lawful livestock enclosures. Private covenant enforcement and ownership/cost disputes remain separate from municipal enforcement.

USING THIS INFORMATION

This page provides general orientation on how residential fence rules are structured and applied within the City of Princeton, Texas. Updated November 2026.

In addition to local fence rules, certain Texas laws apply statewide. See Statewide Fence Laws in Texas.

It is not legal advice and does not replace official statutes, ordinances, orders, permits, certificates, development approvals, applicable building-code requirements, surveys, recorded documents or professional guidance. Rules and interpretations may change, and application may vary with municipal or unincorporated location, applicable extraterritorial authority, zoning or special-area status, code adoption and amendments, site conditions, subdivision or plat conditions, easements, rights-of-way, drainage and floodplain requirements, historic or design districts, pool use, agricultural operations and stock laws, fence ownership or attachment, coastal or public-access conditions, utility and pipeline excavation requirements, and private restrictions subject to Texas law. Before purchasing materials or beginning construction, confirm current requirements and site-specific limitations with Princeton Development Services and the responsible office for each applicable issue, and review applicable private agreements. If this page conflicts with controlling law, adopted regulations or official requirements, the controlling authorities govern. For legal advice or legal interpretation, consult a licensed attorney.