FENCE RULES – COLLEYVILLE (CITY), TEXAS

OVERVIEW

This page covers single-family residential fencing within the corporate limits of the City of Colleyville, Texas, in Tarrant County.

Colleyville requires a permit before erecting a permanent fence and sets an eight-foot maximum in residential districts. Street-facing locations need particular attention: front facades, corner yards, nearby undeveloped property and a neighbor’s street-facing front yard can change fence placement. Open-fence exceptions depend on the area of each eight-foot segment. Wood fences have detailed footing, post-spacing and maintenance standards; vinyl/PVC is not specifically named, and chain-link is recognized for pool enclosures. Drainage easements, floodways, subdivision perimeter fences and agricultural uses have additional conditions. Updated November 2026.

Quick question	Colleyville answer
Permit or approval	A fence permit is required before erecting a permanent fence or any part of one. The defined comparable-material repairs are exempt. Nonconforming proposals need City Council Special Use Permit approval.
Typical fence height	Residential-district maximum: eight feet above ground at the fence line. Front and street-side locations have additional 30-inch and 25%-opacity rules and conditional exceptions.
Placement & property lines	The code assumes placement on the property or common property line, subject to street-facing setbacks, visibility, public property, easements and drainage conditions. A permit does not authorize a neighboring-property encroachment.
Common fence materials	Wood: expressly regulated; approved wood rail appears in the frontage material list. Vinyl/PVC: not specifically named as permanent-fence material. Chain-link: expressly recognized for pool enclosures; frontage material rules remain applicable.
Important local conditions	Fence rules may be further affected by corner and double-frontage lots, subdivision perimeter standards, planned developments, drainage and utility easements, floodways, pool enclosures and agricultural or animal uses.
Official local resource	Colleyville Land Development Code

The table above is for quick reference. The corresponding sections below explain the additional fence rules. 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 the Community Development Department or the responsible office identified for the issue.

GOVERNANCE

Colleyville is a home-rule city. The City Council adopts the City’s land-use and construction regulations. Section 3.26 of the Land Development Code governs fences, freestanding walls and screening; the code applies within the corporate limits. The City Manager or designated administrator administers the Land Development Code, and the Community Development Department issues fence permits.

The Building Official reviews engineering when required, approves specified material alternatives and preformed-concrete finishes, determines corner-lot frontage where appropriate, and determines vehicle-gate queuing distance. The Public Works Director approves fences within drainage easements. The city engineer or designee serves as Floodplain Administrator. City Council approval is required for a Special Use Permit for a fence or wall that does not meet Section 3.26.

Colleyville has adopted the 2024 International Residential Code and 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, with local amendments. The Land Development Code also contains independent pool-fencing requirements. For pool-barrier design, gates, building access and other pool-specific details, use Colleyville Building Inspections to confirm the requirements for the proposed installation.

Regional Animal Services administers relevant animal-enclosure provisions. Private single-family pools used by the family and invited guests are distinguished from public, association and multiunit facilities.

Planned developments: A property’s adopted Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance and approved development plan may contain fence conditions. The City’s large-lot front-yard perimeter exception expressly excludes PUD-zoned property. Check the property’s zoning and applicable approvals before relying on a general fence standard.

PERMIT AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

Under Section 3.26F, a fence permit is required before erecting a fence or any part of a fence of permanent construction within the city limits. Obtain it from the Community Development Department.

• Application information: Sign the application and provide the applicant’s name and address, property owner, local project address, materials and type of construction, and fence height.

• Survey or agricultural plot plan: Submit a survey showing the subject lot, adjoining or adjacent lots, and existing structures and fences. Mark the proposed fence with a dark heavy line. In the Agricultural (AG) zoning district, a scaled plot plan may be submitted instead of a survey.

• Engineering: Provide engineering plans and specifications for fence types for which the Building Official considers engineering appropriate. Approval of those plans must precede permit issuance.

• Defined repairs: Section 3.26C3 exempts repairs using the same material or material comparable in composition, color, size, shape and quality to the original fence. Replacement, relocation and work on a nonconforming fence remain subject to their applicable rules.

• Published fees: The City’s fee schedule lists $100 for a fence permit, $125 for a masonry screening fence and $125 for a retaining wall. Confirm the current fee for the actual application with the Community Development Department.

• Masonry walls, columns and fences: All authorized masonry walls, columns and fences require plans and specifications prepared and sealed by a Texas registered engineer, considering site soils, wind loading and other environmental conditions. The design professional or representative must approve field inspections and verifications for new work. Written approval must reach the Building Official before the City’s final inspection.

• Proposals requiring a Special Use Permit: A fence or wall that does not satisfy Section 3.26 requires City Council Special Use Permit approval before permit authorization. Apply through the City’s Special Use Permit process with a site plan in the administrator’s required form and any additional project information or approval conditions.

• Special Use Permit duration and changes: Unless its adopting ordinance provides otherwise, a Special Use Permit expires after one year without the applicable building permit or certificate of occupancy. Significant enlargement, modification or structural change requires a Council amendment. Owners and tenants must comply with the permit’s conditions.

• Existing nonconforming fences: An otherwise-lawful fence that existed when the applicable rule was adopted or amended may remain, but it cannot be enlarged or altered to increase its nonconformity. If more than 50% of the nonconforming fence or portion is repaired, removed or destroyed, reconstruction must conform or be modified through a Council-approved Special Use Permit. Moving it any distance requires conformity afterward.

• Floodway and drainage approvals: A fence or wall in a mapped floodway requires a development permit. A fence in a drainage easement requires Public Works Director approval and must preserve required drainage. The placement section explains the separate site conditions.

• Earthwork and erosion controls: Chapter 12 regulates soil disturbance, tree removal, excavation, grading and fill unless an exemption applies. At an existing single-family residence, gardening, landscaping, sprinklers and other earthwork unrelated to urban development are exempt under Section 12.115A; exempt work that causes a public erosion nuisance may still require controls. Confirm any other applicable exemption or waiver with Public Works. Where required, an earthwork permit expires after 180 days unless extended. Earthwork in a 100-year flood area requires a separate development permit.

• Stormwater plan exception: Section 42-48(f)(6) exempts fence construction from that section’s management-plan submittal requirement, except retaining walls and fences that may significantly obstruct or change water flow. Construction best-management practices and controls on soil or sediment discharge remain applicable. A property owner who disturbs permanent erosion controls is responsible for restoring or replacing them.

FENCE PLACEMENT RULES

Section 3.26B assumes a fence or wall is on the property or common property line. Administrative approval does not authorize an encroachment onto adjacent property. Establish the legal boundary from the property’s survey, title and recorded documents; an existing fence, mowing line, curb or map line may differ from that boundary.

• Front yards: Section 3.26E1 states: “No fence or free standing wall greater than thirty (30) inches in height and no greater than twenty-five (25) percent opaque construction shall be located beyond the front façade of the primary residential structure.” Confirm the proposed front-facing design with the Building Official before purchasing materials. The express perimeter exception and frontage-material conditions appear below.

• Large lots and subdivision perimeters: Lots containing at least 40,000 square feet, and subdivisions, may have a perimeter fence within the front-yard setback under Section 3.26E1d. It must be no higher than eight feet and no more than 25% opaque within the front yard, using the E1a materials listed in the materials section. This exception does not apply to PUD-zoned property.

• Corner-lot orientation: A corner-lot house is deemed to face the street on which it has its least dimension unless the Building Official determines otherwise. In the required street side yard, the current Section 3.26E2 prohibits fences or walls that exceed both 30 inches and 25% opacity, except where otherwise allowed. A fence taller than 30 inches but no more than 25% opaque may extend into that yard if it is at least ten feet from the side property line; the frontage materials, orientation, gate and exception provisions of E1a–d also apply.

• Low decorative fences in corner street-side yards: A decorative fence or wall no taller than 30 inches and no more than 25% opaque must be at least three feet from the side property line. This is the separate decorative-fence branch of Section 3.26E2.

• A street leading into undeveloped property: Except for qualifying perimeter subdivision fencing, a fence or wall taller than 30 inches and more than 25% opaque must be at least 15 feet from the side property line adjacent to that street.

• Rear property lines: Fences and walls meeting E1a’s construction-material requirements and other adopted standards may be erected on the rear property line. Where that rear line abuts a public street on which an immediately adjacent lot has its required front yard, a fence or wall taller than 30 inches must be at least 15 feet from the subject property’s rear line.

• Double-frontage lots and required yards: A noncorner lot with streets on opposite sides that are parallel or within 45 degrees has both street lines treated as front lines unless otherwise provided. The district schedule lists required front/street-right-of-way side yards of 40 feet in AG, RE and R-40; 35 feet in R-30; 30 feet in R-20, R-15 and MH; and 25 feet in RD and R-MF. These are the required-yard dimensions used with the fence-location provisions. For PUD base districts, the schedule’s yard requirements apply regardless of plat setbacks unless a documented plat waiver is approved.

• Vehicle gates: Set a vehicle gate back far enough from the property line for vehicle queuing, safety and prevention of street-pavement backup. The Building Official determines the sufficient distance for the site.

• Subdivision perimeter fences: The special perimeter rule requires no setback from a street right-of-way line, but requires at least two feet from a public sidewalk and excludes the required 25-foot visibility triangle. Street-frontage materials and the eight-foot limit for all associated elements remain applicable.

• Public property and easements: No fence, guy wire, brace or post may be built on or protrude over property owned or controlled by the City or public, or subject to the specified public easement rights, except drainage and utility easements that are permitted to be fenced. Required approvals, access and the actual easement terms still govern those corridors.

• Drainage and utility easements: Fences within drainage easements require Public Works Director approval and must not impede required drainage or stormwater runoff. Recorded drainage-easement provisions can require written City approval, engineering plans or studies demonstrating no flooding or obstruction, and participation of affected owners. Recorded floodway-easement provisions likewise can require written approval after an engineering demonstration. Utility-easement terms may authorize utility access and removal of interfering fences or improvements.

• An easement or right-of-way joint-use approval: Where required for the actual encroachment, Section 8.185 calls for an owner- or agent-signed application and fee, metes-and-bounds description and plot plan, and public-utility and Public Works consent. The City Manager or designee approves easement use; Council approves right-of-way use. Approval is followed by recording.

• Recorded emergency-access easements: The City’s emergency-access provisions require 24 feet of clear pavement width. A gate in that corridor needs an opening at least 24 feet wide and 14 feet high, with Fire Department-approved locking and opening arrangements.

• Floodways and flood-hazard development: A fence or wall in the mapped Federal Emergency Management Agency floodway requires a development permit. Consult the Floodplain Administrator about the applicable map and work. Floodplain applications can require scaled location, dimension and elevation plans and information about alterations and natural drainage. Regulatory floodway encroachments require hydrologic and hydraulic analysis demonstrating no increase in base-flood levels, subject to the separate federal 44 CFR 65.12 compliance route. In Zones A1-30 or AE where a regulatory floodway has not been designated, the ordinance uses a cumulative-development test limiting the base-flood water-surface increase to one foot, with its separate federal compliance branch.

• Surface drainage: Water Code 11.086 prohibits diversion or impoundment of the natural flow of surface water in a manner that damages another’s property by overflow, subject to the statute’s qualifications. Fence bases, walls and grading must also satisfy the City’s drainage and erosion requirements.

• Removing a jointly owned or attached fence: Agriculture Code 143.121 prohibits removal of a separating or dividing fence in which the person is a joint owner, or a fence attached to one another owns or controls, except by mutual consent or the statutory procedure. An owner of an interest in an attached fence may withdraw that fence after six months’ written notice to the other fence’s owner or that person’s agent, attorney or lessee. An owner whose fence is wholly on their own land may require an attached fence’s disconnection and withdrawal after six months’ written notice to the attached fence’s owner or that person’s agent, attorney or lessee.

• Construction affecting a pipeline easement: Health and Safety Code 756.121–.123 applies to covered construction, repair, replacement or maintenance on, across, over or under a pipeline easement or right-of-way, or physically affecting pipeline risk. Unless a contrary written agreement or statutory exclusion applies, notice to the pipeline operator is required. The homeowner construction paths include the operator’s no-increased-risk determination; payment before proceeding of reasonable, necessary, documented protective-work costs if risk increases; or work under an existing written agreement. An 811 ticket and the operator’s construction review serve separate purposes.

• Post digging and Texas811: Request a locate through Texas811’s locate-request guidance before digging. Utilities Code Chapter 251 covers explosives or powered/mechanized soil disturbance, including augers, to a depth of 16 inches or more. Ordinary notice must be given no earlier than the 14th day before excavation and no later than 48 hours before it, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. For a Saturday notification made before 11:59 a.m., the statutory start is the following Tuesday at 11:59 a.m., or Wednesday at 11:59 a.m. if the intervening Monday is a holiday. Provide the requested excavator, site, work, timing and contact information. Private services and some water or sewer facilities may need separate locating. Railroad Commission pipeline rules separately cover specified pipeline hazards, including manual post-hole excavation deeper than 16 inches; their default ticket life is 14 working days unless a qualifying signed, dated written agreement provides longer. Refresh unfinished work and retain required ticket and positive-response records for at least four years. The pipeline tolerance zone is defined as half the nominal pipeline diameter plus at least 18 inches on either side of the outside edge on a horizontal plane; follow the pipeline rules for careful excavation within it. Check ticket responses and site markings, resolve missing or conflicting information through the current ticket process, protect the marks, wait the applicable lawful period and dig carefully. Immediately report damage to the operator, or the notification center if the operator is unknown; only authorized repairs may be made, and backfilling must await reporting and repair arrangements. Keep ignition sources away from dangerous flammable releases. A locate does not replace permits, property permission or easement rights.

FENCE HEIGHT AND VISIBILITY RULES

• Residential districts: No fence may exceed eight feet above ground at the fence line. Front and street-side placement restrictions, the large-lot exception and subdivision perimeter standards also apply.

• Vertical-picket wood measurement: Chapter 2 measures height by the nominal six- or eight-foot lumber size or actual vertical steel member, with a four-inch base allowance for drainage or footings and two inches for top capping.

• Open construction where required: The 25%-opaque standard is calculated from the area of each eight-linear-foot segment of barrier. Each segment must be at least 75% open to view from the street or public way.

• Street, alley and driveway intersections: A fence, screen, freestanding wall or other visual barrier may not obstruct the vision of an approaching driver. A fence, wall, hedge, shrub or similar barrier higher than 30 inches above ground at the property line is a visual barrier. The stated tree exception is for a single-trunk tree pruned to seven feet above ground.

• Street-corner visibility triangles: Maintain clear vision across the lot for 25 feet back from the property corner along both streets. Fences, screens, walls and other visual barriers may not obstruct that area.

• Subdivision perimeter height: The maximum is eight feet, including every associated fence element. Front-yard perimeter fencing under the large-lot/subdivision exception also must remain no more than 25% opaque within the front yard.

• Residential tennis courts: Section 3.26D1c preserves traditional tennis-court fencing up to 12 feet.

• Private wind towers: The private wind-energy provision requires a locked anti-climb device or a locked protective fence at least six feet high.

• Vehicle screening: In residential districts, Section 3.28I5 addresses vehicles that cannot readily start or move under their own power, including vehicles without current licenses or with wheels or other major components removed or broken. Such a vehicle may not be parked or stored on a residential property where visible from an adjacent right-of-way or residential use unless it displays a current state registration sticker or is behind a solid fence or solid vegetative screening at least six feet high.

MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITS

Fences, screens, freestanding walls and other visual barriers may not be constructed or placed so as to endanger public health or safety.

Wood is expressly regulated in Section 3.26D14, and approved wood rail is listed in the frontage material rule. Vinyl/PVC is not specifically named as a permanent-fence material in Section 3.26. Chain-link is expressly recognized in the independent pool-fence provision. The front-yard material list and the rear-line provision’s incorporation of that list also govern their respective locations.

• Frontage and specified rear-line materials: Section 3.26E1a lists wrought iron, preformed concrete, poured-in-place concrete, concrete masonry unit (CMU), brick, approved wood rail, combinations of those materials, and similar material approved by the Building Official. Poured-in-place concrete and CMU require an architectural finish.

• Preformed concrete: It is a permitted masonry material where its texture adequately mimics the intended style, such as wood, brick or stone. Maintain it in good condition, including painted finishes. The Building Official approves the finished surface and may deny a noncompliant permit application.

• Subdivision perimeter street frontage: The fence must be decorative stone, brick, wrought iron or a combination. Wood and composite materials are prohibited along that street frontage.

• Wood-fence footings and posts: Concrete footings must be at least eight inches in diameter. For a fence under seven feet, posts may be no more than eight feet on center and concrete footings must be at least 24 inches deep. For a fence seven feet or taller, posts may be no more than six feet on center and footings at least 36 inches deep. Posts attached to or supported by another structure, including a retaining wall, require foundations and anchorage that prevent movement of the supporting structure or wall.

• Wood-fence fastening and ground clearance: Secure boards to stringers, stringers to posts and the top rail so the fence remains attractive and safe, free of rot, rust, vandalism and decay. Prevent ground-to-wood contact with a concrete strip between supports or at least two inches between the ground and bottom of the pickets. Stain, pressure-treat, paint or adequately seal all wood against decay. Drainage-easement approval and runoff requirements also apply.

• Masonry construction: The engineer-sealed design, field verification and written approval requirements in the permit section apply to authorized masonry walls, columns and fences.

• Barbed wire and sharp wall toppings: Section 3.26D6 prohibits barbed-wire fences and walls topped with broken glass or similar materials. Its barbed-wire exception covers fences used with permitted agricultural, livestock and related activities, including qualifying agricultural use on residential acreage.

• Electric fences: Section 3.26D7 specifies Underwriters Laboratory-approved electrical fences and charging devices and requires them to be plainly marked as to their nature at “a minimum of twenty-five (25) foot intervals.” Confirm the proposed electrical-fence installation and marking arrangement with the Building Official.

• Finished-side orientation: Section 3.26 does not specify a general neighbor-facing finished-side requirement. Recorded private restrictions may address orientation.

• Pool enclosures: Section 3.26D12 requires all swimming pools to be fenced. It calls for a solid or chain-link fence or barrier at least four feet high completely enclosing the pool, no openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches, and no openings on horizontal-picket fences. Access gates must be self-closing, with self-latching devices in the upper quarter, and entrances must be securable by a key or combination lock. A dwelling or accessory building may form part of the enclosure when pool entrances have the required gates. The Land Development Code defines its constructed or prefabricated swimming-pool category at 24 inches or more in depth. Confirm the applicable pool definition, complete barrier design, gates, building access and any proposed alternative with Building Inspections under the adopted pool code and local amendments before installation.

• Animal containment: City animal rules require adequate fencing or confinement that contains animals and fowl and prevents running at large. In the Residential Estate (RE) and R-40 private-stable provisions, pen, corral and enclosure fences must be high and strong enough to retain grazing animals. Those provisions also require 15,000 square feet per grazing animal over 500 pounds and 5,000 square feet per other grazing animal. Chicken pens, coops or enclosed yards must be secure and strong enough to prevent escape; the pen or coop must be at least five feet from property lines.

• Animals determined dangerous: The dangerous-animal process can require a locked enclosure that prevents escape and entry by the public, including children, with public-facing signs approved by Regional Animal Services. Applicable restraint alternatives and the 30-day compliance process depend on the dangerous-animal determination.

• Actual agricultural operations: Agriculture Code 251.0055 strictly limits city requirements affecting agricultural operations within city limits. Its qualified imminent-danger test requires clear and convincing evidence that the requirement is necessary and that its purposes cannot be addressed through less restrictive means, together with the statute’s other limits. Actual agricultural use and the applicable requirement determine the protection for residential acreage and agricultural fencing. See the Texas agricultural-operation protections for their conditions.

• Agricultural practices and animals: For actual agricultural operations, Section 251.0055 limits restrictions on generally accepted agricultural practices, animal feed and forage, necessary pest controls and demands for agricultural-use appraisal. Its dog-restraint exception covers a livestock-protection dog on owner-controlled property while used there for that purpose. A qualifying written wildlife-management plan may be required to establish wildlife-management operation status.

• Cleared land in cultivation: Agriculture Code 143.001 requires a gardener or farmer to make a sufficient fence around cleared cultivated land at least five feet high and able to prevent hog passage, except for the chapter’s treatment of an area with an adopted local-option stock law. Section 143.002 requires an unlocked gate at least ten feet wide where more than three lineal miles of fence run in the same general direction around cleared cultivated land. Other Chapter 143 sufficient-fence tests depend on the adopted stock-law territory and animal class.

• Agricultural fence improvements: Section 251.006 addresses qualifying agricultural improvements, including animal-sheltering, restriction or feeding fences and pens, where construction is not expressly prohibited by an applicable statute or a governmental requirement adopted under Section 251.005 in effect at construction. It preserves enforcement of state and federal statutes. Agricultural-operation status, actual use and the applicable requirement matter to these protections.

• Maintenance of all fences: Keep fences in good condition, safe and secure, able to withstand their designed wind pressure, with braces, bolts, nails, frames and fastenings free of deterioration, termites, rot, rust and loosening. A fence may not lean more than one inch out of vertical for each foot of height, measured from the top. Maintain the structure as a whole or remove it completely, including posts. Regularly paint previously painted supports, gates, members and exterior surfaces to prevent rust, peeling and blistering.

• Repair notices and older materials: Replace broken, damaged, removed or missing parts within ten days after receiving the Administrative Official’s notice, using the same or comparable material. An unusual-circumstances extension requires a written request with the replacement scope, materials and schedule; an extension may last no longer than reasonably necessary. A preexisting fence made of material no longer permitted may remain maintained while safe and free of dilapidation or public nuisance. If the Administrative Official determines otherwise, repair with approved materials or remove it.

• Space between neighboring fences: A property-line installation leaves the owner responsible for keeping the space between it and an adjacent neighboring fence free of debris and high weeds.

PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS

Recorded deed and subdivision covenants, homeowners’ association architectural rules, private easements and fence-maintenance or cost agreements may impose independent requirements, subject to Texas law. Review the actual instruments for design, orientation, placement, approval, access, ownership and cost provisions. City approval does not settle a private boundary, ownership or payment dispute.

Texas Property Code Sections 202.022 and 202.023 limit certain property owners’ association restrictions:

• Security and perimeter fences: Section 202.023 protects qualifying security measures subject to retained association powers. It excludes Chapter 81 or 82 condominiums and Chapter 215 master mixed-use associations. An association may regulate fence type and prohibit obstruction of license areas, public or community sidewalks and drainage easements or areas.

• Association driveway-gate and front-line conditions: An association may require a driveway gate at least ten feet from the right-of-way where the driveway intersects a laned roadway. Where a restrictive covenant provides, it may prohibit fencing ahead of the dwelling’s front-most building line.

• Existing fences and enhanced security: Notwithstanding the retained powers in Section 202.023(c), an owner may maintain perimeter or front-building-line fencing installed or constructed before September 1, 2025. The front-line prohibition has separate exceptions for a qualifying address-confidentiality participant or an owner whose enhanced-security need is documented by a law-enforcement agency.

• Protected water-feature enclosures: Section 202.022 covers its defined nonclimbable transparent-mesh or clear-panel enclosure in metal frames, no more than six feet high and conforming to applicable state and local safety requirements. An association may regulate appearance and colors within the statute, but cannot prohibit the protected black transparent-mesh form with metal frames.

REVIEW AND ENFORCEMENT CONTEXT

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

• Permanent fence construction, masonry engineering, nonconforming reconstruction and Special Use Permit conditions.

• Street-facing placement, corner visibility, height, opacity, materials, gate queuing and maintenance.

• Public property, drainage and utility easements, emergency access, floodway development and erosion controls.

• Pool enclosures, animal containment and applicable agricultural-operation protections.

• Excavation, pipeline construction and the statutory conditions for removal of jointly owned or attached fences.

Private association review, recorded agreements and ownership or boundary disputes remain separate from City permit and code-enforcement decisions.

USING THIS INFORMATION

This page provides general orientation on how residential fence rules are structured and applied within the City of Colleyville, 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 the Community Development Department 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.