FENCE RULES – NACOGDOCHES (CITY), TEXAS

OVERVIEW

This page covers residential fencing inside the incorporated City of Nacogdoches, Texas, in Nacogdoches County. It addresses the City’s municipal rules and the additional conditions that apply to particular residential properties.

Nacogdoches requires a permit before constructing a fence, and the residential permit fee is $25. Street-edge placement follows a curb-or-ditch measurement together with the property-line condition. Street visibility triangles exclude fences, while historic properties, drainage easements and floodplain development have their own requirements. The general fence provisions do not specify ordinary front-, side- or rear-yard height maximums or separately classify wood, vinyl/PVC and chain-link as permitted or prohibited yard-fence materials. Historic guidance and pool-barrier standards add important material and construction conditions. An outdoor pool generally needs a five-foot enclosure, subject to the City’s specific legacy and modification provisions. Updated November 2026.

Quick question	Nacogdoches answer
Permit or approval	A City fence permit is required before construction; the residential fee is $25. Historic COA, floodplain, drainage, pool and other applicable approvals are separate.
Typical fence height	The general fence provisions do not state ordinary front-, side- or rear-yard maximums. Visibility triangles prohibit fences. Outdoor pools generally require a five-foot enclosure, with specific exceptions.
Placement & property lines	Section 118-427 uses 12 feet from the back of curb or the center flow line of a parallel street ditch, or behind the property line, whichever is greater. The City’s development chart describes the property-line condition as one foot inside; confirm the proposed line during permit review.
Common fence materials	Wood: no separate general yard-fence allow/ban classification; historic guidance favors traditional forms. Vinyl/PVC: not specifically addressed as an ordinary fence material. Chain-link: no separate general yard-fence classification; historic street-side guidance and pool-mesh rules apply where relevant.
Important local conditions	Fence rules may be further affected by street visibility triangles, local historic designation, pools, drainage easements, floodplain or floodway work, applicable plat or planned-development conditions, pipeline easements, qualifying agricultural operations and private restrictions.
Official local resource	City of Nacogdoches Inspection Services

The table above is for quick reference; the corresponding sections below provide additional fence-rule details. 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 City of Nacogdoches Inspection Services or the responsible office identified for the issue.

GOVERNANCE

Nacogdoches is a home-rule City. The City Council adopts municipal requirements. The Nacogdoches Code of Ordinances distributes fence-related controls among Chapter 14 building and fence provisions, Chapter 118 zoning, Chapter 50 historic preservation, Chapter 42 floodplain regulation, Chapter 90 subdivisions and applicable street and drainage provisions.

Inspection Services and the building official administer fence permits and adopted construction codes. Planning & Zoning administers zoning and property-specific development conditions. Engineering/GIS and the City Engineer handle drainage and infrastructure matters; the floodplain ordinance designates the City Manager or an appointed designee as floodplain administrator. The Historic Preservation Officer and Historic Landmark Preservation Committee administer historic approvals. Code Enforcement addresses compliance through proactive and complaint-based work.

Ordinance 2049 establishes the 2024 International Residential Code, including Appendix H, and 2024 International Building Code, including Appendix C, with local amendments. The City’s implementation information specifies November 1, 2025. Older 2015 adoption wording still displayed in the published municipal code differs from the enacted 2024 adoption. The electrical code is the 2023 National Electrical Code. The R-3M two-family mixed district accommodates single-family, duplex and HUD-code manufactured housing.

The ordinary municipal fence provisions apply inside corporate limits. Chapter 90 separately addresses subdivision regulation in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. Property-specific zoning, a planned-development ordinance, recorded plat conditions and local historic designation may add requirements for a particular residential lot.

PERMIT AND APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

Fence permit: Section 14-386 requires the owner, agent or representative to apply to the building inspection department, submit plans and obtain the required permit before construction of any fence on property within the City. The residential fence-permit fee in the master fee schedule is $25. The fence article provides no separate replacement or repair exemption; identify the proposed replacement or repair scope to Inspection Services before work begins.

Fence plans and application: Plans must show the fence location and its distance from the back of curb, or the center flow line where no curb and gutter exist. For a fence proposed within a visibility triangle, the plans must also show height. The visibility prohibition itself still applies. The amended residential-code permit application identifies the work and land, states the intended use and occupancy, includes required construction documents and other information, bears the applicant’s or authorized agent’s signature, and supplies other information required by the building official.

Historic property: Section 50-156 requires a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) before covered exterior reconstruction, alteration, restoration or rehabilitation of a historic landmark, new construction within a historic district, or a material change to visible exterior elements such as fences that affects a landmark’s or district property’s appearance and cohesiveness. All locally designated historic-overlay properties are treated as landmarks under Chapter 50. The City’s Historic Preservation program identifies districts and provides the COA process and common design guide; the directory lists Downtown, Sterne-Hoya, Virginia Avenue, Washington Square and Zion Hill, with individually designated properties also covered by their applicable designation.

Historic application and sequence: File with the Historic Preservation Officer before the covered work begins. The code calls for a detailed work description, location and photographs of the property and adjacent properties, elevation drawings if available, material samples and other information needed to visualize the work. The fence checklist additionally requests a location plan, dimensioned elevation or section, materials, height in relation to adjacent structures and area photographs. The linked form states a third-Monday, 5 p.m. application deadline. A required COA must issue before the building permit and supplements other required approvals.

Historic maintenance and decisions: Ordinary maintenance or in-kind repair that does not change design, material or outward appearance has an administrative COA route through the Historic Preservation Officer. The officer has 10 days to decide a completed application that does not need committee review; an appeal request is due within 10 days of the written decision. Committee applications are reviewed within 60 days of receipt and decided within 45 days after the review meeting unless the parties agree to extend the period. If the committee has not acted within 90 days of receipt, the officer may grant a COA.

Floodplain and drainage work: Chapter 42 requires a floodplain development permit for covered development in an area of special flood hazard. Development includes manmade changes to land, including excavation, grading and fill. The application addresses the location, dimensions and elevations of proposed work and any change to watercourses or natural drainage. Section 118-305 separately requires prior written City Engineer approval for dumping, excavation, storage or filling in designated floodplain areas; its specified drainage-district levee or drainage-facility repair exception remains applicable to that work. Projects requiring runoff detention or drainage-facility construction have engineered drainage-plan and study requirements.

Subdivision-lot prerequisites: Chapter 90 links certain permits to final-plat approval and required subdivision improvements. Section 90-65 preserves its stated exceptions for lots with residences existing before June 21, 1988, older metes-and-bounds conveyances, and subdivisions or lots already in existence at that date. Applicable continuing plat conditions and easements remain relevant to a fence on an existing lot.

Pool and electrical work: Fence-permit review is separate from approval of a pool, its barrier system and associated electrical work. Outdoor-pool enclosure requirements and available modification routes appear below. Qualifying agricultural operations have the additional statutory protections described under fence placement.

FENCE PLACEMENT RULES

Street-edge fence line: Section 118-427(b)(5) states that no fence may be constructed closer than 12 feet from the back of a curb, or 12 feet from the central flow line of a ditch paralleling an uncurbed street, or behind the property line, whichever is greater. The City’s development chart describes the property-line part as one foot inside the property line. These published descriptions differ; have Inspection Services confirm the proposed property-line position through fence-permit review before setting posts. The curb or ditch measurement does not establish the legal boundary.

Boundaries, access and public space: Use the deed, recorded plat, survey and applicable title documents to establish the legal property line and easements. An existing fence, tax/GIS line, tree line, curb or ditch is not conclusive boundary evidence. Section 86-28 prohibits objects obstructing pedestrian use of a City sidewalk, subject to written permission by the City Manager. Keep the fence and gates within the rights available for the project and preserve required access.

Drainage easements: Section 90-276 requires subdivision drainage easements to carry a note that the easement must be kept clear of fences, buildings, planting and other obstructions to drainage-facility operation and maintenance. Abutting property may drain into such an easement only through an approved drainage structure. Review the actual recorded plat and easement for the parcel, including any utility access rights.

Floodway and surface drainage: Chapter 42 generally prohibits floodway encroachments, including other development, unless hydrologic and hydraulic analysis in accordance with standard engineering practice demonstrates no increase in base-flood levels. The ordinance also recognizes its stated federal-process route for certain encroachments that increase base-flood elevations. Where a regulatory floodway has not been designated in the specified A1–30 and AE zones, the cumulative-development test generally limits the base-flood water-surface increase to one foot, with the ordinance’s separate federal-process exception. Fence work must preserve applicable drainage paths and maintenance access. Texas Water Code §11.086 prohibits diverting or impounding natural surface water in a manner that damages another person’s property by overflow, subject to its statutory qualifications.

Pool beside a foundation or retaining wall: Local IRC amendment R328.1.1 requires pool or spa depth to maintain a 1:1 ratio from the nearest building foundation or retaining-wall footing. The exception provides for submission of a sealed engineered design drawing for approval. A retaining wall and its footing need their own applicable construction review.

Joint or attached fence removal: Agriculture Code §143.121 restricts removal of a separating or dividing fence that the person jointly owns, or a fence attached to a fence another person owns or controls, unless there is mutual consent or the statutory process is followed. Under §143.122, a person owning an interest in a fence attached to another person’s wholly or partly owned fence may physically withdraw that fence after six months’ written notice of the intended separation to the other fence owner or the owner’s agent, attorney or lessee. Under §143.123, an owner whose fence stands wholly on the owner’s land may require the attached fence’s owner to disconnect and withdraw it after six months’ written notice to that owner or the owner’s agent, attorney or lessee.

Residence with agricultural acreage: A qualifying agricultural operation can include a rural residence and surrounding acreage. Under Agriculture Code §§251.005 and 251.0055, a City governmental requirement applies to an operation inside corporate limits only under the statutory conditions. Those include clear and convincing evidence of a listed imminent danger to nearby residents or people on nearby public property, necessity that cannot be addressed through less restrictive means, and a City Council public-health finding by resolution based on the required health-officer or consultant report. The listed dangers include explosion, flooding, vermin or insect infestation, physical injury, an identified contagious disease directly attributable to the operation, loss of lateral or subjacent support, identified water-supply contamination, radiation, improper toxic-material storage, traffic-hazard crops or vegetation, and the specified firearm or weapon discharges. The report addresses the hazard, regulatory need and effects on generally accepted agricultural practices. Agricultural zoning or acreage alone does not establish every statutory condition.

Agricultural fence improvements and related limits: Section 251.006 protects qualifying agricultural improvements, including fences designed for sheltering, restricting or feeding animals or aquatic life, or the specified agricultural storage and equipment purposes, where construction is not expressly prohibited by statute or a governmental requirement adopted in accordance with §251.005 and in effect when constructed. State and federal statutes remain enforceable. Section 251.0055 also limits City restrictions on agricultural feed or forage vegetation and accepted practices; a permissible vegetation-height rule must allow at least 12 inches and reach only the qualifying portion within 10 feet of a boundary adjoining a public sidewalk, street or highway, or another owner’s inhabited property. City dog-restraint requirements do not apply to a livestock-protecting dog while it is used for that purpose on property controlled by the owner. The statute permits the specified written wildlife-management plan to establish wildlife-based operation status, and bars requiring the operation’s owner or lessee to mow, bale, shred or hoe material on an adjacent public-road right-of-way. Section 251.009 provides an aggrieved owner, operator or lessee a declaratory/injunctive action against unlawful political-subdivision enforcement, with court costs and reasonable attorney fees for a prevailing claimant.

Pipeline-easement construction: Health and Safety Code §§756.121–.123 separately address construction on, across, over or under a covered pipeline easement or right-of-way, or physically affecting pipeline risk. Subject to applicable written-agreement exceptions, construction requires operator notice and the statutory safety arrangements: an operator determination of no increased risk, payment before proceeding for necessary documented protective changes when risk increases, or work under an existing written agreement. An 811 locate and a private easement review address different obligations.

Underground-facility notice: Utilities Code Chapter 251 covers excavation with explosives or powered/mechanized tools, including augers, disturbing soil to 16 inches or more. Ordinary notice is due no earlier than the 14th day before excavation and no later than the 48th hour before starting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. For Saturday notification, defined by Utilities Code §251.002(14) as notice given on Saturday before 11:59 a.m., the statutory branch permits a start after 11:59 a.m. the following Tuesday, or Wednesday if the intervening Monday is a legal holiday. Private/on-site facilities and water, slurry or sewage facilities can have different notification coverage; private irrigation, pool-power and outbuilding lines may need separate location arrangements.

Pipeline excavation and damage: Railroad Commission Chapter 18 has a separate scope and can cover manual digging near covered pipelines; its earth-movement exclusion is for work not exceeding 16 inches. Its default ticket life is 14 working days, with a signed, dated written agreement available for a longer period; refresh unfinished work for the remaining area and retain required ticket/response records for at least four years. Follow the applicable valid-ticket, mark-protection and second-notice process. For excavation damage, immediately report to the operator or notification center if the operator is unknown; only the operator or an authorized person may repair. Delay nearby backfill until reporting and an agreed repair schedule, and keep ignition sources away when flammable material creates danger.

• Utility safety before post digging: Request a Texas811 locate before digging; wait the applicable lawful period and follow the ticket’s start instructions. Check responses and site markings, resolve missing or conflicting information through the current process, protect marks and excavate carefully. Arrange any necessary private-line locating and pipeline-easement coordination, as well as the City’s permits and other project approvals.

FENCE HEIGHT AND VISIBILITY RULES

Ordinary yard height: The general fence provisions in §§14-386 and 118-426–427 do not state an ordinary front-, side- or rear-yard fence maximum or a separate fence-height measuring method. Applicable historic approvals, a planned-development ordinance, pool-barrier use, easements and private restrictions can affect the acceptable height at a particular property.

Street visibility triangle: Section 118-426 defines the triangle from the intersecting curb lines or pavement edges and the line joining their measured points. Figure 1 shows 25 feet on one street leg and a through-street leg labeled A. Paragraph (b) specifies the through-street distance by Thoroughfare Plan classification: 100 feet for an arterial, 75 feet for a collector and 50 feet for a local street. The figure’s table additionally labels 125 feet for an expressway. These measurements define the sight area from the street-edge intersection.

Objects and foliage in the triangle: Fences, walls, screens, signs, structures and parked vehicles are prohibited within the triangle. Foliage must preserve the clear sight band between 30 inches and eight feet above average street grade. Figure 2 labels shrubs “30 in or less” and tree foliage “8 ft or more.” Express exceptions include traffic signposts and control boxes, utility poles, street signs and tree trunks. The fence prohibition applies independently of the foliage heights.

Pool enclosure height: Section 14-828 ordinarily requires an outdoor pool’s fence or wall to be at least five feet high. A narrow legacy variance and individual modifications are described in the construction section below. Pool-barrier dimensions apply to that safety use; the City’s general yard-fence provisions have the separate treatment described above.

MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION LIMITS

Ordinary yard materials: The general municipal fence provisions do not separately classify wood, vinyl/PVC or chain-link as allowed or prohibited ordinary yard-fence materials. They also do not publish a general yard-fence list governing barbed wire, razor wire, electric fencing, opacity or finished-side orientation. A proposed design remains subject to its permit, location, visibility, historic, pool, property-specific and private requirements.

Historic fence and retaining-wall guidance: For locally designated historic properties, the common guide calls for maintaining historic fences and retaining walls. It identifies simple wood picket, wood-and-wire and wrought-iron forms as appropriate, recommends painting wood and using iron posts for iron fences, and advises avoiding chain-link, rough-sawn wood and concrete block on street sides. These are design recommendations applied through the relevant historic process. Vinyl/PVC fencing has no separate material classification in the general fence provisions.

Historic site features: Historic alterations should preserve distinguishing qualities and repair deteriorated features where possible; necessary replacements should reflect the original material, design, texture and visual qualities. The guide places service areas toward the rear and calls for compatible screening of mechanical/electrical equipment and trash areas, including air-conditioning screening where feasible. Planting may provide a landscape perimeter treatment, subject to applicable visibility and safety requirements. Covered changes still follow the COA process.

Condition and safety: The City’s Minimum Urban Standards nuisance provisions include structurally unsound fences and fence or pool conditions that create the specified hazards to children. Maintain the required enclosure and correct unsafe conditions. A residence operated as a bed-and-breakfast has a separate guest-parking condition: screening along side and rear lot lines by a solid six-foot fence or dense bushes or shrubbery.

Private-pool scope and code: The local swimming-pool definition covers an artificial body used for swimming, diving or recreational bathing that is 18 inches or more deep at any point. It excludes ordinary lakes, ponds, stock or fish ponds, reflecting pools, fountains and similar waters not commonly used for those activities. For regulated pool/spa construction and alteration, Local Government Code §214.103 supplies the ISPSC as it existed May 1, 2019, the 2018 base code, subject to applicable local provisions. Section 14-828 adds the City’s express enclosure requirements. Association, multiunit and public pools have separate classification and safety rules.

Local outdoor-pool enclosure: Section 14-828 requires complete enclosure by a fence or wall at least five feet high, with no openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in any dimension except doors and gates. Picket spacing may not exceed four inches horizontally. A dwelling, accessory building or similar structure may form part of the enclosure. Gates and doors through it must self-close and self-latch and remain securely closed when not in use; the local device clause excepts a dwelling door. Structure-wall access protection under the applicable pool code is addressed below.

Existing pools, legacy fences and modifications: The local section applies to new and existing outdoor pools, including private pools at its stated 18-inch depth, and requires the land’s possessor to provide and maintain the enclosure. It excludes indoor pools from that local provision. The department must allow the stated automatic height variance for private-pool fences existing on the original enclosure ordinance’s effective date that are at least four feet high and otherwise comply; the variance does not apply to a defined unsafe pool. In an individual case showing good cause, the department may modify height, nature, location, gates/latches or necessity if protection is not substantially reduced, and may permit protective substitute devices or structures affording substantially equivalent protection. The department allows a reasonable period to comply with the section. Obtain the applicable City modification before using a proposed alternative that varies from §14-828.

Pool-barrier height, clearances and solid surfaces: The 2018 base barrier standard measures at least 48 inches above outside grade around the perimeter and for three feet horizontally outside; the City’s five-foot enclosure requirement remains applicable. Bottom clearance is at most two inches over grass or gravel and four inches over a solid surface. For a barrier mounted on a pool structure, the barrier-to-structure gap is at most four inches. Openings must not pass a four-inch sphere. Solid barriers must not provide handholds or footholds, apart from normal construction tolerances and tooled masonry joints.

Pool-barrier members and chain-link: Where the tops of horizontal members are less than 45 inches apart, the members must be on the pool side and vertical spacing and decorative cutouts may not exceed 1¾ inches. With tops at least 45 inches apart, vertical spacing may be up to four inches, while decorative cutouts remain limited to 1¾ inches. Chain-link openings may not exceed 1¾ inches; secured top-and-bottom slats may reduce larger mesh to that limit. Diagonal-member openings are limited to 1¾ inches, and the members may be no more than 45 degrees from vertical.

Mesh pool barriers: Follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions. The mesh bottom must be no more than one inch above the installed surface or grade; the fence must not lift more than four inches, and no four-inch sphere may pass beneath a panel. Section attachments must be at least 45 inches above grade. Hinged gates follow the gate requirements; patio post sleeves must be nonconductive. Mesh fencing may not be installed atop an onground residential pool.

Pool-barrier clear zones and gates: Keep at least 36 inches between the outside of the barrier and permanent structures or equipment that can assist climbing, and at least 20 inches between the pool side of the barrier and the water edge. Pedestrian gates must open away from the pool, self-close and self-latch, and accommodate a lock. Utility/service gates remain locked when unused. A double or multiple gate must have at least one leaf secured and an adjacent self-latching leaf; gate/barrier openings within 18 inches of the latch release may not exceed ½ inch. If a latch release is below 54 inches above grade, it must be on the pool side at least three inches below the top, with no openings over ½ inch within 18 inches of the release.

Pool covers and structure-wall access: The 2018 base provides a barrier exception for an ASTM F1346-compliant lockable spa/hot-tub safety cover or powered swimming-pool safety cover. When a dwelling or structure wall is part of the barrier, doors and operable windows with indoor sills below 48 inches need a UL 2017-listed water-hazard entrance alarm, a listed ASTM F1346 safety cover, or an approved means providing equivalent protection. Alarm deactivation controls are at least 54 inches above finished floor in units not required to be Accessible, Type A or Type B; in those accessible unit types they are 48–54 inches above the floor. The City’s separate enclosure and modification requirements remain applicable to a cover or wall-access proposal.

Onground and natural pool-barrier alternatives: The base onground-wall or wall-mounted-barrier option requires at least 48 inches of entire-perimeter height and the applicable barrier specifications, with manufacturer permission for a pool wall used as the barrier and manufacturer instructions for a barrier on top. Secure, lock or remove access ladders/steps, or enclose them in a compliant barrier; resulting openings must not pass a four-inch sphere. The base natural-waterbody option requires no public shoreline access and barriers extending at least 18 inches beyond the water edge. Natural topography must prevent direct access and have governing-body approval for equivalent protection. Coordinate any variation from the City’s five-foot enclosure through its individual modification process.

Unsafe pools: Local unsafe-pool conditions include a pool at an abandoned residence or residence unoccupied for 60 days, an abandoned or seasonally closed nonresidential location, polluted water, dangerous objects or animals, and a deficient, broken or regularly open/unlatched barrier. Section 14-829 requires correction appropriate to the condition. Its specified abandonment, vacancy and barrier-defect cases require filling with acceptable material or a §14-828 enclosure with doors and gates secured by key or combination lock; water or dangerous-object conditions have their stated removal or treatment remedies.

PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS

HOA and deed covenants, private architectural review, private recorded easements, conservation restrictions and boundary, maintenance or cost agreements can independently affect a fence. City approval does not settle ownership or the parties’ costs. A boundary fence alone does not establish joint ownership or automatic half-cost sharing.

Perimeter/security fencing: Texas Property Code §§202.022–.023 limits specified association restrictions. Section 202.023 generally protects security measures, including perimeter fencing, while retaining the association’s authority to regulate fence type; prohibit obstruction of a written-license area, public/community sidewalk, drainage easement or drainage area; require a driveway gate at least 10 feet from the right-of-way where the driveway intersects a statutorily defined laned roadway; and prohibit fencing in front of the dwelling’s front-most building line if a restrictive covenant provides for that prohibition.

September 2025 protections: Notwithstanding those retained controls, an owner may maintain perimeter fencing or fencing in front of the dwelling’s front-most building line installed or constructed before September 1, 2025. The front-building-line prohibition cannot bar the specified fencing where the owner’s residential address is exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law or the owner supplies law-enforcement documentation of a need for enhanced security. Section 202.023 excludes Chapter 81/82 condominiums and Chapter 215 master mixed-use associations. Its maintenance protection does not expressly grant a general right to replace or expand an older fence.

Protected water-feature enclosure: Section 202.022 protects a qualifying enclosure that surrounds a pool, spa or other water feature, consists of transparent mesh or clear panels in metal frames, is no more than six feet high and is designed to be nonclimbable. It must comply with applicable state or local safety requirements. An association may regulate appearance and colors within the statute, but cannot prohibit the protected black transparent-mesh enclosure in metal frames. This protection operates alongside the City’s pool-safety requirements.

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 placement review: confirming the proposed line, plan information, street-edge measurements, property conditions and required approvals.

• Visibility and access: addressing fences within street sight triangles, sidewalk obstructions and interference with drainage or utility access.

• Historic review: applying the COA process and compatible design guidance to locally designated properties, with the appropriate maintenance or committee route.

• Site and safety conditions: applying floodplain, drainage, pool-enclosure, unsafe-fence and applicable agricultural-operation requirements.

• Excavation and adjoining fences: addressing utility/pipeline notice and protection duties or the statutory consent and notice process for a jointly owned or attached fence. Private association enforcement and ownership/cost disputes follow their separate instruments and applicable Texas law.

USING THIS INFORMATION

This page provides general orientation on how residential fence rules are structured and applied within the City of Nacogdoches, 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 City of Nacogdoches Inspection 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.