Every town writes its own rules, and Big Spring, Texas's live in its municipal code — 37 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
What's in the Big Spring, Texas code
- 1. BIG SPRING, TEXAS CITY CODE
- 2. CURRENT OFFICIALS of the CITY OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS
- 3. ORDINANCE NO. 023-2020
- 5. PART I CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BIG SPRING
- 7. Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 8. Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION
- 9. Chapter 4 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
- 10. Chapter 6 AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENTS
- 11. Chapter 8 ANIMALS
- 12. Chapter 10 AVIATION
- 13. Chapter 12 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
- 14. Chapter 14 CEMETERIES
- 15. Chapter 16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- 16. Chapter 18 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
- 17. Chapter 20 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
- 18. Chapter 22 FEES
- 19. Chapter 24 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
- 20. Chapter 26 FLOODS
- 21. Chapter 28 HEALTH
- 22. Chapter 30 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRECTIONS
- 23. Chapter 32 LICENSES, TAXATION AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS
- 24. Chapter 34 MUNICIPAL COURT
- 25. Chapter 36 NUISANCES
- 26. Chapter 38 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 27. Chapter 40 PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
- 28. Chapter 42 PLANNING
- 29. Chapter 44 SOLID WASTE
- 30. Chapter 46 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
- 31. Chapter 48 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
- 32. Chapter 50 UTILITIES
- 34. PRIOR CODE
- 35. LEGISLATION
- 36. STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
- 37. BIG SPRING, TEXAS ZONING ORDINANCE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE STRUCTURAL STANDARDS AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE
- 38. ZONING ORDINANCE OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS
- 39. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS
- 40. STRUCTURAL STANDARDS AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS