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Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 311.003

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may:
(1) prevent an encroachment or obstruction on a sidewalk in the municipality;
(2) abate an encroachment or obstruction on a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(3) construct, regulate, or maintain a bridge, culvert, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(4) regulate the construction of a bridge, culvert, sewer, sidewalk, or crossway in the municipality;
(5) require a person to keep weeds, unclean matter, or trash from the street, sidewalk, or gutter in front of the person’s premises; or
(6) require the owner of land to improve the sidewalk in front of the person’s land.