Pets
Licenses & Permits
The City requires permits for the following:
The permits needed from above items can be obtained by calling the Inspection/Permit Division,
308 N. Tennessee, 972-547-7450.
- The City of McKinney requires that all pets be vaccinated against rabies on a yearly basis
and registered with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
- The registration fee is $5 for neutered or spayed pets; and $10 for unaltered pets.
Vaccination fees are paid to your veterinarian, who issues metal tags. Registration fees are
paid to the SPCA, 506 Interchange Way, 972-562-7387. The SPCA will also issue metal
tags. Vaccination and registration tags must be attached to your pets' collars at all times.
For more information, please call 972-547-7441.
Licenses & Permits
- Vehicle registration is obtained through the Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector, 1800 N.
Graves, at 972-547-5020.
- Driver's License is obtained through the Texas Department of Public Safety, 400
Powerhouse Lane, 214-733-5350.
The City requires permits for the following:
- additions and remodeling to residential and
- commercial structures
- electrical, plumbing or mechanical work
- water and sewer work
- all signs
- fences
- swimming pools or spa (constructions)
- swimming pools (operational) 972-547-7440
- roof reconstruction
- garages, storage sheds and barns
- lawn sprinklers
- door-to-door vendors
- garage sales
- food service 972-547-7448
- alarm permits (call 972-547-7550)
The permits needed from above items can be obtained by calling the Inspection/Permit Division,
308 N. Tennessee, 972-547-7450.
Use this link to connect into the McKinney Ordinances. Once on the page, click on the folder
by CODE OF ORDINANCES City of McKINNEY, TEXAS on the left hand side of the screen.
Some of McKinney's Ordinances are listed below:
by CODE OF ORDINANCES City of McKINNEY, TEXAS on the left hand side of the screen.
Some of McKinney's Ordinances are listed below:
Home occupations
A home occupation, in districts where allowed, shall meet the following standards to maintain the residential character of the neighborhood while providing
opportunities for home-based businesses.
A home occupation, in districts where allowed, shall meet the following standards to maintain the residential character of the neighborhood while providing
opportunities for home-based businesses.
- Home occupations shall be conducted entirely within the main building.
- Home occupations shall not produce any alteration or change in the exterior appearance of the residence which is inconsistent with the typical
appearance of a residential dwelling.
- No external evidence of the occupation shall be detectable at any lot line, including advertising, signs, smoke, dust, noise, fumes, glare,
vibration, electrical disturbance, or outside storage of materials or equipment. - The home occupation shall not have a separate entrance.
- Not more than two patron or business related vehicles shall be present at any one time, and the proprietor shall provide adequate off-street
parking for such vehicles. - A maximum of one commercial vehicle, capacity one ton or less, may be used or parked on the property in connection with the home
occupation. The commercial vehicle shall not be parked in the street. - The home occupation shall not require regular or frequent deliveries by large delivery trucks or vehicles in excess of one and one-half tons.
- The home occupation shall not display advertising signs or other visual or audio devices which call attention to the business use.
- The home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the premises for residential purposes.
- The home occupation shall employ no more than one individual who is not an occupant of the residence.
- The address of the home occupation shall not be included in any classified advertisement, yellow pages listing, or other advertisement.
- The home occupation shall not offer a ready inventory of any commodity for sale, except as specifically listed under "Uses allowed as home
occupations", section 41-207(3)(h). - The home occupation shall not accept clients or customers before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. This limitation on hours of operation shall not apply to
allowed childcare home occupations.
Some City Ordinances Relating to subdivisions
For all subdivisions within the city limits a minimum 20-foot wide common area shall be provided between all proposed or existing residential uses adjacent to
any proposed or existing street with an ultimate right-of-way, unless said street provides the only frontage for that lot. Screening and buffering walls or fences
shall be located within an open space common area created adjacent to the public right-of-way.
Maintenance of the screening and buffering requirements mentioned herein shall be established prior to record plat approval and shall be clearly outlined as
part of the facilities agreement or as a condition of record plat approval. A homeowners association (HOA) shall be responsible for maintenance of all
landscaping, buffering, screening, irrigation and associated improvements adjacent to residential subdivisions along public thoroughfares.
The homeowners' association's restrictive covenants shall provide for continuous maintenance and control of the common areas by a responsible body, in
perpetuity, for the benefit of the homeowners without using public funds. Membership in the homeowners' association shall run with the title to each lot. That
is, membership in the homeowners' association is not voluntary and its primary source of operating funds is a periodic assessment levied against each parcel
of land within the development under recorded covenants which shall be incorporated into each deed and which shall run with the land to bind each and every
owner of it and which are enforceable as a lien against the land.
Maintenance of the screening and buffering requirements mentioned herein shall be established prior to record plat approval and shall be clearly outlined as
part of the facilities agreement or as a condition of record plat approval. A homeowners association (HOA) shall be responsible for maintenance of all
landscaping, buffering, screening, irrigation and associated improvements adjacent to residential subdivisions along public thoroughfares and shall have an
HOA fee to be levied against each property owner within the subdivision. The HOA covenants shall include a provision that if the HOA defaults, the city shall
have the rights of the association to either file a lien on property within the subdivision or assess property owners within the subdivision. This shall include the
open space common area designated for screening and buffering. The developer shall establish the HOA, which meets the approval of the city attorney, prior
to the acceptance of all public improvements. An open space common area, corresponding to the width requirements described in Exhibit "A," shall be
provided for this option.
The articles of incorporation of the homeowners' association, its bylaws, and the restrictive covenants shall be submitted to the planning department for
approval along with the record plat and shall be recorded as a part thereof.
The city may require the homeowners' association to provide ongoing reporting of budgetary actions, financial reports, and collection activity on homeowners'
assessments. Should the funding of the common areas maintenance not support the level of maintenance required by applicable ordinance, the city may
require additional security for the provision of such maintenance.
For all subdivisions within the city limits a minimum 20-foot wide common area shall be provided between all proposed or existing residential uses adjacent to
any proposed or existing street with an ultimate right-of-way, unless said street provides the only frontage for that lot. Screening and buffering walls or fences
shall be located within an open space common area created adjacent to the public right-of-way.
Maintenance of the screening and buffering requirements mentioned herein shall be established prior to record plat approval and shall be clearly outlined as
part of the facilities agreement or as a condition of record plat approval. A homeowners association (HOA) shall be responsible for maintenance of all
landscaping, buffering, screening, irrigation and associated improvements adjacent to residential subdivisions along public thoroughfares.
The homeowners' association's restrictive covenants shall provide for continuous maintenance and control of the common areas by a responsible body, in
perpetuity, for the benefit of the homeowners without using public funds. Membership in the homeowners' association shall run with the title to each lot. That
is, membership in the homeowners' association is not voluntary and its primary source of operating funds is a periodic assessment levied against each parcel
of land within the development under recorded covenants which shall be incorporated into each deed and which shall run with the land to bind each and every
owner of it and which are enforceable as a lien against the land.
Maintenance of the screening and buffering requirements mentioned herein shall be established prior to record plat approval and shall be clearly outlined as
part of the facilities agreement or as a condition of record plat approval. A homeowners association (HOA) shall be responsible for maintenance of all
landscaping, buffering, screening, irrigation and associated improvements adjacent to residential subdivisions along public thoroughfares and shall have an
HOA fee to be levied against each property owner within the subdivision. The HOA covenants shall include a provision that if the HOA defaults, the city shall
have the rights of the association to either file a lien on property within the subdivision or assess property owners within the subdivision. This shall include the
open space common area designated for screening and buffering. The developer shall establish the HOA, which meets the approval of the city attorney, prior
to the acceptance of all public improvements. An open space common area, corresponding to the width requirements described in Exhibit "A," shall be
provided for this option.
The articles of incorporation of the homeowners' association, its bylaws, and the restrictive covenants shall be submitted to the planning department for
approval along with the record plat and shall be recorded as a part thereof.
The city may require the homeowners' association to provide ongoing reporting of budgetary actions, financial reports, and collection activity on homeowners'
assessments. Should the funding of the common areas maintenance not support the level of maintenance required by applicable ordinance, the city may
require additional security for the provision of such maintenance.
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