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Town Regulations of Interest

The Town of Cross Roads city council will occasionally pass an ordinance or resolution that may have a direct impact on the residents of Oak Shores. Questions about the items listed here should be directed to the Town of Cross Roads City Hall.

Solid Waste Disposal Franchise
Last Line Postal Addressing
Certificate of Occupancy

Solid Waste Disposal Franchise

Effective 1/1/2001

The Town of Cross Roads has elected to grant to IESI a franchise to collect solid waste from residents and businesses within the city limits.

What this means is, if you contract to have your garbage picked up, you must now contract with IESI.

The City granted the franchise to;

Reduce the number of heavy trucks on city roads, thereby reducing road damage.
Expanding solid waste collection services. As well as garbage collection, IESI will now do bulky waste collection, and limited brush collection.
Reduce residentail collection rates. By granting the franchise, residentail rates shall be $9.35 per month (a reduction by almost 50%) for the average home owner.
Collect a modest franchise tax (6%) for road improvements.

Questions concerning the the solid waste collection service can be directed to IESI.

Last Line Postal Addressing

Effective 12/1/2000

The Town of Cross Roads patitioned the U.S. Postal Service to get Last Line Postal Addressing (Use of Crossroads in your mailing address instead of Aubrey). The U.S Postal Service has granted that request. Residents may now use either ;

Crossroads, TX 76227

Aubrey, TX 76227

Certificate of Occupancy

The Town of Cross Roads is required to maintain certain information about residents with aerobic septic systems by the state of Texas.

The state requires all home owners with aerobic septic systems to retain and maintain a maintenance contract. The maintenance company will make quarterly inspections and file a report, with you the home owner and the Town of Cross Roads. The town is required to maintain a record of all inspections, and can be audited by the state to check for compliance. If the town's records are out of date, the town can be fined.

To help ensure the accuracy of this information, the town requires a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) upon the compelation of a new residence, or upon the sale of an existing residence. The local power utility will require the CO prior to connecting your service.

Usually the company that installed the aerobic septic system is retained as the maintenance provider. Some companies will only provide maintenance on systems they have installed, others will provide maintenance on an existing system. There is a small list of maintenance providers on the Services page.