Sec. 231.104. ZONING AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ORDINANCES. (a) The commissioners court of a county may adopt ordinances, not inconsistent with state law, that apply only to the lake area in the county and that regulate:
(1) the height, number of stories, or size of buildings in the area;
(2) the percentage of a lot that may be occupied;
(3) the size of yards and other spaces;
(4) population density;
(5) the location and use of buildings and land for commercial, industrial, residential, or other purposes; and
(6) building construction standards.
(b) The commissioners court may not adopt an ordinance in conflict with Chapter 2154, Occupations Code, or with any rule adopted under that chapter. An ordinance adopted in conflict with that chapter is void.
(c) This Act does not authorize a commissioners court to issue any order or regulation in conflict with a municipal ordinance or state agency rule pertaining to the regulation of billboards or outdoor advertising. An order or regulation issued in conflict with a municipal ordinance or state agency rule is void.
(d) The commissioners court may not regulate for siting or zoning purposes new manufactured or industrialized housing that is constructed to preemptive state or federal building standards in any manner that is different from regulation of site-built housing.
(e) The commissioners court shall adopt rules as necessary to carry out this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 52(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.823, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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