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Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 311 General Provisions Relating To Municipal StreetsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Transportation Code > Texas Transportation Code - Chapter 311 General Provisions Relating To Municipal Streets (a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) control, ... (a) A general-law municipality has exclusive control over the highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) abate or remove an ... 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 ... A home-rule municipality may: (1) construct a sidewalk; (2) provide for the improvement of a sidewalk or the construction of a curb under an ordinance ... A home-rule municipality may regulate the movement of a structure over or on a street of the municipality. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § ... To facilitate travel on a street in a Type B general-law municipality, the commissioners court of a county may construct a bridge for or otherwise ... A home-rule municipality may vacate, abandon, or close a street or alley. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. ... The governing body of a general-law municipality by ordinance may vacate, abandon, or close a street or alley of the municipality if a petition signed ... In this subchapter, "freeway" means a municipal street for which the right of access to or from adjoining land has been acquired in whole or ... (a) The governing body of a municipality may establish, maintain, and operate a freeway. (b) To establish a freeway by using a street that exists ... For the purposes of this subchapter, the governing body may acquire necessary property or property rights by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation in the same ... The governing body of a municipality may: (1) close a street in the municipality at or near the place the street intersects a freeway; (2) ... (a) A governmental agency that holds the title and property rights to land on which a freeway is located may lease for parking purposes the ... (a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) require a street railway company to: (A) keep the company's roads in repair; ... The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) direct and control the location and construction of railroad tracks, turnouts, and switches and ... The governing body of a general-law municipality or special-law municipality may close temporarily or permanently any part of a street or alley for the exclusive ... (a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality by ordinance may grant to a person a franchise to use or occupy a public street or ... The charter of the municipality may not grant to a person a franchise described by Section 311.071. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, ... (a) The governing body shall submit to the voters of the municipality the question of granting a franchise to a person if, before the effective ... After receipt of a petition under Section 311.073, the election shall be held on the first uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code, ... (a) Notice of the election must be published in a daily newspaper in the municipality for at least 20 successive days before the date of ... The ballot at the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "Granting of a franchise (brief description of the ... If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the proposition: (1) the governing body shall declare that result on canvassing the election ... A franchise under this subchapter may not extend beyond the period set for its termination. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. ... (a) A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the cost of improving a public highway, street, or alley abutting the owner's land, if the ... (a) A home-rule municipality may: (1) acquire land necessary for opening, extending, or widening a public street or alley by the exercise of the right ... (a) A home-rule municipality may assess a landowner for the entire cost of constructing a sidewalk, including a curb, abutting the owner's land. (b) The ... (a) A home-rule municipality by charter may adopt any other method of financing an improvement described by Section 311.091, 311.092, or 311.093. (b) Another method ... (a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality, by a two-thirds vote of the aldermen present, may improve a street or alley under ... (a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may require the owner of a lot, or part of a lot or block, in ... The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) prohibit or suppress horse racing on a street or immoderate riding or driving of ... The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) provide for and regulate the lighting of a street; (2) create or change lamp ... (a) The governing body of a Type B general-law municipality may require the male inhabitants of the municipality who are at least 18 years of ... A home-rule municipality, alone or in conjunction with another person, may regulate or restrict access to a street or alley in the municipality on which ... Texas Lawyers
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