SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER B ZONING ON PADRE ISLAND
- Texas Section 231.001 - Adoption Of Regulation Or Boundary Includes Amendment Or Other Change
A reference in this chapter to the adoption of a zoning or other regulation or a zoning district boundary includes the amendment, repeal, or other...
- Texas Section 231.011 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the part of Padre Island located in Cameron and Willacy counties is frequented for recreational purposes by residents from...
- Texas Section 231.012 - Areas Subject To Regulation
This subchapter applies to the areas of Padre Island located in Cameron or Willacy County and located: (1) outside a municipality but within two miles...
- Texas Section 231.013 - Zoning Regulations Generally
The commissioners court of Cameron County or of Willacy County may, for the areas subject to this subchapter in its respective county, regulate: (1) the...
- Texas Section 231.014 - Compliance With Comprehensive Plan
Zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan and must be designed to: (1) lessen congestion in the streets and roads; (2)...
- Texas Section 231.015 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the area in its county that is subject to this subchapter into districts of a number, shape, and size...
- Texas Section 231.016 - Procedures Governing Adoption Of Regulations And District Boundaries
(a) The commissioners courts shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until...
- Texas Section 231.017 - Zoning Commission
(a) To exercise the powers authorized by this subchapter, the commissioners court shall appoint a zoning commission. The commission shall recommend boundaries for the original...
- Texas Section 231.018 - Board Of Adjustment
(a) The commissioners court may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. In the zoning regulations adopted under this subchapter, the commissioners court...
- Texas Section 231.019 - Authority Of Board
(a) The board of adjustment may: (1) hear and decide an appeal that alleges error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an...
- Texas Section 231.020 - Appeal To Board
(a) Any of the following persons may appeal to the board of adjustment a decision made by an administrative official: (1) a person aggrieved by...
- Texas Section 231.021 - Judicial Review Of Board Decision
(a) Any of the following persons may present to a court of record a verified petition stating that the decision of the board of adjustment...
- Texas Section 231.022 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation. (b) A person commits...
SUBCHAPTER C ZONING NEAR AMISTAD RECREATION AREA
- Texas Section 231.023 - Conflict With Other Laws; Exceptions
(a) If a zoning regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a...
- Texas Section 231.031 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the part of Val Verde County that surrounds Amistad Recreation Area is frequented for recreational purposes by residents from...
- Texas Section 231.032 - Areas Subject To Regulation
This subchapter applies to that part of Val Verde County on the lakeward side of the boundaries described by Section 2, Chapter 250, Acts of...
- Texas Section 231.033 - Zoning Regulations Generally
The commissioners court of Val Verde County may regulate in areas subject to this subchapter: (1) the height, number of stories, and size of buildings...
- Texas Section 231.034 - Compliance With Comprehensive Plan
Zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan and must be designed to: (1) lessen congestion in the streets and roads; (2)...
- Texas Section 231.035 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the area in the county that is subject to this subchapter into districts of a number, shape, and size...
- Texas Section 231.036 - Zoning Commission
(a) The commissioners court shall appoint a zoning commission. The commission shall recommend boundaries for the original zoning districts and appropriate zoning regulations for each...
- Texas Section 231.037 - Procedure Governing Adoption Of Regulations And District Boundaries
(a) A zoning regulation or zoning district boundary proposed by the zoning commission is not effective until it is adopted by the commissioners court after...
- Texas Section 231.038 - Special Exception
(a) Any of the following persons may petition the commissioners court for a special exception to a zoning regulation adopted by the commissioners court: (1)...
- Texas Section 231.039 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation. (b) A person commits...
SUBCHAPTER D MILITARY ZONES
- Texas Section 231.040 - Conflict With Other Laws; Exceptions
(a) If a zoning regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a...
- Texas Section 231.051 - Definition
In this subchapter, "military establishment" means a base, camp, station, yard, or section base of the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard....
- Texas Section 231.052 - Establishment Of Military Zone
(a) The commissioners court of a county in which a military establishment is located may create a restricted military zone adjacent to the military establishment....
- Texas Section 231.053 - Regulations
(a) The commissioners court may adopt regulations relating to the speed and parking of motor vehicles and the taking of photographs in the zone. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER E ZONING AROUND CERTAIN LAKES
- Texas Section 231.054 - Penalty
A person commits an offense if the person violates a regulation adopted under this subchapter. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by...
- Texas Section 231.071 - Purpose
The powers granted under this subchapter are for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety, welfare, and morals. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149,...
- Texas Section 231.072 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Lake" means an inland body of standing water, including a reservoir formed by impounding the water of a river or creek...
- Texas Section 231.073 - Lake Covered By Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a lake that has a construction completion date after June 12, 1985. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 231.074 - 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...
- Texas Section 231.075 - Local Option Election
(a) This subchapter applies only to a county in which a majority of the voters voting on the question approve this subchapter's grant of authority...
- Texas Section 231.076 - Petition; Verification
(a) A petition for the local option election must include a statement worded substantially as provided by this subsection and located on each page of...
- Texas Section 231.077 - Lake Planning Commission
(a) A lake planning commission is established for each lake area in a county subject to this subchapter and is composed of: (1) three residents...
- Texas Section 231.078 - Commission Duties; Rules
(a) The commissioners court may assign a lake planning commission any duties that the court considers appropriate and that are not inconsistent with this subchapter....
- Texas Section 231.079 - Commission Studies; Reports; Hearings
(a) At the request of the commissioners court, a lake planning commission shall, or on its own initiative a commission may, conduct studies of the...
- Texas Section 231.080 - Adoption Of Ordinance After Receipt Of Report
The commissioners court may adopt a proposed ordinance only after the court receives a lake planning commission's report prepared under Section 231.079 relating to the...
- Texas Section 231.081 - Special Exceptions
(a) The commissioners court may grant a special exception to an ordinance adopted under this subchapter if the court finds that the grant of the...
- Texas Section 231.082 - Conflict With Other Action
If an ordinance adopted under this subchapter conflicts with an action of a special-purpose district or authority that owns the lake or reservoir or an...
SUBCHAPTER F ZONING AROUND LAKE TAWAKONI AND LAKE RAY ROBERTS
- Texas Section 231.083 - Enforcement
(a) The county attorney or other prosecuting attorney representing the county in the district court may file an action to enjoin the violation or threatened...
- Texas Section 231.101 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) those parts of a county that surround Lake Tawakoni and Lake Ray Roberts will be frequented for recreational purposes...
- Texas Section 231.102 - Definition
In this subchapter "lake area" means the area within 5,000 feet of the project boundary line for Lake Tawakoni or Lake Ray Roberts, which is...
- Texas Section 231.103 - Lakes Covered By Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to Lake Tawakoni and Lake Ray Roberts. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 52(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 231.105 - Local Option Election
(a) This subchapter applies only to a county in which a majority of the voters voting on the question approve this subchapter's grant of authority...
- Texas Section 231.106 - Petition; Verification
(a) A petition for a local option election must include a statement worded substantially as follows and located on each page of the petition preceding...
- Texas Section 231.107 - Lake Planning Commission
(a) A lake planning commission is established for the lake area in the county and is composed of: (1) three residents of the affected precincts...
- Texas Section 231.108 - Commission Duties; Rules
(a) The commissioners court may assign the lake planning commission any duties that the court considers appropriate and that are not inconsistent with this subchapter....
- Texas Section 231.109 - Commission Studies; Reports; Hearings
(a) At the request of the commissioners court, the lake planning commission shall, or on its own initiative the commission may, conduct studies of the...
- Texas Section 231.110 - Adoption Of Ordinance After Receipt Of Report
The commissioners court may adopt a proposed ordinance only after the court receives the lake planning commission's report prepared under Section 231.109 relating to the...
- Texas Section 231.111 - Special Exceptions
(a) The lake planning commission may recommend, subject to approval by the commissioners court, a special exception to an ordinance adopted under this subchapter if...
- Texas Section 231.112 - Conflict Between Ordinances
If an ordinance adopted under this subchapter conflicts with an action of a municipality that applies to any part of the lake area located in...
SUBCHAPTER G ZONING AROUND LAKE ALAN HENRY, LAKE COOPER, LAKE RALPH HALL, POST LAKE, AND LOWER BOIS D'ARC CREEK RESERVOIR
- Texas Section 231.113 - Enforcement
(a) The county attorney or other prosecuting attorney representing the county in the district court is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief to prevent a violation...
- Texas Section 231.131 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the areas that surround Lake Alan Henry, Lake Cooper, Lake Ralph Hall, Post Lake, and Lower Bois d'Arc Creek...
- Texas Section 231.132 - Areas Subject To Regulation
(a) This subchapter applies to: (1) those parts of Garza County located within three miles of the high water marks established for Lake Alan Henry...
- Texas Section 231.133 - Zoning Regulations Generally
(a) The commissioners court of a county in which an area subject to this subchapter is located may regulate in that area: (1) the height,...
- Texas Section 231.134 - Compliance With Comprehensive Plan
Zoning regulations must be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan and must be designed to: (1) lessen congestion in the streets and roads; (2)...
- Texas Section 231.135 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the area in the county that is subject to this subchapter into districts of a number, shape, and size...
- Texas Section 231.136 - Zoning Commission
(a) The commissioners court shall appoint a zoning commission. The commission shall recommend boundaries for the original zoning districts and appropriate zoning regulations for each...
- Texas Section 231.137 - Procedure Governing Adoption Of Regulations And District Boundaries
(a) A zoning regulation or zoning district boundary proposed by the zoning commission is not effective until it is adopted by the commissioners court after...
- Texas Section 231.138 - Special Exception
(a) Any of the following persons may petition the commissioners court for a special exception to a zoning regulation adopted by the commissioners court: (1)...
- Texas Section 231.139 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation. (b) A person commits...
- Texas Section 231.140 - Conflict With Other Laws; Exceptions
(a) If a zoning regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a...
SUBCHAPTER I ZONING AND OTHER REGULATION IN EL PASO MISSION TRAIL HISTORICAL AREA
- Texas Section 231.141 - Regulation Of Sam Wahl Recreation Area
(a) The Commissioners Court of Garza County may zone for commercial or residential development the area adjacent to Lake Alan Henry known as the Sam...
- Texas Section 231.171 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the El Paso Mission Trail Historical Area will be frequented for recreational and educational purposes by residents from every...
- Texas Section 231.172 - Area Subject To Regulation
This subchapter applies to the area of land in El Paso County, to be known as the El Paso Mission Trail Historical Area, described by...
- Texas Section 231.173 - Zoning And Other Regulations Generally
The commissioners court of El Paso County may regulate in the El Paso Mission Trail Historical Area: (1) the height, number of stories, and size...
- Texas Section 231.174 - Compliance With Comprehensive Plan
The regulations must be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan and must be designed to: (1) lessen congestion in the streets and roads; (2)...
- Texas Section 231.175 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the El Paso Mission Trail Historical Area into districts of a number, shape, and size the court considers best...
- Texas Section 231.176 - Commission
(a) To exercise the powers authorized by this subchapter, the commissioners court shall appoint a commission. If the county has a planning commission or historic...
- Texas Section 231.177 - Procedures Governing Adoption Of Regulations And District Boundaries
(a) The commissioners court shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing regulations and district boundaries. A regulation or district boundary is not effective until it...
- Texas Section 231.178 - Board Of Adjustment
(a) The commissioners court may provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment. In the regulations adopted under this subchapter, the commissioners court may...
- Texas Section 231.179 - Authority Of Board
(a) The board of adjustment may: (1) hear and decide an appeal that alleges error in an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an...
- Texas Section 231.180 - Appeal To Board
(a) Any of the following persons may appeal to the board of adjustment a decision made by an administrative official: (1) a person aggrieved by...
- Texas Section 231.181 - Judicial Review Of Board Decision
(a) Any of the following persons may present to a court of record a verified petition stating that the decision of the board of adjustment...
- Texas Section 231.182 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter or an order or a regulation adopted under this subchapter. (b) A person commits...
SUBCHAPTER J ZONING AROUND LAKE SOMERVILLE
- Texas Section 231.183 - Conflict With Other Laws; Exceptions
(a) If a regulation adopted under this subchapter requires a greater width or size of a yard, court, or other open space, requires a lower...
- Texas Section 231.201 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Affected county" means Burleson, Milam, Lee, or Washington County. (2) "Lake area" means the area within 5,000 feet of the project...
- Texas Section 231.202 - Lake Somerville Planning Commission
(a) A lake planning commission is established for the lake area in Burleson, Milam, Lee, and Washington counties and is composed of: (1) one resident...
SUBCHAPTER K DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN HOOD COUNTY
- Texas Section 231.203 - Commission Studies; Reports; Hearings
(a) At the request of the commissioners court of an affected county, the lake planning commission shall, or on its own initiative the commission may,...
- Texas Section 231.221 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) all of Hood County is located within the watershed that drains into Lake Granbury and the Brazos River; (2)...
- Texas Section 231.222 - Areas Subject To Regulation
This subchapter applies only to the unincorporated areas of Hood County. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1227, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
- Texas Section 231.223 - Development Regulations Generally
The Commissioners Court of Hood County may regulate: (1) the percentage of a lot that may be occupied or developed; (2) population density; (3) the...
- Texas Section 231.224 - Compliance With County Plan
Development regulations must be: (1) adopted in accordance with a county plan for growth and development of the county; and (2) coordinated with the comprehensive...
- Texas Section 231.225 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the unincorporated area of the county into districts of a number, shape, and size the court considers best for...
- Texas Section 231.226 - Procedure Governing Adoption Of Regulations And District Boundaries
(a) A development regulation adopted under this subchapter is not effective until it is adopted by the commissioners court after a public hearing. Before the...
- Texas Section 231.227 - Development Commission
(a) The commissioners court may appoint a development commission to assist in the implementation and enforcement of development regulations adopted under this subchapter. (b) The...
- Texas Section 231.228 - Special Exception
(a) A person aggrieved by a development regulation adopted under this subchapter may petition the commissioners court or the development commission, if the commissioners court...
- Texas Section 231.229 - Enforcement; Penalty
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter or an order or development regulation adopted under this subchapter. (b) A person commits...
- Texas Section 231.230 - Cooperation With Municipalities
The commissioners court by order may enter into agreements with any municipality located in the county to assist in the implementation and enforcement of development...
SUBCHAPTER L ZONING AROUND FALCON LAKE
- Texas Section 231.231 - Conflict With Other Laws
If a development regulation adopted under this subchapter imposes higher standards than those required under another statute or local order or regulation, the regulation adopted...
- Texas Section 231.251 - Legislative Findings; Purpose
(a) The legislature finds that: (1) the area that surrounds Falcon Lake in Zapata County is frequented for recreational purposes by residents from every part...
- Texas Section 231.252 - Areas Subject To Regulation
This subchapter applies only to the unincorporated area of counties exercising the powers of a Type A municipality located within 25,000 feet of: (1) the...
- Texas Section 231.253 - Falcon Lake Planning Commission
(a) A lake planning commission is established for the area subject to this subchapter. The commission is comprised of: (1) four residents of Zapata County,...
- Texas Section 231.254 - Commission Study And Report; Hearing
(a) At the request of the commissioners court of Zapata County, the lake planning commission shall, or on the commission's own initiative, the commission may,...
- Texas Section 231.255 - Zoning Regulations
After receiving a report from the lake planning commission under Section 231.254, the commissioners court of Zapata County may adopt zoning regulations for the area...
- Texas Section 231.256 - Districts
(a) The commissioners court may divide the area in the county that is subject to this subchapter into districts of a number, shape, and size...
SUBCHAPTER M REGULATION OF COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
- Texas Section 231.257 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies
(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation. (b) A person commits...
- Texas Section 231.281 - Definitions
In this subchapter, "cottage food production operation" and "home" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd...
- Texas Section 231.282 - Certain Zoning Regulations Prohibited
A county zoning ordinance may not prohibit the use of a home for cottage food production operations. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 231.283 - Action For Nuisance Or Other Tort
This subchapter does not affect the right of a person to bring a cause of action under other law against an individual for nuisance or...