Bill Text: TX SB491 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to building height restrictions in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB491-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to building height restrictions in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB491-Introduced.html
88R5531 MP-F | ||
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 491 |
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relating to building height restrictions in certain | ||
municipalities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 214.908 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 214.908. LIMITATION ON BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTION. | ||
(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population | ||
of more than 725,000. | ||
(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, | ||
regulation, or other measure that limits the height of a building on | ||
a lot based on the lot's proximity to another lot that is located | ||
more than 50 feet from the original lot. | ||
(c) The prohibition described by Subsection (b) applies to a | ||
zoning regulation that limits the maximum building height | ||
authorized for a lot. | ||
(d) For purposes of this section, the proximity of a lot to | ||
another lot is measured along the shortest straight line between | ||
each lot's lot line. | ||
(e) This section does not affect the application of any | ||
restriction imposed by Chapter 3151, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |