Title: 
Headings: Land Use Regulation for Texas Cities
Land
 
Use
 
Regulation
 
for
 
Texas
 
Cities
 

I.
 
 
Zoning
 


 
 
What
 
goes
 
into
 
a
 
zoning
 
ordinance?
 

B.
 
Planning
 
and
 
Zoning
 
Commission
 

C.
 
 
Procedural
 
Requirements
 

D.
 
 
Zoning
 
Board
 
of
 
Adjustment
 

E.
 
 
Moratorium
 
on
 
Continued
 
Development
 

II.
 

Subdivision
 

III.
 

Annexation
 

IV.
 

Development
 
Agreements
 
(ETJ)
 

V.
 
 
Other
 
Land
 
Use
 
Authority
 

A.
 
 
Alcohol
 
Regulation
 

B.
 
Sexually
 
Oriented
 
Businesses
 

C.
 
 
Tax
 
Increment
 
Financing
 
(TIF)
 
Zone
 

VI.
 

Vested
 
Rights
 


 
 
Nonconforming
 
use
 

B.
 
 
Chapter
 
245
 
of
 
the
 
Texas
 
Local
 
Government
 
Code
 
(“Vested
 
Rights
 
Statute”)
 

C.
 
 
Legal
 
Use
 
Prior
 
to
 
Annexation
 


 
43.002.
 
Continuation
 
of
 
Land
 
Use
 

APPENDIX
 
“A”
 


Content: Most
  
cities
  
adopt
  
their
 
comprehensive
 
plan
 
after
 
receiving
 
input
 
from
  
various
 
citizens’
 
groups
 
and
 
other
 
stakeholders. If
  
a
  
city
  
wants
  
to
  
amend
  
its
  
zoning
  
ordinance
  
in
  
a
  
way
  
that
  
conflicts
  
with
  
the
  
comprehensive
 
plan,
 
the
 
city
 
must
 
first
 
amend
 
the
 
comprehensive
 
plan
 
before
 
it
 
can
 
amend
 
its
 
zoning
 
ordinance. It
 
is
 
prudent
 
for
 
a
 
city
 
to
 
review
 
and
 
update
 
its
 
comprehensive
 
plan
 
periodically. Most
 
zoning
 
ordinances
 
contain
 
the
 
same
 
basic
 
elements: (1)
 
general
 
definitions; (2)
 
land
 
use
 
definitions; (3)
 
land
 
use
 
districts; (4)
 
administrative
 
provisions; (5)
 
development
 
standards; and
 
penalty
 
and
 
enforcement
 
provisions.