<P> Houston remains an exception within the United States because it never adopted a zoning ordinance . However , strong support existed for zoning in Houston among elements within municipal government and among the city 's elites during the 1920s . In 1924 , Mayor Oscar Holcombe , appointed the first funded City Planning Commission . City Council voted in favor of hiring S. Herbert Hare of Hare and Hare as a planning consultant . Following the passage of a state zoning enabling statute in 1927 , Holcombe appointed Will Hogg to chair a new City Planning Commission . Will Hogg was a co-founder of the River Oaks development , the son of a former Texas Governor and an heir to family oil wealth . By 1929 , both Hare and Hogg abandoned efforts to push the zoning ordinance to a referendum . In their estimation , there was not enough support for it . Hogg resigned as chair of the City Planning Commission that year . In 1930 , Hogg died while vacationing in Germany . </P>
<P> Houston remains an exception within the United States because it never adopted a zoning ordinance . However , strong support existed for zoning in Houston among elements within municipal government and among the city 's elites during the 1920s . In 1924 , Mayor Oscar Holcombe , appointed the first funded City Planning Commission . City Council voted in favor of hiring S. Herbert Hare of Hare and Hare as a planning consultant . Following the passage of a state zoning enabling statute in 1927 , Holcombe appointed Will Hogg to chair a new City Planning Commission . Will Hogg was a co-founder of the River Oaks development , the son of a former Texas Governor and an heir to family oil wealth . By 1929 , both Hare and Hogg abandoned efforts to push the zoning ordinance to a referendum . In their estimation , there was not enough support for it . Hogg resigned as chair of the City Planning Commission that year . In 1930 , Hogg died while vacationing in Germany . </P>
name the one major city in texas that has no zoning ordinances
name the one major city in texas that has no zoning ordinances
Houston
Houston