Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 218.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
NO EFFECT ON OTHER RESTRICTIONS AND RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter does not affect the authority of a municipality to:
(1) apply the municipality's regulations on short-term rental units to a mixed-use residential or multifamily residential development;
(2) adopt or enforce water quality protection regulations to implement or comply with water quality requirements under state or federal law, including Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code;
(3) adopt or enforce a density bonus program or other voluntary program that allows for site development standards that are less restrictive than the standards described by this chapter; or
(4) apply the following regulations that are generally applicable to other developments in the municipality:
(A) except as otherwise provided by this chapter:
(i) sewer and water access requirements; or
(ii) building codes;
(B) stormwater mitigation requirements; or
(C) regulations related to historic preservation, including protecting historic landmarks or property in the boundaries of a local historic district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 778 (S.B. 840), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1026 (S.B. 2477), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.218.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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