Title LG, Local Government Code

Sec. 215.032. EXHIBITIONS; SHOWS; AMUSEMENTS. (a) The governing body of the municipality may license, tax, suppress, prevent, or otherwise regulate keepers of theatrical or other exhibitions, shows, or amusements. (b) The governing body may license, tax, or otherwise regulate: (1…

Sec. 215.033. LICENSES; FEES. (a) The governing body of the municipality may authorize the proper municipal officer to grant and issue licenses, direct the manner of issuing and registering licenses, and set the fees to be paid for licenses. (b) A license may not be issued for a …

Sec. 215.034. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF OCCUPATION LICENSE. (a) A judge of the municipal court, in addition to imposing a fine, may institute proceedings to suspend or revoke the license of a person if: (1) the person is required, by law or by a municipal ordinance adopted unde…

Sec. 215.051. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 215.052. MARKETS. The governing body of the municipality may establish markets. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY

Sec. 215.071. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 215.072. DAIRIES; SLAUGHTERHOUSES. The municipality may inspect dairies, slaughterhouses, or slaughter pens, in or outside the municipal limits, from which milk or meat is furnished to the residents of the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 19…

Sec. 215.073. VEHICLES FOR HIRE. The municipality may license, fix the charges or fares made by, or otherwise regulate any person who owns, operates, or controls any type of vehicle used on the public streets or alleys of the municipality for carrying passengers or freight for co…

Sec. 215.0735. OPERATORS OF VEHICLES. The municipality may prescribe the qualifications of an operator of a vehicle that uses the public streets in the municipality. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 215.0735 …

Sec. 215.074. THEATERS; SHOWS; AMUSEMENTS. The municipality may regulate the location and conduct of: (1) theaters; (2) movie theaters; (3) bowling alleys; and (4) other places of public amusements. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 215.075. POLICE POWER. The municipality may license any lawful business or occupation that is subject to the police power of the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 216.001. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (a) This subchapter is not intended to require a municipality to provide for the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of any sign in the municipality, nor is it intended to prohibit a municipality from requiring the relocation, reconstruction, …

Sec. 216.002. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Sign" means an outdoor structure, sign, display, light device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform. (2) "On-premise sign" means…

Sec. 216.003. MUNICIPAL REGULATION. (a) Subject to the requirements of this subchapter, a municipality may require the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of any sign within its corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the ow…

Sec. 216.0035. REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOT APPLICABLE TO ON-PREMISES SIGNS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. The authority granted to a municipality by this subchapter to require the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of signs does not apply to: (1) on-premises signs in the extraterr…

Sec. 216.004. MUNICIPAL BOARD. (a) If a municipality requires the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign within its corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction, the presiding officer of the governing body of the municipality shall appoint a municipal board on sign…

Sec. 216.005. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION. (a) The municipal board on sign control shall determine the amount of the compensation to which the owner of a sign that is required to be relocated, reconstructed, or removed is entitled. The determination shall be made afte…

Sec. 216.006. COMPENSATION FOR RELOCATED SIGN. The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be relocated include the expenses of dismantling the sign, transporting it to another site, and reerecting it. The board shall determine the compensable costs according to the stan…

Sec. 216.007. COMPENSATION FOR RECONSTRUCTED SIGN. The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be reconstructed include expenses of labor and materials and any loss in the value of the sign due to the reconstruction in excess of 15 percent of that value. The board shall …

Sec. 216.008. COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF OFF-PREMISE SIGN. (a) For an off-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining the average annual gross revenue received by the owner from the sign during the two years preceding Se…

Sec. 216.009. COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF ON-PREMISE SIGN. For an on-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining a reasonable balance between the original cost of the sign, less depreciation, and the current replacement c…

Sec. 216.010. METHOD OF COMPENSATION. (a) To pay the compensable costs required under this subchapter, the governing body of a municipality may use only a method, or a combination of the methods, prescribed by this section. (b) If any sign is required to be relocated or reconstru…

Sec. 216.011. TAX APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY WITH NONCONFORMING SIGN. For each nonconforming sign, the board shall file with the appropriate property tax appraisal office the board's compensable costs value appraisal of the sign. The appraisal office shall consider the board's apprais…

Sec. 216.012. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SIGNS UNDER SIGN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1, 1985. (a) This section applies to compensation for the required relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign under a municipal ordinance in effect on June 1, 1985, that provided for compensat…

Sec. 216.013. EXCEPTIONS. (a) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that was erected in violation of local ordinances, laws, or regulations applicable at the time of its erection. (b) The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that, having bee…

Sec. 216.014. APPEAL. (a) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board may file in district court a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be filed within 20 days after …

Sec. 216.015. EFFECT OF PARTIAL INVALIDITY. (a) The legislature declares that it would not have enacted the following without the inclusion of Section 216.010(a), to the extent that provision excludes methods of compensation not specifically authorized by that provision: (1) this…

Sec. 216.901. REGULATION OF SIGNS BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (a) A home-rule municipality may license, regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards by charter or ordinance. (b) Subsection (a) does not authorize a municipality to regulate the relocation, reco…

Sec. 216.902. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS IN MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. (a) A municipality may extend the provisions of its outdoor sign regulatory ordinance and enforce the ordinance within its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction as defined by Chapter 42. Ho…

Sec. 217.001. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 217.002. NUISANCE. The governing body of the municipality may: (1) abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the person responsible for the nuisance; (2) define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance; and (…

Sec. 217.003. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. (a) The governing body of the municipality may prevent and may punish a person engaging in: (1) trespass or breach of the peace; (2) assault, battery, fighting, or quarreling; (3) use of abusive, obscene, profane, or insulting language; or (4) ot…

Sec. 217.021. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 217.022. NUISANCE. The governing body of the municipality shall prevent to the extent practicable any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and shall have each nuisance removed at the expense of the person who is responsible for the nuisance or who owns the property…

Sec. 217.041. MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Sec. 217.042. NUISANCE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits. (b) The municipality may enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summari…

Sec. 218.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Heavy industrial use" means a storage, processing, or manufacturing use: (A) with processes using flammable or explosive materials; (B) with hazardous conditions; or (C) that is noxious or offensive from odors, smoke, noise, fumes,…

Sec. 218.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a municipality with a population greater than 150,000 that is wholly or partly located in a county with a population greater than 300,000. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 778 (S.B. 840), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, …

Sec. 218.003. NO EFFECT ON OTHER RESTRICTIONS AND RULES. 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 wa…

Sec. 218.101. MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), a municipality shall allow mixed-use residential use and development or multifamily residential use and development in a zoning classific…

Sec. 218.102. REGULATION OF MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE OR DEVELOPMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, zoning restriction, or other regulation that: (1) imposes on a mixed-use residential or multi…

Sec. 218.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "permit" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.001. 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.

Sec. 218.202. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a building or the structural components of the building that: (1) is being used for office, retail, or warehouse use; (2) is proposed to be converted from nonresidential occupancy to mixed-use residential or multifamily…

Sec. 218.203. CERTAIN REGULATIONS PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not, in connection with the use, development, construction, or occupancy of a building proposed to be converted to mixed-use residential or multifamily residential use, require: (1) th…

Sec. 218.204. IMPACT FEE PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality may not impose an impact fee, as defined by Section 395.001, on land where a building has been converted to mixed-use residential or multifamily residential use unless the land on which the buildin…

Sec. 218.301. CIVIL ACTION. (a) In this section, "housing organization" means a: (1) trade or industry group organized under the laws of this state consisting of local members primarily engaged in the construction or management of housing units; (2) nonprofit organization organiz…