Texas Local Government Code

§ 211.006 — PROCEDURES GOVERNING ADOPTION OF ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

LG § 211.006Title 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES · Part A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY · Ch. 211. MUNICIPAL ZONING AUTHORITY · Art. A. GENERAL ZONING REGULATIONS

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(a)The governing body of a municipality wishing to exercise the authority relating to zoning regulations and zoning district boundaries shall establish procedures for adopting and enforcing the regulations and boundaries. A regulation or boundary is not effective until after a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. Before the 15th day before the date of the hearing, notice of the time and place of the hearing must be:

(1)published in an official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality; and

(2)if the municipality maintains an Internet website, published on the municipality's Internet website. (a-1) In addition to any notice required by this section or Section 211.007, the governing body of a municipality or a zoning commission, as applicable, shall provide written notice of each public hearing regarding any proposed adoption of or change to a zoning regulation or boundary under which a current conforming use of a property is a nonconforming use if the regulation or boundary is adopted or changed. The notice must:

(1)be mailed by United States mail or delivered electronically to each owner of real or business personal property where the proposed nonconforming use is located as indicated by the most recently approved municipal tax roll and each occupant of the property not later than the 10th day before the hearing date;

(2)contain the time and place of the hearing; and

(3)include the following text in bold 14-point type or larger: "THE [MUNICIPALITY NAME] IS HOLDING A HEARING THAT WILL DETERMINE WHETHER YOU MAY LOSE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE USING YOUR PROPERTY FOR ITS CURRENT USE. PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY."

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 929), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 460 (H.B. 4506), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 909 (H.B. 24), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 909 (H.B. 24), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 909 (H.B. 24), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2025.