Tex. Local Government Code § 212.207
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 212.207, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 212.207. PARKLAND DEDICATION AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) A municipality may not require a parkland dedication, impose a parkland dedication fee, or both require the dedication and impose the fee for any commercial use. For the purpose of this section, a commercial use does not include a multifamily, hotel, or motel use.
(b) If a plan application submitted to a municipality proposes development of the land subject to the application that includes both multifamily, hotel, or motel and commercial uses, the municipality shall determine the amount of a parkland dedication based only on the pro rata portion of the land proposed for multifamily, hotel, or motel use.
(b) If a plan application submitted to a municipality proposes development of the land subject to the application that includes both multifamily, hotel, or motel and commercial uses, the municipality shall determine the amount of a parkland dedication based only on the pro rata portion of the land proposed for multifamily, hotel, or motel use.
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