Tex. Local Government Code § 218.101
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 218.101, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 218.101. MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES ALLOWED.
Official statutory text
(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 classification that allows office, commercial, retail, warehouse, or mixed-use use or development as an allowed use under the classification.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), a municipality may not require the change of a zoning district or land use classification or regulation or an approval of an amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation prior to allowing a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development in an area covered by a zoning classification described by Subsection (a). An amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation includes a special exception, zoning variance, site development variance, subdivision variance, conditional use approval, special use permit, comprehensive plan amendment, or other discretionary approval to allow a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) a zoning classification that allows heavy industrial use;
(2) land located within:
(A) 1,000 feet of an existing heavy industrial use or development site; or
(B) 3,000 feet of an airport or military base; or
(3) an area designated by a municipality as a clear zone or accident potential zone.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Subsection (c), a municipality may not require the change of a zoning district or land use classification or regulation or an approval of an amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation prior to allowing a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development in an area covered by a zoning classification described by Subsection (a). An amendment, exception, or variance to a zoning district or land use classification or regulation includes a special exception, zoning variance, site development variance, subdivision variance, conditional use approval, special use permit, comprehensive plan amendment, or other discretionary approval to allow a mixed-use residential use or development or multifamily residential use or development.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) a zoning classification that allows heavy industrial use;
(2) land located within:
(A) 1,000 feet of an existing heavy industrial use or development site; or
(B) 3,000 feet of an airport or military base; or
(3) an area designated by a municipality as a clear zone or accident potential zone.
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