Tex. Local Government Code § 352.119
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 352.119, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 352.119. LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS.
Official statutory text
(a) A county may not impose under this subchapter specific standards relating to vehicular gate widths, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, or building numbers that exceed the requirements for new gated communities or new multi-unit housing projects contained in the municipal ordinances of:
(1) the municipality within whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the gated community or multi-unit housing project is located; or
(2) the municipality nearest, on a straight line, to the boundary of the gated community or multi-unit housing project, if the community or project is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
(b) The county fire marshal or other authority with fire-fighting jurisdiction may adopt reasonable standards relating to vehicular gate width, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, and building numbers if the appropriate municipality described by Subsection (a) has not adopted applicable standards.
(1) the municipality within whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the gated community or multi-unit housing project is located; or
(2) the municipality nearest, on a straight line, to the boundary of the gated community or multi-unit housing project, if the community or project is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
(b) The county fire marshal or other authority with fire-fighting jurisdiction may adopt reasonable standards relating to vehicular gate width, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, and building numbers if the appropriate municipality described by Subsection (a) has not adopted applicable standards.
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