Bill Text: TX HB2198 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to building height restrictions in certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-06 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2198 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2198-Introduced.html

	88R5531 MP-F

	By: Hefner	H.B. No. 2198



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to building height restrictions in certain
	municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 214, Local Government
	Code, is amended by adding Section 214.908 to read as follows:
	Sec. 214.908. LIMITATION ON BUILDING HEIGHT RESTRICTION.
	(a) This section applies only to a municipality with a population
	of more than 725,000.
	(b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance,
	regulation, or other measure that limits the height of a building on
	a lot based on the lot's proximity to another lot that is located
	more than 50 feet from the original lot.
	(c) The prohibition described by Subsection (b) applies to a
	zoning regulation that limits the maximum building height
	authorized for a lot.
	(d) For purposes of this section, the proximity of a lot to
	another lot is measured along the shortest straight line between
	each lot's lot line.
	(e) This section does not affect the application of any
	restriction imposed by Chapter 3151, Government Code.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.