Texas § 352.119 LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS.

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§ 352.119 — LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS.

Texas § 352.119

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 352.119 (2026).

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Sec. 352.119. LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS.

(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 jurisdic

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Sec. 352.119. LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS. (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.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 111, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 681 (S.B. 200 ), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2005.