Sec. 241.017. PROCEDURAL LIMITATIONS APPLYING TO ADOPTION OF ZONING REGULATIONS. (a) The governing body of a political subdivision may not hold a public hearing or take other action concerning an airport zoning regulation until it receives the final report of the airport zoning commission.
(b) An airport zoning regulation may not be adopted except by action of the governing body of the political subdivision or a joint airport zoning board after the political subdivision or joint airport zoning board holds a public hearing on the matter at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard.
(c) Before the 15th day before the date of a hearing under Subsection (b), notice of the hearing must be published in an official newspaper or a newspaper of general circulation in each political subdivision in which the area to be zoned is located.
(d) A procedural requirement adopted or applied by a political subdivision, including any requirement in the charter of a home-rule municipality, that imposes a waiting period before the adoption of a zoning regulation or requires the submission of a zoning regulation to a binding referendum election does not apply to this chapter.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 697, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 190 (S.B. 1360), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities
Subtitle C - Regulatory Authority Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 241 - Municipal and County Zoning Authority Around Airports
Subchapter B. Adoption of Airport Zoning Regulations
Section 241.011. Airport Hazard Area Zoning Regulations
Section 241.012. Airport Compatible Land Use Zoning Regulations
Section 241.014. Joint Airport Zoning Board
Section 241.015. Incorporation of Airport Zoning Regulation Into Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
Section 241.016. Airport Zoning Commission
Section 241.017. Procedural Limitations Applying to Adoption of Zoning Regulations
Section 241.018. Reasonableness of Airport Zoning Regulations