Sec. 342.012. DESIGNATION OF FIRE LIMITS; REMOVAL OR DESTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES. (a) A home-rule municipality may establish fire limits and may prescribe the kind and character of structures and other improvements erected within those limits.
(b) The municipality may provide for the erection of fireproof buildings within certain limits and may condemn dangerous buildings or other structures, dilapidated buildings, or buildings considered to increase the hazard of fire. The municipality may provide for the manner of the removal or destruction of those buildings or structures.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Municipal Public Safety
Chapter 342 - Municipal Fire Protection
Subchapter B. Provisions Applicable to Home-Rule Municipality
Section 342.011. Fire Department
Section 342.012. Designation of Fire Limits; Removal or Destruction of Structures
Section 342.013. Confiscation of Certain Fireworks Prohibited; Affirmative Defense