Compliance with Public Chapter No. 1090: New Potential Limitations on Municipal Planning and Zoning Authority Outside the City Limits
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Key Takeaways
Public Chapter No. 1090 authorizes county legislative bodies to adopt a resolution voiding and superseding any zoning, subdivision, or building regulations that cities may have outside of their municipal limits.
Communities are, however, authorized to enter into interlocal agreements with one another and with developers for the “winding down” of the municipality’s obligations outside the municipal limits and for other aspects of the planning and zoning process.
The owners of all projects built and constructed within these areas must provide a declaration of whether or not they intend to be annexed.