Land Use Standards in Unincorporated Areas: Proposed State Legislation for Local Governments

This report of the Texas Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations surveys the need for development controls in unincorporated areas and presents the Commission's recommendations. The Commission recommends legislation which would authorize cities to extend by ordinance construction standards to areas in their extraterritorial jurisdiction. Two additional bills are recommended to allow counties to adopt and enforce subdivision standards and construction standards and to allow permissive county zoning.