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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 211.053. Dwelling Unit Occupancy Requirements

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of § 211.053 as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 841 (S.B. 1567), § 1.  See, also, § 211.053 as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1127 (S.B. 15), § 1. >

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a municipality may not adopt or enforce a zoning ordinance, rule, or other regulation that limits the number of people who may occupy a dwelling unit based on:

(1) age;

(2) familial status;

(3) occupation;

(4) relationship status;  or

(5) whether the occupants are related to each other by a certain degree of affinity or consanguinity.

(b) A municipality may impose a limit on the number of occupants of a dwelling unit that is not more restrictive than:

(1) one occupant per sleeping room with a minimum floor area of 70 square feet;  and

(2) one additional occupant for each additional 50 square feet of floor area in the same sleeping room.

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