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Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 213.002. Comprehensive Plan

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

(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt a comprehensive plan for the long-range development of the municipality. A municipality may define the content and design of a comprehensive plan.

(b) A comprehensive plan may:

(1) include but is not limited to provisions on land use, transportation, and public facilities;

(2) consist of a single plan or a coordinated set of plans organized by subject and geographic area; and

(3) be used to coordinate and guide the establishment of development regulations.

(c) A municipality may define, in its charter or by ordinance, the relationship between a comprehensive plan and development regulations and may provide standards for determining the consistency required between a plan and development regulations.

(d) Land use assumptions adopted in a manner that complies with Subchapter C, Chapter 395,  1 may be incorporated in a comprehensive plan.

1 V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 395.041 et seq.
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