Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 231.038. Special Exception

(a) Any of the following persons may petition the commissioners court for a special exception to a zoning regulation adopted by the commissioners court:

(b) The commissioners court shall hold a public hearing on the petition and shall publish notice of the hearing before the 15th day before the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the commissioners court may grant a petition for a special exception by majority vote.

(d) If a proposed special exception to a zoning regulation is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed special exception must receive, in order to take effect, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all members of the commissioners court. The protest must be presented at the hearing and signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of: