Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 352.115. Additional Accessibility Requirements

(a) In a gated community or multi-unit housing project that has one or more vehicular gates:

(b) The county fire marshal or other authority shall waive the vehicular gate width requirements of Subsection (a) for a multi-unit housing project completed before January 1, 2002, if the requirements cannot readily be met because of space limitations or excessive cost.  For purposes of this subsection, $6,000 per entrance based on the value of the dollar on January 1, 2000, is considered an excessive cost for expanding gate width and achieving an obstacle-free driveway apron or entrance.

(c) A pedestrian gate in a gated community or multi-unit housing project must be located so as to provide firefighters, law enforcement officers, and other emergency personnel reasonable access to each building.

(d) This section does not require a multi-unit housing project to have a vehicular gate or a pedestrian gate.