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Consider an ordinance repealing certain exterior architectural standards in accordance with approved House Bill 2439.
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DATE: September 5, 2019
TO: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Dr. Ray Shanaa, Executive Director of Planning and Development
SUBJECT: Ordinance repealing certain exterior architectural standards in accordance with approved House Bill 2439
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Texas Legislature recently passed H.B. 2439 providing that a city may not adopt or enforce a rule, charter provision, ordinance, order, building code, or other regulation that:
(a) prohibits or limits, directly or indirectly, the use or installation of a building product or material in the construction, renovation, maintenance, or other alteration of a residential or commercial building if the building product or material is approved for use by a national model code published within the last three code cycles that applies to the construction, renovation, maintenance, or other alteration of the building; or
(b) establishes a standard for a building product, material, or aesthetic method in construction, renovation, maintenance, or other alteration of a residential or commercial building if the standard is more stringent than a standard for the product, material, or aesthetic method under a national model code published within the last three code cycles that applies to the construction, renovation, maintenance, or other alteration of the building.
The bill was signed by the Governor in June and is effective on September 1, 2019.
Chapter 31 of the Code of Ordinances currently contains ten (10) different zoning districts that require masonry exterior architectural standards; additionally, the “NBD” Neighborhood Business District contains window glazing requirements. The ten (10) affected zoning districts are as follows:
§ “SR-2” Suburban Residential Single-Family District
§ “SR-1” Suburban Residential Single-Family District
§ “SF-2” Single-Fa...
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