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TX Loc Govt Code § 216.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.006. Compensation for Relocated Sign

Sec. 216.006.  COMPENSATION FOR RELOCATED SIGN.  The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be relocated include the expenses of dismantling the sign, transporting it to another site, and reerecting it.  The board shall determine the compensable costs according to the standards applicable in a proceeding under Chapter 21, Property Code.  In addition, the municipality shall issue to the owner of the sign an appropriate permit or other authority to operate a substitute sign of the same type at an alternative site of substantially equivalent value.  Whether an alternative site is of substantially equivalent value is determined by standards generally accepted in the outdoor advertising industry, including visibility, traffic count, and demographic factors.  The municipality shall compensate the owner for any increased operating costs, including increased rent, at the new location.  The owner is responsible for designating an alternative site where the erection of the sign would be in compliance with the sign ordinance.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.007. Compensation for Reconstructed Sign

Sec. 216.007.  COMPENSATION FOR RECONSTRUCTED SIGN.  The compensable costs for a sign that is required to be reconstructed include expenses of labor and materials and any loss in the value of the sign due to the reconstruction in excess of 15 percent of that value.  The board shall determine the compensable costs according to standards applicable in a proceeding under Chapter 21, Property Code.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.008. Compensation for Removal of Off-Premise Sign

Sec. 216.008.  COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF OFF-PREMISE SIGN.  (a)  For an off-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining the average annual gross revenue received by the owner from the sign during the two years preceding September 1, 1985, or the two years preceding the month in which the removal date of the sign occurs, whichever is less, and by multiplying that amount by three.  If the sign has not been in existence for all of either two-year period, the average annual gross revenue for that period, for the purpose of this computation, is an amount computed by dividing 12 by the number of months that the sign has been in existence, and multiplying that result by the total amount of the gross revenue received for the period that the sign has been in existence.  However, if the sign did not generate revenue for at least one month preceding September 1, 1985, this computation of compensable costs is to be made using only the average annual gross revenue received during the two years preceding the month in which the removal date of the sign occurs, and by multiplying that amount by three.  In determining the amounts under this paragraph, a sign is treated as if it were in existence for the entire month if it was in existence for more than 15 days of the month and is treated as if it were not in existence for any part of the month if it was in existence for 15 or fewer days of the month.(b)  The owner of the real property on which the sign was located is entitled to be compensated for any decrease in the value of the real property.  The compensable cost is to be determined by the board according to standards applicable in a proceeding under Chapter 21, Property Code.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.009. Compensation for Removal of On-Premise Sign

Sec. 216.009.  COMPENSATION FOR REMOVAL OF ON-PREMISE SIGN.  For an on-premise sign that is required to be removed, the compensable cost is an amount computed by determining a reasonable balance between the original cost of the sign, less depreciation, and the current replacement cost of the sign, less an adjustment for the present age and condition of the sign.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.011. Tax Appraisal of Property With Nonconforming Sign

Sec. 216.011.  TAX APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY WITH NONCONFORMING SIGN.  For each nonconforming sign, the board shall file with the appropriate property tax appraisal office the board's compensable costs value appraisal of the sign.  The appraisal office shall consider the board's appraisal when the office, for property tax purposes, determines the appraised value of the real property to which the sign is attached.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.012. Special Provisions for Signs Under Sign Ordinance in Effect on June 1, 1985

Sec. 216.012.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SIGNS UNDER SIGN ORDINANCE IN EFFECT ON JUNE 1, 1985.  (a)  This section applies to compensation for the required relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign under a municipal ordinance in effect on June 1, 1985, that provided for compensation to the sign owner under an amortization plan.(b)  For a nonconforming sign erected after September 1, 1985, or for a sign in place on that date that later is made nonconforming by an extension of or strengthening of an ordinance that was in effect on June 1, 1985, and that provided an amortization plan, the amortization period is the entire useful life of the sign.  If it has not already done so, the board shall determine the entire useful life of signs by type or category, such as mono-pole signs, metal signs, and wood signs.  The useful life may not be solely determined by the natural life expectancy of a sign.(c)  Compensation for the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign that, on September 1, 1985, was not in compliance with the sign ordinance shall be made in accordance with the applicable procedures of Section 6, Chapter 221, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (Article 1015o, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and that law is continued in effect for this purpose.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.013. Exceptions

Sec. 216.013.  EXCEPTIONS.  (a)  The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that was erected in violation of local ordinances, laws, or regulations applicable at the time of its erection.(b)  The requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a sign that, having been permitted to remain in place as a nonconforming use, is required to be removed by a municipality because the sign, or a substantial part of it, is blown down or otherwise destroyed or dismantled for any purpose other than maintenance operations or for changing the letters, symbols, or other matter on the sign.(c)  For purposes of Subsection (b), a sign or substantial part of it is considered to have been destroyed only if the cost of repairing the sign is more than 60 percent of the cost of erecting a new sign of the same type at the same location.(d)  This subchapter does not limit or restrict the compensation provisions of the highway beautification provisions contained in Chapter 391, Transportation Code.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 284(82), eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.219, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.014. Appeal

Sec. 216.014.  APPEAL.  (a)  Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board may file in district court a verified petition setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality.  The petition must be filed within 20 days after the date the decision is rendered by the board.(b)  On the filing of the petition, the court may issue a writ of certiorari directed to the board to review the decision of the board and shall prescribe in the writ the time within which a return must be made, which must be longer than 10 days and may be extended by the court.(c)  The board is not required to return the original papers acted on by it, but it shall be sufficient to return certified or sworn copies of the papers.  The return must concisely set forth all other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds of the decision appealed from and must be verified.(d)  The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the decision brought up for review.(e)  Costs may not be allowed against the board unless it appears to the court that the board acted with gross negligence, in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision appealed from.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter A. Relocation, Reconstruction, or Removal of Sign|Section 216.015. Effect of Partial Invalidity

Sec. 216.015.  EFFECT OF PARTIAL INVALIDITY.  (a)  The legislature declares that it would not have enacted the following without the inclusion of Section 216.010(a), to the extent that provision excludes methods of compensation not specifically authorized by that provision:(1)  this subchapter;(2)  Section 216.902;(3)  Article 2, Chapter 221, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985 (codified as Chapter 394, Transportation Code);  and(4)  the amendments made to Section 3, Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act (codified as Chapter 312, Tax Code) by Article 4, Chapter 221, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985.(b)  If that exclusion of alternative methods of compensation is held invalid for any reason by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, the enactments described by Subsection (a) are void.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.220, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.901 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 216.901. Regulation of Signs by Home-Rule Municipality

Sec. 216.901.  REGULATION OF SIGNS BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.  (a)  A home-rule municipality may license, regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards by charter or ordinance.(b)  Subsection (a) does not authorize a municipality to regulate the relocation, reconstruction, or removal of a sign in violation of Subchapter A.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 216.902 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 216 - Regulation of Signs by Municipalities|Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 216.902. Regulation of Outdoor Signs in Municipality's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

Sec. 216.902.  REGULATION OF OUTDOOR SIGNS IN MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.  (a)  A municipality may extend the provisions of its outdoor sign regulatory ordinance and enforce the ordinance within its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction as defined by Chapter 42.  However, any municipality, in lieu of the regulatory ordinances, may allow the Texas Transportation Commission to regulate outdoor signs in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by filing a written notice with the commission.(b)  If a municipality extends its outdoor sign ordinance within its area of extraterritorial jurisdiction, the municipal ordinance supersedes the regulations imposed by or adopted under Chapter 394, Transportation Code.(c)  The authority granted to a municipality by this section to extend its outdoor sign ordinance does not apply to:(1)  on-premises signs in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities in a county described by Section 394.063, Transportation Code, if the circumstances described by that section occur;(2)  on-premises signs in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction in a county that borders a county described by that law;  and(3)  on-premises signs in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more that are located in a county that is adjacent to the county in which the majority of the land of the municipality is located.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 54(f), eff. Aug. 28, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 482, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(48), eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.221, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter A. Regulation by Type a General-Law Municipality|Section 217.001. Municipality Covered by Subchapter

Sec. 217.001.  MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter A. Regulation by Type a General-Law Municipality|Section 217.002. Nuisance

Sec. 217.002.  NUISANCE.  The governing body of the municipality may:(1)  abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the person responsible for the nuisance;(2)  define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance;  and(3)  abate in any manner the governing body considers expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the public health or comfort.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter A. Regulation by Type a General-Law Municipality|Section 217.003. Disorderly Conduct

Sec. 217.003.  DISORDERLY CONDUCT.  (a)  The governing body of the municipality may prevent and may punish a person engaging in:(1)  trespass or breach of the peace;(2)  assault, battery, fighting, or quarreling;(3)  use of abusive, obscene, profane, or insulting language;  or(4)  other disorderly conduct.(b)  The governing body may suppress or prevent any riot, affray, noise, disturbance, or disorderly assembly in any public or private place in the municipality.(c)  The governing body may restrain or prohibit the firing of firecrackers or guns, the use of a bicycle or similar conveyance, the use of a firework or similar material, or any other amusement or practice tending to annoy persons passing on a street or sidewalk.(d)  The governing body may restrain or prohibit the ringing of bells, blowing of horns, hawking of goods, or any other noise, practice, or performance directed to persons on a street or sidewalk by an auctioneer or other person for the purpose of business, amusement, or otherwise.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter B. Regulation by Type B General-Law Municipality|Section 217.021. Municipality Covered by Subchapter

Sec. 217.021.  MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter B. Regulation by Type B General-Law Municipality|Section 217.022. Nuisance

Sec. 217.022.  NUISANCE.  The governing body of the municipality shall prevent to the extent practicable any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and shall have each nuisance removed at the expense of the person who is responsible for the nuisance or who owns the property on which the nuisance exists.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter C. Regulation by Home-Rule Municipality|Section 217.041. Municipality Covered by Subchapter

Sec. 217.041.  MUNICIPALITY COVERED BY SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 217.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 217 - Municipal Regulation of Nuisances and Disorderly Conduct|Subchapter C. Regulation by Home-Rule Municipality|Section 217.042. Nuisance

Sec. 217.042.  NUISANCE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.(b)  The municipality may enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summarily abate and remove a nuisance.(c)  The municipality may not define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the limits of the municipality.|Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1212 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Loc Govt Code § 229.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Local Government Code|Title 7 - Regulation of Land Use, Structures, Businesses, and Related Activities|Subtitle A - Municipal Regulatory Authority|Chapter 229 - Miscellaneous Regulatory Authority of Municipalities|Subchapter A. Regulation of Firearms, Knives, and Explosives|Section 229.002. Regulation of Discharge of Weapon

Sec. 229.002.  REGULATION OF DISCHARGE OF WEAPON.  A municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:(1)  a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:(A)  on a tract of land of 10 acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and(B)  in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or(2)  a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:(A)  on a tract of land of 50 acres or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and(B)  in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 18 (S.B. 734), Sec. 4, eff. May 3, 2005.|