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Tex. Local Government Code § 211.0035: ZONING REGULATIONS AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES APPLICABLE TO PAWNSHOPS.
Where this section sits in the code
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
- TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
- SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
- CHAPTER 211. MUNICIPAL ZONING AUTHORITY
- SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL ZONING REGULATIONS
(a) In this section, "pawnshop" has the meaning assigned by Section 371.003, Finance Code.
(b) For the purposes of zoning regulation and determination of zoning district boundaries, the governing body of a municipality shall designate pawnshops that have been licensed to transact business by the Consumer Credit Commissioner under Chapter 371, Finance Code, as a permitted use in one or more zoning classifications.
(c) The governing body of a municipality may not impose a specific use permit requirement or any requirement similar in effect to a specific use permit requirement on a pawnshop that has been licensed to transact business by the Consumer Credit Commissioner under Chapter 371, Finance Code.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 687, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.81, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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