{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.119","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 352.119","heading":"LIMITATION ON SPECIFIC COUNTY STANDARDS.","body":"(a) A county may not impose under this subchapter specific standards relating to vehicular gate widths, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, or building numbers that exceed the requirements for new gated communities or new multi-unit housing projects contained in the municipal ordinances of:\n(1) the municipality within whose extraterritorial jurisdiction the gated community or multi-unit housing project is located; or\n(2) the municipality nearest, on a straight line, to the boundary of the gated community or multi-unit housing project, if the community or project is not within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.\n(b) The county fire marshal or other authority with fire-fighting jurisdiction may adopt reasonable standards relating to vehicular gate width, obstacle-free driveway aprons or entrances, pedestrian gate locations, and building numbers if the appropriate municipality described by Subsection (a) has not adopted applicable standards.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 111, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 681 (S.B. 200), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 352. COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER E. GATED COMMUNITIES AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING PROJECTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.352.htm#352.119","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"67027b998d38c5e708a878767da8f4324c653d0078b907e615abf534fc2a1e69","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.118","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-352.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}