Skip to content
Back to Land Use Reform Tracker

State Land Use Enacted Legislation

Bill # State Year Party Topic

HB 1475

TX 2021 R

Provided by Furman

Summary

  • Authorizes the municipal board of adjustment to consider whether compliance with an ordinance as applied to a structure that is the subject of appeal would result in unnecessary hardship if:
    • The financial cost of compliance is greater than 50 percent of the appraised value of the structure;
    • Compliance would result in a loss to the lot of at least 25 percent of the area on which development is authorized;
    • Compliance would conflict with compliance with a municipal ordinance, building code, or other requirement;
    • Compliance would result in unreasonable encroachment on an adjacent property or easement; or
    • The municipality considers the structure to be a nonconforming structure.

Provided by lawmakers

Bill Title

Relating to municipal board of adjustment zoning variances based on unnecessary hardship.

Related resources

Enacted Legislation Related Posts

Research and analysis from the Furman Center on this and related housing policy topics.