General powers and duties.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 33-22
in effectSec. 33-22. - General powers and duties.
(a) The commission shall have all powers of a planning commission as set forth in Chapter 212 of the Texas Local Government Code.
(b) Additionally, the commission shall have the power:
(1) To review and consider studies and plans for the improvement of the city and its extraterritorial jurisdiction with a view to its future development and welfare, and make recommendations for the adoption, amendment, or implementation of such studies and plans.
(2) To act with and assist all other municipal and governmental agencies and especially the city council in formulating and executing proper plans of municipal development.
(3) To select and recommend to the city council routes of transportation corridors and particularly to investigate and recommend the opening, widening or abandoning of streets, or the changing thereof to conform with the city's system, present and future, of streets, avenues, parks and parkways.
(4) To investigate, consider and report to the city council upon the layout or platting of new subdivisions of the city or of property adjacent to or near the city when requested by the city council to do so, and to perform all duties imposed upon planning and development commissions by chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances, Houston, Texas and the statutes of the state.
(5) To recommend plans to the city council in agreement with the director of the parks and recreation department for improving, developing, expanding and beautifying the parks, parkways, bayous and streams in or adjoining the city and to cooperate with the city council and the other agencies of the city in devising, establishing, locating, improving, selecting, expanding and maintaining the public parks, parkways and places for public recreation.
(6) In conjunction with the traffic and transportation division of Houston Public Works, or a city department charged with that responsibility, to make recommendations to the city council concerning traffic regulation and control which directly affect the proper functioning of the planning and development programs adopted by the city council.
(7) Generally to investigate, consider and recommend to the city council all matters for the development and advancement of the city's physical layout and appearance.
(8) To recommend to the city council such capital improvements or other programs as the commission shall consider necessary to accommodate the present or future parking needs of the city.
(9) To conduct studies of the current or anticipated parking needs of the city or any locale as the commission shall deem necessary or advisable and to report its findings on such matters to the city council.
(10) To provide a forum for input on present and future parking needs and related issues for stakeholders and other interested parties.
(Ord. No. 91-63, § 3, 1-9-91; Ord. No. 93-514, § 53, 5-5-93; Ord. No. 2010-683, § 4, 8-25-2010; Ord. No. 2015-513, § 4, 6-3-2015; Ord. No. 2018-11, § 50, 1-10-2018)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH33PLDE_ARTIIPLCO_S33-22GEPODUFetched: 10/26/2026