General.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 33-601
in effectSec. 33-601. - General.
(a) It is the purpose and intent of this article to create a tool for residents to initiate the establishment of a recognized conservation district with standards to preserve, maintain, and protect the physical elements of development, and the community character and heritage of neighborhoods having distinctive characteristics and patterns of development. When a conservation district is initiated by the residents, subject to department capacity, specific regulations will be developed by the residents and the department, put to public meetings and hearings for revisions, and considered and adopted by council to protect and strengthen the neighborhood's desirable and unique physical features and design characteristics, to promote new compatible development, and to encourage the harmonious, orderly, and efficient growth and redevelopment of these Houston neighborhoods.
(b) Due to anticipated interest and in order to effectively evaluate the program, department staff will undertake the implementation of the program in the following pilot conservation district areas, where community interest has already been expressed:
(1) Independence Heights,
(2) Freedmen's Town,
(3) Acres Home,
(4) Magnolia Park/Manchester,
(5) Pleasantville, and
(6) Piney Point.
Upon the completion of efforts in these pilot areas, whether that be by the adoption of ordinances establishing conservation districts, or determination that a conservation district cannot be created in accordance with the requirements for such, the director may thereafter recommend amendments to this article.
(Ord. No. 2023-232, § 2(Exh. A), 4-5-2023)
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_ARTXICODI_S33-601GEFetched: 10/26/2026