Replats requiring notification with a variance/special exception—Protest procedure, required vote.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 42-84
in effectSec. 42-84. - Replats requiring notification with a variance/special exception—Protest procedure, required vote.
(a) If the proposed replat pursuant to section 42-49 of this Code requires a variance or special exception and is protested in accordance with this subsection, the proposed replat must receive, in order to be approved, the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths (¾) of the members present at the commission meeting.
(b) To constitute a legal protest, written instruments signed by the owners of at least 20 percent of the area of the lots or land immediately adjoining the area covered by the proposed replat and extending 200 feet from that area, but within the original subdivision plat limited by the deed or plat restrictions to single family residential use, must be filed with the commission prior to the close of the public hearing.
(c) In computing the percentage of land area under subsection (b), the area of streets and alleys shall be included.
(d) Compliance with this section is not required for approval of a replat or part of a preceding plat if the area to be replatted was designated or reserved for other than single family residential use by notation on the last legally recorded plat or in the legally recorded restrictions applicable to the plat.
(Ord. No. 2022-391, § 12, 5-18-2022)
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_CH42SUDEPL_ARTIIREPR_DIV3REPR_S42-84RERENOVASPEXROPRREVOFetched: 10/26/2026