Tower permit required.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-522
in effectSec. 28-522. - Tower permit required.
(a) An application for a tower permit shall be submitted to the department and approved in accordance with the provisions of this article prior to the construction, placement or alteration of any tower or tower structure, as defined in this article and not specifically excluded herein, that is located within the boundaries of the municipality.
(b) A tower permit shall not be required for any tower repaired, replaced, or modified with no resulting increase in height or dimension and any tower repaired, replaced or modified in order to comply with the requirements of any statute, regulation, order, or rule of the FCC, the FAA, or any other federal, state or governmental agency or authority.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the owner of an antenna tower for which a tower permit and building permit were issued prior to April 14, 1998, may, without obtaining a new permit, upon written notice to the director, replace the tower with a new tower if the new tower structure complies with the requirements of sections 28-526 through 28-529 of this Code and: (i) is specifically designed to accommodate additional antenna arrays, (ii) is not more than 20 feet higher than the tower structure being replaced, (iii) is not more than 50 feet from the location of the tower structure being replaced and (iv) the center of the tower structure is no closer to the nearest residence than the center of the tower structure it replaces. The new tower structure shall be assigned the same permit number as the tower structure it replaces. A tower structure may be replaced only once under this subsection.
(Ord. No. 91-1734, § 2, 12-11-91; Ord. No. 98-253, § 2, 4-8-98; Ord. No. 2014-364, § 6(Exh. A), 7, 4-30-2014)
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_CH28MIOFPR_ARTXVIRETO_S28-522TOPEREFetched: 10/26/2026