Ninety-day waiver certificate.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 33-250
in effectSec. 33-250. - Ninety-day waiver certificate.
(a) The director shall not issue a 90-day waiver certificate for any protected landmark or for any property located within the OSWPHD.
(b) The director shall not issue a 90-day waiver certificate for any property located within any historic district other than a place of worship.
(c) Only for landmarks and archaeological sites located outside of historic districts, and places of worship within an historic district, if for any reason a certificate of appropriateness has not been issued on or before the ninetieth day following the scheduled submittal deadline at which a complete application for a certificate of appropriateness was received by the director, then the applicant, upon request to the director, shall be entitled to the immediate issuance of a 90-day waiver certificate, which shall for all purposes be the equivalent of a certificate of appropriateness.
(d) Before the expiration of the 90 days, the applicant shall consult with department staff to explore alternatives to the actions proposed by the applicant to mitigate the reasons for which the certificate was denied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any landmark or architectural site for which a 90-day waiver certificate is granted pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be eligible for any tax exemptions or other financial benefit authorized by the city council for the property based on its designation pursuant to this article.
(e) An application for a certificate of appropriateness may be filed before, at the same time as or after the filing of an application for a building permit, but the 90-day period provided for in this section shall not begin until a completed application for a certificate of appropriateness is filed with the director. An applicant for a building permit may request the building official to review and process the application for a building permit during the 90-day period provided for in this section, but no building permit shall be issued until the applicant for the building permit presents a certificate of appropriateness or a 90-day waiver certificate issued pursuant to this section.
(Ord. No. 95-228, § 2, 3-1-95; Ord. No. 04-1015, § 29, 9-27-04; Ord. No. 05-969, § 18, 8-17-05; Ord. No. 07-855, § 7, 8-1-07; Ord. No. 09-191, § 7, 3-4-09; Ord. No. 2010-814, §§ 5, 27, 10-13-2010; Ord. No. 2015-967, § 35, 10-7-2015)
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_ARTVIIHIPR_DIV4CEAP_S33-250NIYWACEFetched: 10/26/2026