Same—Transfer upon change.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 28-126
in effectSec. 28-126. - Same—Transfer upon change.
(a) A permit is personal to the owner(s) and the operator designated in the application holds the permit on the owner(s)' behalf as the owner(s)' agent, provided it may be transferred pursuant to this section. A transfer application must be filed by the tenth day next following any change of the owner(s) or operator designated on the application. In the event that a transfer application is not timely filed, then the permit shall be invalid for any purpose relating to the operation of the enterprise, and any transfer shall require the filing of an original permit application and be subject to the regulations applicable thereto. For purposes of measurements between enterprises under section 28-125(b)(2) of this Code, an establishment for which the permit has become invalid by operation of this section shall be treated as though it had a permit until the permit is revoked pursuant to section 28-127 of this Code.
(b) The director shall prescribe a form on which permit transfer applications shall be made. The form shall include a statement under oath that the original application remains correct as previously submitted in all respects except those that are amended hereby. The transfer application shall contain a statement under oath that the individual signing the transfer application has personal knowledge of the information contained therein and that the information is true and correct and shall not be complete unless accompanied by the nonrefundable transfer fee stated for this provision in the city fee schedule. Transfer applications shall be filed in the same place and at the same time as original applications and the fee shall be payable in the same manner as for original applications, as provided in section 28-123 of this Code.
(c) Transfers shall be reviewed, issued and subject to appeal in the same manner as original applications, pursuant to section 28-125 of this Code, except that items (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) shall not apply, and they shall be issued for the remaining term of the permit to be transferred.
(d) No change in ownership of an enterprise or transfer of a permit for an enterprise shall be allowed during the pendency of any administrative proceeding under section 28-127 of this Code, from the time that any request for revocation or suspension has been filed with the hearing official until the hearing official's order is final. Any such transfer or attempted transfer shall confer no rights whatever in the permit for the enterprise to the putative transferee.
(Ord. No. 97-75, § 3, 1-15-97; Ord. No. 2010-1016, § 2, 12-15-2010; Ord. No. 2011-1168, § 13, 12-14-2011)
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_ARTIIISEORBU_S28-126SARAUPCHFetched: 10/26/2026