Permit to lay tracks.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 38-2
in effectSec. 38-2. - Permit to lay tracks.
No railway company shall lay tracks within the limits of the city without a special permit from the city council being first had and obtained. It shall be the duty of the city engineer to examine and report on each application for such permit as to the advisability of granting such permit.
(Code 1968, § 39-2; Ord. No. 90-635, § 80, 5-23-90)
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_CH38RA_S38-2PELATRFetched: 10/26/2026
