Texas Transportation Code

Sec. § 541.102
Restricted Districts


In this subtitle:

(1)

“Business district” means the territory adjacent to and including a highway if buildings used for business or industrial purposes, including a building used as a hotel, bank, office building, public building, or railroad station:

(A)

are located within a 600-foot segment along the highway; and

(B)

within that segment the buildings occupy at least 300 feet of frontage:

(i)

on one side of the highway; or

(ii)

collectively on both sides of the highway.

(2)

“Residence district” means the territory, other than a business district, adjacent to and including a highway, if at least 300 feet of the highway frontage is primarily improved with:

(A)

residences; or

(B)

buildings used for business purposes and residences.

(3)

“Urban district” means the territory adjacent to and including a highway, if the territory:

(A)

is not in a municipality; and

(B)

is improved with structures that are used for business, industry, or dwelling houses and located at intervals of less than 100 feet for a distance of at least one-quarter mile on either side of the highway.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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