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.