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Consider public testimony regarding, and an ordinance amending Zoning and Development Code, Chapter 2, Article II, Sections 2-13 through 2-23 and Article Ill, Sections 2-32, 2-33, and 2-34, Code of Ordinances (2018 Edition), regarding building materials in residential and commercial districts. (First Reading)*
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The following sections are revised in order to comply with HB 2439, effective on September 1, 2019. The bill amends the Texas Local Government Code to prohibit or limit the use or installation of a building product or material on residential or commercial buildings if the building product or material is approved for use by a national model code.
Sections 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19 and 2-21: These sections regulate the SF-R (Single Family - Rural), SF-1 (Single Family - Large Lot), SF-2 (Single Family - Standard Lot), SF-D (Single Family - Downtown), MH (Manufactured Housing), TF (Two-Family) and SR (Senior) zoning districts. Each have provisions for exterior wall materials which are removed in order to comply with HB 2439.
Section 2-16: This section regulates the SF-3 (Single Family - Mixed Lot) zoning district. The exterior wall materials requirement is removed and replaced with an incentive to include the requirement by allowing for a revised lot composition requirement. To provide an incentive for including higher quality exterior wall materials, a subdivision which includes these materials may be comprised of 60% standard lots and 40% small lots. This incentive replaces the standard requirement for 40% estate lots, 30% standard lots and 30% small lots.
Sections 2-20 and 2-22: These sections regulate the TH (Townhouse) and MF-1 (Multi-Family - Low Density) zoning districts. To provide an incentive for including higher quality exterior wall and roofing materials, an option to increase the density of the development from 12 units per acre to 14 units per acre is added.
Section 2-23: This section regulates the MF-2 (Multi-Family - Medi...
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