The article focuses on various issues related to urban planning in Texas. Texas has adopted some of the aspects of the Standard Zoning Enabling Act which was drafted by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the 1920s. In Texas, counties have very limited planning authority. Earlier there was ...
Planners know that modern land-use control is generally accepted to have begun when New York City adopted the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in 1916. Every state, including Texas, has adopted some version of the Standard Zoning Enabling Act, which was drafted by the U.S. Department of ...