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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1855820

I recently wrote the content for a website on building codes for fences in Texas. I'm working on that site again, starting back before Harvey. The weirdest thing was that when I looked up ordinances and codes for fences in Houston, I discovered that there's really nothing there. You don't even need a building permit in Houston for a fence under 8' high, unless you live in a development governed by an HOA.

I've done more than one such website for different metro areas, and Houston is an amazing exception. In most places, building codes and ordinances about fences are complex, detailed and sometimes hard to interpret. In Houston, though, the rule in that city appears to be, "We don't care. Build your damned fence however you like."

Similar unspecified codes and rules are common in Texas cities and counties. It's very interesting.

They're very specific about "rules" like fencing. For example no fences allowed in front yard of residential neighborhoods. period. height & materials of backyard fences.

neighborhoods in Houston areas are huge, many have their own police departments, courts and very thick zoning regulations rules and fines for everything.

for example -Bellaire, Texas


[PDF]Sect 03 - Official Zoning Map - Bellaire City, Texas



bellairecitytx.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=1747



R-5. L-610. R-3. PD-11. R-5. R-4. CMU. P. D. -2. 0. CMU. R-4. PD-15. R-1. R-4. R. -5. R-3. R-1. BBOD. R-3. R-3. R-3. R-5. PD-17. L-610. L-610. UVD. R-3. PD-23.



Permits, Code Enforcement, Zoning - Bellaire, TX - Official Website



https://www.bellairetx.gov/faq.aspx?TID=8



Development Services - Permits, Code Enforcement, Zoning. Show All Answers. 1. When is a permit needed to do work or have work done at my property?



Public Hearing - Planning and Zoning Commission | Bellaire, TX ...



https://www.bellairetx.gov/985/Public-Hearings



On June 13, 2017, the Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on an application filed by Steven Gee, Project Manager, Houston ...



Development Services | Bellaire, TX - Official Website - City of Bellaire



https://www.bellairetx.gov/621/Development-Services



Contact the Development Services Department for all your coding and zoning needs.



Sec. 24-403. - Official Zoning District Map. | Code of Ordinances ...



https://www.municode.com/library/tx/bellaire/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId...
Bellaire, Texas - Code of Ordinances · PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES ... The Commission, with the assistance of the Planning and Zoning Official, shall annually ... may adopt or amend a capital improvement program for the City of Bellaire.

We lost the growth management battle in the last decade.

and inadequate, failing infrastructure that was built in the 50s and never designed to handle conditions of today.

Everyone, from the citizens, to the government, refuses to pay taxes to install the necessary public infrastructure to meet the growing demands of the current era. This is totally irresponsible, you can't get something for nothing, and if we want safer communities that can meet minimum standards, that costs money.

Politicians are too timid to act responsibly, and the public is so poorly informed, shortsighted and self serving that the disasters we see on TV are becoming so normal that as long as we are not personally impacted, everything can be ignored.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

truth spoken like a true American Citizen would speak it.
I thank you

Peace

We want the government out of our lives! The private sector does everything better! Don't tell US not to build things in places where they might flood! We know how to do things for oursel...............HELP! HELP! WE'RE DROWNING IN FLOOD WATERS! GIVE US SOME OF THAT SWEET, SWEET GOVERNMENT MONEY TO BAIL OUT OUR BUSINESSES!!!

are the two most important post-Harvey discussion this nation needs to have... But we won't...

But will we?
Not with repubs in charge and a corporate media propaganda machine.

Link to tweet

Houston's population has exploded recently.

The US population has grown by over 100 million since just 1970.

All these people want to live near the coast, so they have to go somewhere.

Just too many people.

This is why many areas should have never been developed.