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3. HB 1 <br />This bill added Subchapter G, entitled "Agreement Governing Certain Land in a Municipality's <br />Extraterritorial Jurisdiction," to Chapter 212 of the TLGC "Municipal Regulation of Subdivisions <br />and Property Development" The bill provides that a city council can enter into a written <br />contract with an owner of land in the city's ETJ to (1) guarantee the land's Immunity from <br />annexation for a period of up to fifteen years; (2) extend certain aspects of the clWs land use <br />and environmental authority over the land; (3) authorize enforcement of land use regulations <br />other than those that apply within the city; (4) provide for infrastructure for the land; and (S) <br />provide for the annexation of the land as a whole or in parts and to provide for the terns of <br />annexation, if annexation Is agreed to by the parties. <br />4. Development plats <br />Sections 212.041 - 212.050 of the TLGC provide authority for municipalities to accept <br />development plats in the ETJ. A development plat, however, should not be confused with a <br />subdivision plat. The authority to regulate subdivisions Is found in Subchapter A of Chapter 212 <br />whereas the authority to regulate property development through the use of plats Is found in <br />Subchapter 8 of Chapter 212 of the TLGC. A city must dwose by ordinance to be covered by <br />Subchapter 8 (or the law codified by that subchapter) (TLGC Sec. 212.041 and If a municipality <br />so chooses, any person who requests development of a tract of land In the corporate limits of <br />ETJ must prepare a development plat. 'Development,' for purposes of Subchapter B, means <br />"the new construction or the enlargement of any exterior dimension of any building, structure, <br />or improvement." <br />Subchapter B expressly provides that it 'does not authorize a municipality to require municipal <br />building permits or otherwise enforce the municipality's building code in its extraterritorial <br />jurisdiction." (Sec. 212.049.) <br />S. Can aeeulatiom <br />Chapter 216 of the Texas local Government Code addresses the relocation, reconstruction or <br />removal of a sign in the ETJ. Specifically, Section 216.003 allows municipalities to "require the <br />relocation, reconstruction, or removal of any sign within its corporate limits, or extraterritorial <br />jurisdiction," subject to the detailed regulatory procedure included in Sec. 216.)035 (creation of <br />municipal sign control board, compensation requirements, exceptions and appeal provisions). <br />A home -rule municipality has other authority to regulate signs. Home rule cities may license. <br />regulate, control, or prohibit the erection of signs or billboards by charter or ordinance in <br />compliance with Chapter 216 of TLK (Sec 216.901.) Municipalities may regulate the location <br />proximity, size, separation, setback and height provisions so long as the ordinance reflects a <br />reasonable relationship to the public health, safety or general welfare. <br />A home -rule city may extend the provisions of its outdoor sign regulatory ordinance and enforce <br />the ordinance within its ETJ. In lieu of regulatory ordinances, however, home -rule cities may <br />allow the Texas Transportation Commission to regulate outdoor siggns In the ETJ by fining a <br />written notice with the Commission. If a municipality extends its outdoor sign ordinance within <br />