Restrictive Covenants In Texas Real Estate
You are buying rural Texas land from out of state, and you ask the natural question: how is it zoned? Back home, a single zoning map probably told you what could be built and exactly where. In much of Texas, that map does not exist. And the rules that replace it are scattered, not centralized. Here is the surprise. Texas has no statewide zoning, and counties generally cannot zone at all. So what you may do with the land, and what a neighbor may do right next to it, is set by a patchwork of rules you have to go find yourself. This guide is for the out-of-state buyer, not the seller or the developer. Let us walk through what actually controls land use here, and why it belongs in your review before closing, in plain terms. In This Article: Why No Statewide Zoning Surprises Buyers What Controls Land Use
