City of Austin v. Jamail

BRADY, Justice.

After hearing, the district court of Travis County dissolved the City of Austin’s temporary injunction, enjoining appellee from developing his land on the Lake Austin watershed within the City of Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The court also denied appellant City of Austin a permanent injunction, which would have required appellee to comply with City of Austin Ordinance No. 800103-N before further developing his land. The trial court held, in effect, that the City of Austin has no authority to enforce this ordinance within its five-mile extraterritorial jurisdiction. 1

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