Legal Opinion
City of Lorena, Texas v. Bmtp Holdings, L.P.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 2013No. 11-0554PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Guzman
in which Justice GREEN, Justice JOHNSON, Justice WILLETT, Justice LEHRMANN, Justice BOYD, and Justice DEVINE joined.
Municipalities must ensure that essential public facilities are available to their residents. To assist in accomplishing this goal, the Legislature has allowed municipalities under Chapter 212 of the Local Government Code to enact temporary moratoria on “property development” if they can demonstrate the moratoria are needed to prevent a shortage of essential public facilities. That right, however, is subject to certain limitations. One limitation is that a municipality may not…
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