Articles

Annexation and the ETJ: Expanding and Defending Municipal Annexations

Annexation Litigation: The Municipal Perspective

Annexation Overview

Basics of Zoning in Texas

Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code

Comprehensive Plans

Conflicts of Interest and Ethical Issues

Conservation Development

Estoppel

Ethics and Land Use Planning

Impact Fees

Individual Immunity Defenses Under Section 1983

Legal Environment One

Legal Environment Three

Legal Environment Two

Legal Issues For Supervisors

Litigation Under the Fair Housing Act: Practical Tips for Attorneys and Planners

Local Hotel Occupancy Tax

Manufactured Housing and Mobile Homes

Moratoriums and Growth Management

Municipal Regulation of the ETJ

Planned Developments

Plats and Subdivisions

Pushing the Limits of Eminent Domain

Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses (SOBs)

Regulatory Takings (Land Use Planning)

Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

Sample Ordinance: Sexually Oriented Business

Small Islands in the Serbonian Bog - An Analysis of Sheffield v Glenn Heights

Tax Abatement Agreements

Texas Open Meetings Act (Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code)

The Ethics of Handling Municipal Matters Involving Unrepresented Parties

Type A and Type B Sales Tax

Vested Rights Applications and Issues under Texas Law

What to Do When the Whistle Blows

Zoning Board Of Adjustment