Zoning, More Than Just a Tool: Explaining Houston's Regulatory Practice

Figures & data

Table 1. Houston's regulatory landscape

Type of rules	Rules regarding
Generic rules	Subdivisions (including requirements for streets, sidewalks, drainage and sewerage, and requirements relating to off-street parking, housing density and quality, building heights, open space, set-backs and lot sizes)
	Trees and shrubs
Generic rules for specific land uses	Signs/billboards
	Motels/hotels
	Correctional facilities
	Sexually oriented businesses
	Junkyards
Generic rules for location-specific application	TIRZs
	Manufactured homes an trailers
	Hazardous businesses
	Historic objects/sites
Location-specific rules	Major thoroughfares and freeways
	Flood management
	Deed restricted subdivisions (and public enforcement thereof)