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City staff explain permitting limits, deed-restriction hotline and Chapter 42 definitions
Summary
City staff told residents that permitting relies on applicant affidavits and that deed-restriction enforcement is complaint-driven; a legal hotline (832-393-6333) can trigger investigations, stop-work orders and, if necessary, litigation.
Residents who said developers were obtaining permits and building duplexes or nonconforming structures in deed-restricted areas received explanations of how permitting and deed restriction enforcement work in Houston.
Misty Staunton of the City of Houston Planning and Development Department and David Rockwell of the Houston Permitting Center described the permitting intake process: applicants sign an affidavit…
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