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County staff outlines procedure to apply state "abandoned lots" law to platted tracts east of Horizon
Summary
Planning staff presented a proposed county policy to implement HB 1564, a state law allowing county courts to declare long-abandoned platted lots abandoned and place them in receivership so they can be consolidated and developed; staff proposed an applicant-driven five-step process and said HCIA has compiled data to pilot the program.
Planning and development staff presented a proposed policy to implement Texas House Bill 1564, which allows county commissioners courts to determine that platted lots that have been abandoned for more than 25 years may be placed into receivership and returned to productive use.
George Reyes, associate planner, explained the five-step applicant-driven process: (1) an initial meeting with county staff to review…
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