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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by ch4s3 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:55PM (#33170844)
It’s also functionality illegal to build anything but single family homes in most of the Bay Area and it’s now out of places to do that. Houston does have more space, but also doesn’t prevent you from building a duplex on your own land.
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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by exhilaration on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:28PM (#33171610)
Pretty much all of the HOAs that are de facto zoning boards of the Houston area would most definitely prevent you from doing anything like that. HOA by-laws are where you'll find the real zoning regulations over there.
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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by ch4s3 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:52AM (#33176186)
I wonder how well those hold up in court if you really wanted to build. I could imagine a Texas court being friendlier to development.
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Re:Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in... by gfaster on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:35PM (#33180287)
You mean trying to violate the deed restriction with compliance mandated by Section 26-475 (and other applicable places) of the Houston Code of Ordinances? I don't think a lawsuit would hold up very well, unless you could could convince the judge that the city can't regulate land use.
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