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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
GREG ABBOTT
February 27, 2009Mr. Robert Scott
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701-1494Opinion No. GA-0697
Re: Authority of a home rule city to enforce land
development regulations against an independent
school district for the purposes of aesthetics and the
maintenance of property values (RQ-0741-GA)Dear Mr. Scott:
You ask whether a home rule city may enforce certain provisions of its land development
regulations against an independent school district.' Your question is based upon a letter you received
from the Mansfield Independent School District (the "District") objecting to certain requirements
imposed upon the District by the City of Mansfield, a home rule municipality (the "City").2
Specifically, the District questions the validity of the following City zoning ordinance provisions as
they apply to the District :
1. set back and height regulations;
2. community design standards;
3. sign standards;
4. landscaping and screening requirements;
5. supplemental requirements for screening of mechanical
equipment and service areas;
6. general provisions for fences and free standing walls; and
7. fines for violation of such ordinances.
'Request Letter (available at http://www.texasattomeygeneral.gov).
2See Letter from Meridith Hayes, Abernathy, Roeder, Boyd & Joplin, P.C., to Robert Scott, Commissioner of
Education (Sept. 5, 2008) (attachment to Request Letter) [hereinafter District Letter].
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: GA-0697, text, February 27, 2009; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth275593/m1/1/?q=%222009%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.