There is a bill in Texas house to limit commissioners courts in unincorporated areas. I'm in favor of this. Grayson county is starting "fees" on us already. Have to pay a fee to replace your own culvert on county road which we own to the middle of and pay taxes on. This is only one of them, they want city revenue without providing services, the inspectors should have a truck load of asphalt and a shovel when they come out to fix all the pot holes and if normal can fix one and drive past two.....I want less government not more. I purposely didn't buy some places when looking because of what was next door.....we have deed restrictions to protect against that on our road. When they told my neighbor he had to get a permit to replace his own culverts he told them the county put them in originally but you have to replace yourself and pay them for you doing it......and of course I've got to pay them my permit fee for my septic which I paid site inspector and installer, $200 for site inspector and $330 for county permit for all state licensed people to do the work........this to replace 40 yr old conventional with a **** water sprayer.....there already state laws on the books for hazardous "site" limitations leave it at that. Our small town has already gotten nuts on permit "fees" to generate revenue I don't want it here in the county too.
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Sounds like they need a steel toe’d boot kick to their faces. That’s some crazy BS.Originally posted by friscopaint View Post -
Commissioners courts and school boards need reigning in. There seems to be a lot of people that can’t handle even a little authority.Comment
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The bill doesn’t look like it reigns in much.
It appears that if a person wants to develop land such as buying several acres and building a new housing development, the county can’t set a minimum lot size or frontage size.
So if you buy 10 acres of land and try to divide it up into 60 lots for sale, the county can’t restrict you to larger lots and only 30 total.
Maybe that’s a big deal in some locations but it doesn’t seem like it’s taking away much power from the county commissioners court.Comment
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Great!Originally posted by friscopaint View Post
I agree. If you buy property to develop then you should be able to determine how to cut the lots for sale.
My only observation was that it only restricts a county from demanding a minimum lot size. If that is an issue in your county or in the other counties and there is a problem with developing new neighborhoods, hopefully this passes and you get some relief.Comment
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It really doesn't affect me I just want less government our county is micro managing on other levels but I've read on here of counties worse !!Originally posted by tvc184 View PostComment
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Sounds crazy as all get out. Does many citizens attend the commissioner courts monthly meetings to bring up these issues as an example?Originally posted by friscopaint View PostComment
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