# Tex. Local Government Code § 232.003: SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Local Government Code § 232.003
- **Heading:** SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code lg / Chapter 232 / Section 232.003

## Text

By an order adopted and entered in the minutes of the commissioners court, and after a notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, the commissioners court may:

(1) require a right-of-way on a street or road that functions as a main artery in a subdivision, of a width of not less than 50 feet or more than 100 feet;

(2) require a right-of-way on any other street or road in a subdivision of not less than 40 feet or more than 70 feet;

(3) require that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on collectors or main arteries within the right-of-way be not less than 32 feet or more than 56 feet, and that the shoulder-to-shoulder width on any other street or road be not less than 25 feet or more than 35 feet;

(4) adopt, based on the amount and kind of travel over each street or road in a subdivision, reasonable specifications relating to the construction of each street or road;

(5) adopt reasonable specifications to provide adequate drainage for each street or road in a subdivision in accordance with standard engineering practices;

(6) require that each purchase contract made between a subdivider and a purchaser of land in the subdivision contain a statement describing the extent to which water will be made available to the subdivision and, if it will be made available, how and when;

(7) require that the owner of the tract to be subdivided execute a good and sufficient bond in the manner provided by Section 232.004;

(8) adopt reasonable specifications that provide for drainage in the subdivision to:

(A) efficiently manage the flow of stormwater runoff in the subdivision; and

(B) coordinate subdivision drainage with the general storm drainage pattern for the area; and

(9) require lot and block monumentation to be set by a registered professional surveyor before recordation of the plat.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.001 § 232.001. PLAT REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.001.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.002 § 232.002. APPROVAL BY COUNTY REQUIRED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.002.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.003 § 232.003. SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.003.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.004 § 232.004. BOND REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.004.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.005 § 232.005. ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL; PENALTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.005.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.006 § 232.006. EXCEPTIONS FOR POPULOUS COUNTIES OR CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.006.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.007 § 232.007. MANUFACTURED HOME RENTAL COMMUNITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.007.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.008 § 232.008. CANCELLATION OF SUBDIVISION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.008.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.009 § 232.009. REVISION OF PLAT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.009.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.010 § 232.010.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.010.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.011 § 232.011. AMENDING PLAT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.011.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.0012 § 232.0012. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.0012.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.0013 § 232.0013. CHAPTER-WIDE PROVISION RELATING TO REGULATION OF PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS IN EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.0013.md)
- [Tex. Local Government Code § 232.0015 § 232.0015. EXCEPTIONS TO PLAT REQUIREMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Clg_C232_S232.0015.md)

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