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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 1GENERAL LAND OFFICE
CHAPTER 15COASTAL AREA PLANNING
SUBCHAPTER AMANAGEMENT OF THE BEACH/DUNE SYSTEM
RULE §15.13Disaster Recovery Orders

regarding a permit or certificate for repairs. Local governments may require more information, but the following information shall be submitted to the GLO:

  (1) the name, address, phone number, and, if applicable, electronic mail address of the applicant, and the name of the property owner, if different from the applicant;

  (2) a complete legal description of the tract and a statement of its size in acres or square feet including the location of the property lines and a notation of the legal description of adjoining tracts;

  (3) the floor plan, footprint or elevation view of the house identifying the proposed repairs;

  (4) color photographs of the site which clearly show the current conditions of the site; and

  (5) an accurate map, site plan, plat, or survey of the site identifying:

    (A) the site by its legal description, including, where applicable, the subdivision, block, and lot;

    (B) the location of the property lines and a notation of the legal description of adjoining tracts, and the location of any roadways, driveways and landscaping that currently exist on the tract;

    (C) the location of any seawalls or any other erosion response structures on the tract and on the properties immediately adjacent to the tract;

    (D) the location of the house and the distance between the house and mean high tide, mean low tide, and the line of vegetation;

    (E) if known, the location and extent of any man-made vegetated mounds, restored dunes, fill activities, or any other pre-existing human modifications on the tract; and

    (F) if the proposed action includes a recovery dune restoration project, grading and layout plan identifying existing contours of the project area (including the location of dunes and swales), and proposed contours for final grade.

  (6) the source of any sand and vegetation used for a recovery dune restoration project; and;

  (7) any other information requested by the local government or the GLO that is necessary to determine whether the application is consistent with this section.

(q) Monitoring. A local government is responsible for monitoring a recovery stabilization, recovery repair, recovery dune restoration project, or shoreline protection project repair under this section. A local government may conduct a monitoring program to study the effects of such projects on the public's access to and use of the public beach. Expenses related to the monitoring program are considered beach-related services for the purpose of this subchapter.

(r) Effect on actions for removal. This section does not create a property right of any kind in the littoral property owner. Houses eligible for repairs to maintain habitability under this section may also be encroachments on and interferences with the public beach easement. Except as provided in an unexpired temporary order issued by the commissioner under §61.0185 of the Texas Natural Resources Code, the commissioner, the attorney general, a county attorney, district attorney, or criminal district attorney may file suit under Texas Natural Resources Code §61.018(a) to obtain a temporary or permanent injunction, either prohibitory or mandatory, to remove a house from the public beach without regard to whether the house is eligible for repairs under this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §15.13 adopted to be effective April 9, 2009, 34 TexReg 2239; amended to be effective June 12, 2014, 39 TexReg 4482; amended to be effective May 8, 2023, 48 TexReg 2343

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