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Tex. Gov't Code § 3151.051

PROHIBITED CONSTRUCTION; CAPITOL VIEW CORRIDOR

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 7.001, eff

A person may not begin, in a Capitol view corridor, construction of a structure that would exceed the maximum permissible height computed in accordance with the following formula:

h = (((653' - eVP) x (b'))/b) - (eS - eVP)

where:

h is the maximum permissible height of the structure;

b is the distance between the selected view point and the center of the Capitol dome;

b' is the distance between the view point and the structure;

eS is the elevation of the structure; and

eVP is the elevation of the view point.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.