HB2439 is Detrimental to Texas Cities

I do not support this bill. Each city should have the right to decide what is important to that city. This bill could negatively affect property values.

This bill cannot be passed and has to be vetoed as it will have significant impact on how things are constructed in the city that I live in. It will have state wide impact on how developers will get free hand to cut cost and build projects that we would not be proud of and it will mess with Texas beauty. Any Texan should have problem with this and should veto this bill.

PLEASE veto his bill

Please do not sign.

Removing the city mandate on construction quality and design is bad.

Please veto this bill.

House Bill 2439 is disastrous to quality building standards and communities that actually care. We need the opposite of what HB 2439 proposes. We need required higher standards. I am hopeful that Governor Abbott will veto this bill. It is a mistake for Texas and quite frankly a disaster for future home and business values in beautifully built communities like mine in Southlake, TX. House Bill 2439 - will prohibit city governments from regulating aesthetic finishing materials, i.e. how residential or commercial buildings look, and it also will prohibit cities from requiring anything other than the bare minimum installation and construction requirements as set forth by the National Building Code. If my City of Southlake can no longer have the ability to regulate aesthetics and quality development, especially in commercial or mixed-use areas such as in Town Square, Park Village and Carillon commercial, it will diminish the uniqueness of these shopping and dining environments making them less attractive. Our citizens bought in to a quality community built to the highest standards that will age with grace. The City of Southlake has found that its residents not only support the involvement of their elected representatives in maintaining the physical character of the City but insist on this occurring. This is evident by the number of comprehensive planning documents and zoning ordinances adopted by the City that address urban design. Our citizens have made it clear that they do not want development that has a negative effect on the aesthetics of the community. Infill projects, i.e. those projects going into already developed areas would no longer have to match the existing character, look, feel, or aesthetics of the surrounding neighborhoods, regardless of the area they are in and what protections may be applicable to the area currently. Beautiful places and neighborhoods could be completely destroyed and property values diminished by one out of chara

Please don’t allow the character of Southlake’s beautiful master planned city be changed by the unintended consequences of this bill. Citizens at the most local level should determine what their city looks like. They pay the taxes

Veto this bill.

We the people of Texas don't need such over-reach and control. Thank you. wg

Keep control local.

Local control of land use and the built environment form is critical, especially in circumstances where public safety and resiliency (i.e., fire resistance) are concerned.

City officials should determine what new development should look like not the developer.

Please veto this bill and allow local communities to continue to regulate building materials used in their area.

Please veto this bill. This should be addressed at the local level and not by the state. HB2439 will undo decades of negotiations between residents, developers, and public officials. In Dallas, PD's and PDS's give communities and developers valuable tools to negotiate for better development. Greater density has been given in exchange for better building materials that respect the existing neighborhood, parking garage screening, and ground floor units that have doors to that face the street to activate the public realm. None of these are required by the building code and could be undone by HB2439. This bill goes too far in trying to address specific material requirements that some jurisdictions have and creates much further reaching negative impacts for all Texans. Please veto HB2439 and let issues related to materials and affordability be addressed at the local level.

This is bad for the aesthetic of Texas. Local governments do not want this. What if the Capital was built only to minimum safety standards and had no granite. No knock against them, but what if every building looked like a Walmart or Ikea? We'd be Oregon (which Beto would love).

This bill is bad for Texas. Developers, homeowners, and business owners invest in local communities on the assumption that future adjacent development will be of a certain quality. Predictability is a critical aspect of economic development and property values; and this bill threatens all of that. Yes, some cities have gone too far with design standards, but having no standards at all is not the solution. There are better ways to protect property rights while still allowing Texas’ communities to preserve their unique character and sense of place. I urge you to significantly revise the wording of this bill in consultation with the TML or, better yet, leave this sensitive balancing act up to local communities until a more thoughtful bill can be written.

Please veto this bill!

This law limits our city from keeping the public safe from itself. It prevents uniform aesthetic’s to conform to our cities plans. Please veto.

This bill is detrimental to communities as it preempts cities from being able to regulate quality exterior materials, and prevents cities from establishing quality architectural design expectations desired by their stakeholders within their communities (residents and businesses). Being able to regulate exterior building materials that influence building design is essential particularly in areas desiring walkable, thriving and inviting places to visit. I urge you to veto this bill.