Relating to certain municipal regulation of certain mixed-use and multifamily residential development projects and conversion of certain commercial buildings to mixed-use and multifamily residential occupancy.

Contracts

• Purchase & Sale Agreements (PSAs): Revise PSAs for commercial land to reduce feasibility periods, as a 12-month zoning entitlement process is no longer required.
• Contingencies: Remove "subject to zoning change" contingencies; replace with "subject to administrative site plan compliance."
• Vendor Agreements: Amend engineering scopes to explicitly exclude Traffic Impact Analyses (TIAs) for conversion projects, as municipalities are prohibited from requiring them.

Hiring/Training

• Design Teams: Instruct architects to redesign standard prototypes to utilize the statutory parking cap (maximum 1 space per unit) and minimum density floor (36 units per acre).
• Legal Counsel: Brief outside counsel on the new 15th Court of Appeals jurisdiction and the fee-shifting provision (recovery of attorney's fees) for litigation against non-compliant municipalities.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

• Vesting Documentation: Establish a rigid documentation process for the "initiation" of a project (e.g., initial meeting minutes, email correspondence with city staff) to lock in rights under Subchapter B.
• Conversion Verification: For adaptive reuse projects, secure Certificates of Occupancy or tax records proving the building is at least five years old to qualify for fee waivers.

Fees & Costs

• Pro-Forma Adjustments: Remove traffic mitigation fees and impact fees from financial models for commercial-to-residential conversions (unless the land was subject to impact fees prior to permit filing).
• ETJ Relief: Eliminate roadway impact fees for any project located in an Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).