Texas City, TX HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)
Key Facts
- Membership
- Every lot owner in the private street development
- Officer requirement
- Manager or president files a fidelity bond
- President's name
- Submitted to Public Works and City Engineer, updated annually
- Dissolution or amendment
- Barred without written city consent
- Document review
- City Attorney and City Planner, before the final plat
- City street inspection
- Permitted but not obligated, per association documents
Summary
In Texas City, Texas, a homeowners association in a private street subdivision cannot govern itself freely. Every lot owner is a member, the manager or president must carry a fidelity bond, the association cannot dissolve or amend its street maintenance documents without written city consent, and the City Attorney and City Planner must approve the documents before the final plat.
(B) Every owner of a lot within the private street development shall be a member of the homeowners association. (C) The manager or president of the homeowners association shall be required to maintain and file a fidelity bond. The name of the association’s president shall be submitted to the Public Works Department and City Engineer and updated annually. ... (J) No portion of the homeowners association documents pertaining to the maintenance of the private streets shall be amended without the written consent of the city. (K) The association documents shall be reviewed and approved by the City Attorney and the City Planner to ensure that they conform to this and other applicable city ordinances, and shall be filed of record prior to the approval of the final plat.
Full Breakdown
Texas City Code of Ordinances § 159.072 turns the homeowners association in a private street subdivision into a body the city supervises. Division (B) makes every owner of a lot within the private street development a member. Division (C) requires the manager or president of the association to maintain and file a fidelity bond, and the name of the association's president must be submitted to the Public Works Department and City Engineer and updated annually.
The city keeps a veto over the association's core documents. Under division (E) the association may not be dissolved, and no portion of the association documents pertaining to the section may be amended, without the written consent of the city, and the deed restrictions must expressly state that requirement. Division (J) repeats the rule for any portion of the documents dealing with maintenance of the private streets.
The documents must also say certain things. Division (H) requires them to indicate that the streets are private, owned and maintained by a homeowners association, and that the city has no obligation to maintain or reconstruct them. Division (I) requires them to indicate that the city can, but is not obligated to, inspect private streets and require repairs necessary to keep them at the city's standards. Division (E) adds provisions for reliable access so city services and other utility service providers can enter with appropriate identification.
Division (K) sets the approval path. The association documents are reviewed and approved by the City Attorney and the City Planner to ensure they conform to the section and other applicable city ordinances, and they must be filed of record before the final plat is approved.
Under § 159.073, the private street reserve is owned by the homeowners association, and the city receives an easement for utilities and for governmental functions including fire and police protection, inspection, animal control and code enforcement. The easement lets the city remove any vehicle or obstacle in the private street reserve that impairs emergency access.
Violations & Fines
Section 159.072 prints no fine of its own. The city's leverage is procedural: no final plat approval until the City Attorney and City Planner approve the documents and they are filed of record, and no valid dissolution or amendment of the street maintenance provisions without written city consent. Under § 159.073 the city can remove vehicles or obstacles that impair emergency access, and under § 159.072(G) it can repair failed streets and charge the association.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can a Texas City private street HOA dissolve itself?
Who reviews the HOA documents before a subdivision is platted?
Does the association need a bond?
Does Texas City maintain a private street?
Sources & Official References
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