Houston has no formal STR three-strikes registration revocation matrix. Repeat nuisance complaints at a short-term rental are addressed through Chapter 28 building and nuisance enforcement, civil-suit deed-restriction actions, and police habitual-nuisance abatement under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 125.
Cities such as Los Angeles and Austin maintain explicit STR strike systems where confirmed violations within a rolling window automatically suspend or revoke the registration. Houston's 2024 STR ordinance authorizes administrative citations but does not codify a numbered strike matrix tied to permit revocation. Instead, repeat-violator addresses are escalated through Chapter 28 nuisance abatement (overcrowding, noise, life-safety), civil deed-restriction suits brought by the City Legal Department under Local Government Code Chapter 212, and the state common-nuisance statute at Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 125, which can produce a court order shutting the property down for a year. Houston Police Department patrol referrals and 311 records are commonly used as proof of habitual disturbance.
Repeat STR nuisance enforcement combines Chapter 28 administrative fines, deed-restriction injunctions under LGC 212, and Chapter 125 common-nuisance suits, which can yield property closures, civil penalties, and attorney fees.
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