Land Use & Zoning
In Texas, a 'deed-restricted community' that has no HOA but has deed restrictions may enforce those restrictions through:
ATREC enforcement
BLawsuits by individual property owners who have standing as beneficiaries of the restrictions✓ Correct
CCounty government enforcement only
DThe city's zoning department
Explanation
In communities with deed restrictions but no HOA, property owners who benefit from the restrictions may sue to enforce them as third-party beneficiaries of the covenant scheme. Any owner in the subdivision typically has standing to seek enforcement against a violating neighbor.
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