Does county or city control drainage requirements within ETJ? Entire ETJ or just 1/2 mile from city boundary? No agreements exist.

Are you talking about regulation of subdivisions within the ETJ? If so, per chapter 232 of the Local Government Code, I think the county can set drainage requirements, absent any interlocal agreement.

Please note I am still learning about this myself, so you might want to double-check.

[This message was edited by Mack T. Harrison on 02-08-12 at .]

Not debating subdivision or platting, just drainage.

Sorry, I don't know what to tell you. Maybe check with TCEQ?

Do you mean drainage for flood control purposes? I think the default is that the County flood control rules apply in the ETJ, unless the city has affirmatively extended its flood control rules to the ETJ.

And get a copy of the City rules, just to be sure. We had a home under construction in the flood plain, and ETJ, a while back, and the City declared it was none their business. But when I got a hold of the City flood control ordinance, it specifically extended to all of the ETJ.