GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY

(a) A home-rule municipality has exclusive control over and under the public highways, streets, and alleys of the municipality. (b) The municipality may: (1) control, regulate, or remove an encroachment or obstruction on a public street or alley of the municipality; (2) open or change a public street or alley of the municipality; or (3) improve a public highway, street, or alley of the municipality. (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b) or Section 311.007, before a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may install traffic calming measures within the municipality, the governing body of the municipality must: (1) publish standards and criteria, which must include sufficient notice to allow the governing body to receive and consider public comments from residents within one-half mile of the proposed traffic calming measure; (2) on request of affected residents, schedule and hold a public meeting before implementation of the measure; and (3) if the measure involves the closure of a street to motor vehicular traffic, before the closure: (A) hold a public hearing on the issue of the closure; and (B) approve the closure by a majority vote.