County v. City

The explosion of economic growth and suburban sprawl into once-rural Collin County has produced a complex map of cities and their extra-territorial jurisdiction. The subtleties of that map engulfed the Custer Storage Center (right), who became involved in a dispute between the County and the City of McKinney (oddly enough, the county seat) about what construction permits were  required. Held: “The City lacks authority to require a landowner developing property in its ETJ to obtain City building permits, inspections and approvals, and pay related fees. However, the City possesses authority—to the exclusion of the County—to regulate all subdivision plats and related permits for property in the City’s ETJ.” Collin County v. City of McKinney, No. 05-17-00546-CV (May 10, 2018). (Texas pioneer Collin McKinney (left), for whom both the city and county are named, would no doubt have had conflicting loyalties for this dispute.)