{"id":447508,"date":"2026-09-25T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447508\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:20:08","slug":"arlingtons-new-webpage-tracks-apartments-approved-under-sb-840","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/447508\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington\u2019s New Webpage Tracks Apartments Approved Under SB 840"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on September 25, 2026<\/p>\n


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By the Office of Communication<\/p>\n

Residents can now find information on the City\u2019s website about apartment complexes and mixed-use developments in Arlington that have been approved, or are pending approval, under Texas Senate Bill 840.<\/p>\n

Visit the City\u2019s Planning and Zoning Commission webpage to view maps, project details and pending applications:<\/p>\n

SB 840 Project Tracker webpage<\/a><\/p>\n

How SB 840 Impacts Land Development in Arlington<\/p>\n

Senate Bill 840 went into effect on Sept. 1, 2025. Codified as Chapter 218 of the Texas Local Government Code, the law applies to Texas municipalities with populations exceeding 150,000 located within counties of more than 300,000 residents. This impacts 19 of the state\u2019s largest cities, including Arlington.<\/p>\n

Chapter 218 reshapes municipal zoning authority by allowing qualifying multi-family and mixed-use residential developments on properties zoned for office, commercial, retail, or warehouse uses.<\/p>\n

Key impacts on Arlington include:<\/p>\n


\nLimits on Discretionary Approvals: The City cannot require a zoning change, variance, or other discretionary zoning approval prior to permitting qualifying multi-family or mixed-use projects on commercial, retail, office or warehouse properties.
\nAdministrative Development Plan Review: Applicants must submit a development plan. If the application complies with applicable building codes and land development regulations outlined in Sections 5.12 and 5.13 of Arlington\u2019s Unified Development Code (UDC)\u2014and is not preempted by Chapter 218\u2014the City must grant approval without requiring a discretionary zoning vote.
\nBuilding Conversions: Chapter 218 restricts the City\u2019s ability to regulate the adaptive reuse and conversion of existing office, retail, and warehouse structures into multi-family or mixed-use housing.
\nExemptions: The law includes limited exceptions, such as properties located near airports or heavy industrial zones. <\/p>\n

Using the \u201cSubscribe to this page\u201d button<\/a> at the bottom of the webpage, community members can stay informed about proposed rezoning requests as well as development applications processed under the state mandate.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on September 25, 2026 By the Office of Communication Residents can now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-447508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}