Residential Facilities

Boarding Home means an establishment that:

1. Furnishes, in one or more buildings, lodging to three or more persons with disabilities or elderly persons who are unrelated to the owner of the establishment by blood or marriage; and
2. Provides residents with community meals, light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery shopping, money management, laundry services, or assistance with self-administration or medication, but does not provide personal care services as defined by Section 247.002 of the Texas Health and Safety Code to those persons.

Lodging Facility means an establishment that furnishes lodging to three or more persons who are unrelated to the owner of the establishment by blood or marriage. The term “lodging facility” shall not include:

1. A boarding home, as defined in article XIV of Chapter 28,
2. A hotel or bed and breakfast facility, each as defined in article VI of Chapter 28, or
3. A single-family residential building, condominium, or townhouse that is owner-occupied for at least three months of the year.

Correctional Facility means a facility for the housing and rehabilitation or training of adults on parole, early release or pre-release, or any other form of executive, judicial or administrative release from a penal institution. Such a facility shall not include a facility that is:

1. Used primarily as a temporary holding facility
2. Used primarily for persons arrested for or found guilty of misdemeanor offenses;
3. Located in or near court facilities; or
4. Used primarily to hold prisoners awaiting transfer to a state facility

Alternate Housing Facility means a resident in which three or more unrelated parolees reside that:

1. Is owned by an individual, private entity, or non-profit or faith-based organization
2. Is not operated by, established by, or contracted with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ); and
3. Will be operated under TDCJ approval