DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John M. Dugan
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
A Municipal Boundary Adjustment from the City of San Antonio to the City of Windcrest.
SUMMARY:
A request by the City of Windcrest for a Municipal Boundary Adjustment (MBA) that releases 0.86 of an acre of real property from the City of San Antonio to the City of Windcrest. The subject area is adjacent to the northbound Interstate Highway 35 access road beginning at Walzem Road and extending approximately 541.74 feet north of Crestwind Drive.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of San Antonio received a resolution from the City of Windcrest, signed on June 2, 2014 requesting the City of San Antonio cede 0.86 of an acre of real property to the City of Windcrest. Under State law, Sec. 43.031 of the Texas Local Government Code provides authority for adjacent municipalities to make mutually agreeable changes in their boundaries of areas that are less than 1,000 feet in width.
The narrow extent of land between Interstate Highway 35 and the current city limits line, which ranges in width between 32 feet and 38 feet, has historically been served by the City of Windcrest, due to the balance of the property being located in the City of Windcrest. The parcels along this stretch of Interstate Highway 35 access road are private property which has caused jurisdictional confusion regarding the development process. The municipal boundary adjustment would enable the entire area to be located in the City of Windcrest which has been providing municipal services to the area.
ISSUE:
The City of San Antonio's Annexation Policies provide guidance and rationale for consideration of area for annexation and issues within the ETJ. The subject request was evaluated based on criteria provided in the policies and on the feedback received from other City of San Antonio departments.
The subject area consist...
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