DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John M. Dugan, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 8
SUBJECT:
Public hearing for the limited purpose annexation of the IH-10 West Area.
SUMMARY:
Public hearing for the limited purpose annexation of the IH-10 West Area, consisting of 14.94 square miles (9,560 acres), generally located north of NW Loop 1604, extending to areas on the east and west sides of IH 10 West, and south of the Kendall County line.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On December 4, 2014, the City of San Antonio directed the Department of Planning and Community Development to initiate limited purpose annexation and prepare a regulatory plan for five annexation priority areas in 2015 and 2016, which are contiguous to the city limits and within the San Antonio Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Bexar County. Five priority areas were identified based on the evaluation criteria established by the City's annexation policy adopted in 2013. The areas encompass 66.47 square miles and have a population of approximately 117,517. The IH-10 West annexation area, consisting of 9,560 acres is one of the five priority areas.
The IH-10 West Area consists of approximately 9,560 acres (14.94 square miles) in Bexar County located along IH-10 West adjacent to Camp Bullis from the San Antonio City limits to Boerne's extraterritorial jurisdiction line and is located within the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The IH-10 West study area primarily consists of single family uses, with some multi-family, commercial, and agricultural uses. The boundary for the study area is based on the fire travel response time in order to ensure that public safety services would be equivalent to the areas within the corporate boundaries of San Antonio and would not reduce by a negligible amount the level of fire and police protection and emergency medical services provided within the corporate bounda...
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