DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John M. Dugan, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2
SUBJECT:
Resolution recommending approval of development agreements for properties in the proposed IH-10 East limited purpose annexation area guaranteeing continued extraterritorial jurisdiction status of properties which are appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural, wildlife management or timber use for a period of 10 years.
SUMMARY:
The City of San Antonio offers development agreements for properties in the proposed IH-10 East limited purpose annexation area that guarantee continued extraterritorial status of properties which are appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural, wildlife management or timber use for a period of 10 years, to comply with Texas Local Government Code, Section 43.035. The Planning Commission is requested to make a recommendation on the agreement and the qualifying properties whose property owners have responded to the letter offer for an agreement in lieu of annexation.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Letters were mailed to the eligible property owners by certified mail on August 7, 2015, with a requested response to be hand delivered by September 4, 2015 by 4:30 p.m. or postmarked by September 2, 2015. If the landowner declined to make the agreement, or if no response was received by the deadline, the City may annex the property.
The primary tenets of the development agreement are:
1) The owner agrees to consensual annexation at the end of the 10 year term or has an option to extend the agreement, by mutual consent in writing, and with City Council approval;
2) The agreement allows the continuation of agriculture as an industry which supports local markets;
3) The City can extend its boundaries beyond the development agreement area, as an area adjacent to one of these agreements is considered to be contiguous to the city;
4) The development agreement do...
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