DEPARTMENT: Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 9
SUBJECT:
A resolution recommending approval of Development Agreements between the City of San Antonio and multiple owners of property within the proposed US 281 North Corridor Annexation boundaries to guarantee the 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.
SUMMARY:
This is a resolution recommending approval of Development Agreements to guarantee the 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.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
When an area is proposed for annexation, the Texas Local Government Code, Section 43.035, requires a development agreement be offered in lieu of annexation to owners of property appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as land for agriculture or wildlife management use under Subchapter C or D, Chapter 23, Texas Tax Code, or as timber land under Subchapter E of that chapter. A city may not annex an area, unless the city offers to make an agreement with the land owner to continue the extraterritorial status of the area. Section 43.035 authorizes the development agreement to extend regulations and planning authority of the city that do not interfere with the use of the area for agriculture, wildlife management or timber use. If the landowner declines to make the agreement the City may annex the property.
Letters that included the agreement were mailed to property owners meeting the above referenced appraised value, requesting the signed agreements be postmarked no later than December 31, 2013, or hand delivered to the Department of Planning and Community Development at 1400 S. Flores, San Antonio, Texas, no later than January 2, 2014 by 4:30 p.m. In 2016, properties ...
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