DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
A resolution recommending the approval of the annexation of approximately 1,224 acres, the area being a variable width of up to 4,000 feet along US 281 North right-of-way, beginning approximately at the city limits of San Antonio south of Marshall Road and Northwind Boulevard in Bexar County and continuing north along US 281 North to approximately 1,830 feet south of Ancestral Trail in Comal County, within the City of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code.
SUMMARY:
A resolution recommending the approval of the annexation of approximately 1,224 acres, the area being a variable width of up to 4,000 feet along US 281 North right-of-way, beginning approximately at the city limits of San Antonio south of Marshall Road and Northwind Boulevard in Bexar County and continuing north along US 281 North to approximately 1,830 feet south of Ancestral Trail in Comal County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On December 4, 2014 the City of San Antonio approved a two-year plan to initiate limited purpose annexation of five priority areas, Interstate Highway 10 West, US Highway 281 North, Interstate Highway 10 East in Phase 1, and US Highway 90/Loop 1604 and US Highway 151 in Phase 2. In October 2015, the proposed annexation was postponed to assess the annexation areas' financial and growth assumptions and conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan's annexation policies.
On June 15, 2016 at a City Council "B" Session, City staff presented an alternate scenario for the U.S. Highway 281 area. The commercial corridor along U.S. Highway 281 North is proposed for full purpose annexation and is exempted from a three-year Municipal Annexation Plan because it contains less than 100 separate tracts of land where one or more residential dwellings are located. ...
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