DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Second public hearing regarding the U.S. 281 North Corridor Annexation Area consisting of approximately 1.9 square miles.
SUMMARY:
Second public hearing regarding the annexation of the U.S. 281 North Corridor which consists of approximately 1.9 square miles within San Antonio's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) in Bexar and Comal Counties and is of a variable width of up to 4,000 feet along the U.S. 281 North right-of-way. The area begins approximately at the City limits of San Antonio south of Marshall Road and Northwind Boulevard in Bexar County and continues north along U.S. 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, U.S. Highway 281 North, Interstate Highway 10 East in Phase 1; and U.S. Highway 90/Loop 1604 and U.S. 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 was proposed for full purpose annexation. [The map is attached as Exhibit A.] The U.S. 281 North Corridor is exempted from a three-year Municipal Annexation Plan because it contains less than 100 separate residential tracts of land. This proposed annexation would be effective on December 31, 2016. The balance of the U.S. 281 North area including the majority of the residential properties would be placed in a three-year Municipal Annexation Plan that begins the annexation process and will all...
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