DEPARTMENT: Planning and Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, Planning Director
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3 and 4
SUBJECT:
Full Purpose Annexation of the South San Antonio Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, and Area 4; and the adoption of the Service Plan.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance providing for the extension of the City of San Antonio limits by the Full Purpose Annexation of approximately 19.62 square miles of land known as the South San Antonio Annexation Area 1, Area 2, Area 3, and Area 4, generally located south of Loop 410, between Old Pearsall Road and State Highway 181, and establishing an effective date of December 31, 2016, and adopting a Service Plan for the area. [Peter Zanoni, Deputy City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning and Community Development].
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The South San Antonio Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 encompass approximately 12,558 acres or 19.62 square miles. On January 9, 2014, the City Council of San Antonio approved Ordinance #2014-01-09-0001, which annexed for Limited Purposes the South San Antonio Areas 1 - 4, pursuant to Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code. These areas were annexed for "limited purposes" with the effective date of January 19, 2014 and were scheduled for "full purpose" annexation within three years of the effective date of limited purpose annexation.
The Limited Purpose Annexation allowed the City to extend regulatory authority to apply its planning, zoning, health, and safety ordinances without the provisions of full services. Under Limited Purpose Annexation the City did not assess property taxes. The three-year period between Limited Purpose Annexation and Full Purpose Annexation afforded the City time to further study full-purpose annexation potential, plan for the orderly extension of full municipal services to the area, and to provide a framework for capital improvements planning for the area.
The City of San Antonio developed a Service Plan and made it availabl...
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