DEPARTMENT: Planning & Community Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3
SUBJECT:
The Department of Planning & Community Development is recommending full purpose annexation of Neal Road Area consisting of approximately 5.9 square miles, generally located north of South Loop 1604 East, east of Applewhite Road, west of Pleasanton Road, and south of Mauermann Road in south Bexar County. Staff recommends approval.
SUMMARY:
Public Hearing and consideration of a full purpose annexation of the Neal Road Area consisting of approximately 5.9 square miles in south Bexar County, generally located north of South Loop 1604 East, east of Applewhite Road, west of Pleasanton Road, and south of Mauermann Road in south Bexar County within the City of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Neal Road Annexation Area is within the City of San Antonio's southern extraterritorial jurisdiction and consists of approximately 5.9 square miles. (A map of the Annexation Area is attached as EXHIBIT A.). On December 31, 2016, the City of San Antonio extended its city limits by approving the full purpose annexation of approximately 19.62 square miles of adjacent land. The Neal Road annexation area is a logical southern extension of the South San Antonio Annexation.
The Annexation Area primarily consists of agricultural uses, vacant land, residential uses and a sparse number of commercial properties. It contains 163 parcels of land, of which 82 parcels contain residential uses. The area is within close proximity to the Medina River, the Texas A&M University-San Antonio campus, and the Toyota manufacturing plant. The proposed Annexation Area also contains portions of the Land Heritage Institute whose goal is preserve natural, archeological and historical assets in the area.
According to Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code, the proposed annexation is exempt from a three-year Munici...
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