DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 2, 4, and 8
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing and Consideration of a resolution recommending approval of Development Agreements between the City of San Antonio and multiple property owners of property appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural, wildlife management or timber use and removal from the full purpose annexation of 19.96 square miles to guarantee continued extraterritorial status for a period of 10 years.
SUMMARY:
A Resolution recommending the Planning Department to execute Development Agreements between the City of San Antonio and forty-nine owners of property within the Commercial Corridors and Enclaves Annexation Areas to guarantee 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. Staff recommends approval.
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.
Owners whose property met the above referenced appraised value were mailed agreements with letters requesting the signed agreements be postmarked no later than July 26, 2017, or hand delivered to th...
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