DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council Districts 4, 6, and 8
SUBJECT:
Briefing and Possible Action on Annexation Options Related to Military Installation Mission Protection
SUMMARY:
Briefing on options related to annexation adjacent to the Camp Bullis/Camp Stanley and Lackland Air Force Base/Medina Training Annex. Pursuant to Senate Bill 6, a city may annex up to five (5) miles adjacent to a military base. Senate Bill 6 requires voter approval and affected property owners would choose between being annexed or allowing a municipality to enforce land use regulations as stipulated in the most recent JLUS as a means to provide protection of a military installation mission.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Senate Bill 6 became effective December 1, 2017 and requires cities located in counties with more than 500,000 residents (Tier 2 cities) to obtain landowner or voter approval of a proposed annexation. The new law permits cities to hold elections which allow voters within five miles of military bases to choose one of two means to regulate land use: 1) by annexation or 2) allowing the municipality to improve land use regulations as delineated in the most recent Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code was amended to include the following:
Section 43.0117 Authority of Municipality to Annex Area Near Military Base
Part (b) A municipality may annex for full or limited purposes, under the annexation provisions applicable to that municipality under this chapter, any part of the area located within five miles of the boundary of a military base in which an active training program is conducted. The annexation proposition shall be stated to allow the voters of the area to be annexed to choose between either annexation or providing the municipality with the authority to adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating the land use in the area in the manner recommended by the most rec...
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