DEPARTMENT: Planning
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council Districts 4, 6, and 8
SUBJECT:
First public hearing regarding the November 6 election for voters to choose between limited purpose annexation or land use controls within five miles of the boundary of Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley Military Bases and the Lackland Air Force Base (AFB) and Medina Training Annex.
SUMMARY:
First public hearing regarding the November 6 election for voters to choose between limited purpose annexation or land use controls within five miles of the boundary of Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley Military Bases and the Lackland Air Force Base (AFB) and Medina Training Annex, which are contiguous to the City of San Antonio (COSA) limits and within the San Antonio Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) in Bexar County.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Senate Bill 6, effective December 1, 2017, 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 extend 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 ordi...
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