City of San Antonio - File #: 19-5069

• File #: 19-5069
• Type: Plan Amendment
• In control: Planning Commission
• On agenda: 6/26/2019
• Posting Language: (Continuance from 05/22/19) MILITARY PROTECTION AREAS PA-2019-11600022 (Council Districts 4, 6, and 8): Public hearing and consideration of the following items: Amending Chapter 35 of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, to add a new article, Article IX, designating Extraterritorial Military Protection Areas, adopting general provisions, rules, regulations, and districts associated with the Extraterritorial Military Protection Areas which are in the manner recommended by the most recent joint land use study. 1. A Plan Amendment to amend the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City by establishing Comprehensive Land Use Categories in the Camp Bullis/Camp Stanley Extraterritorial Military Protection Areas, generally defined as the area of the City of San Antonio Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Bexar County, Texas, within five miles of the boundary of Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley. 2. A Plan Amendment to amend the Comprehensive Master Plan of the City by establishing Comprehensive Land Use ...
• Related files: 19-4769

DEPARTMENT: Development Services

DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Council Districts 4, 6, and 8

SUBJECT:

Briefing with possible action on the proposed Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Military Protection Area (ETJMPA) regulations for the Camp Bullis ETJMPA and Lackland ETJMPA, creation of the Comprehensive Land Use categories within the MPAs, and the Addendum to the Bexar County/COSA Master Interlocal Agreement for the ETJMPs in unincorporated Bexar County.

SUMMARY:

On November 6, 2018, voters in areas of unincorporated Bexar County within a five mile radius of the Camp Bullis/Camp Stanley Military Bases and the Lackland Air Force Base/Medina Annex were presented with two options: to either approve annexation into the City Limits of San Antonio or to not approve annexation and allow Land Use Regulations consistent with the most recently adopted Joint Land Use Study. Voters in both areas rejected annexation and approved land use controls. Since the election, the Development Services Department, Planning Department, City Attorney's Office, Office of Military Affairs, Bexar County, and the Military have been working to develop the regulations to implement the land use controls approved by the voters.

This item was presented to the Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee (PCTAC) on Monday, May 13, 2019, and was recommended for approval. Additionally, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the Comprehensive Plan Committee recommended the item move forward through the process for City Council consideration.

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...