City of San Antonio - File #: 19-8503

• File #: 19-8503
• Type: Miscellaneous Item
• In control: City Council A Session
• On agenda: 12/12/2019
• Posting Language: Ordinance extending the City limits by full purpose annexation of approximately 2,194.3 acres of land, as consented to by the property owners, which are contiguous to the city limits and located within the City of San Antonio (City)'s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) in south Bexar County, and establishing an effective date of December 31, 2019, near City Council Districts 3 and 4. [Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager; Bridgett White, Director, Planning Department]
• Related files: 19-8736

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/12/2019	1	City Council A Session	adopted	Pass

DEPARTMENT: Planning Department


DEPARTMENT HEAD: Bridgett White, AICP


COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: 3 and 4


SUBJECT:

Public hearing and consideration of an Ordinance extending the City limits by full purpose annexation of numerous properties located on the south side of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ).


SUMMARY:

Public hearing and consideration of an Ordinance extending the City limits by full purpose annexation of approximately 2,194.3 acres of land, located on the south side of the City of San Antonio's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), which are contiguous to the city limits in South Bexar County, and establishing an effective date of December 31, 2019. The annexations were consented to by way of development agreements between the City and each landowner.


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The City of San Antonio (City) initiated Limited Purpose Annexation of the south side area in 2014, and then completed Full Purpose Annexation of the area in 2016. As part of both annexation processes, Texas Local Government Code required the City to offer Agricultural Development Agreements to properties which had the Agricultural Market Value designated by the Bexar County Appraisal District (BCAD).

In 2013, 2014, and 2016, prior to final Full Purpose Annexation of other properties in the South San Antonio Area, numerous property owners entered into Development Agreements with the City of San Antonio which allowed their continued agricultural use of their property and guaranteed the extraterritorial status of their property for as long as the property owner continued the use as described in the terms of the Development Agreement.


ISSUE:

The property owners of the subject properties have violated the terms of their Development Agreement in a few different ways: no longer having an agricultural appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes by BCAD; subdividing and selling portions of the property; submitting building permits with Bexar County; and/o...