2007 Annexation Exempt Areas

1. 2007 Annexation Exempt Areas Carter Lake HOA Meeting 21 May 2007

2. Annexation • Purpose • To provide urbanizing areas with municipal services and to exercise regulatory authority necessary to protect public health and safety. • Means of ensuring that residents and business outside a city’s corporate limits who benefit from access to the city’s facilities and services share the tax burden associated with constructing and maintaining those facilities and services. • To secure tax base or utility revenue sources. • Imposition of land use controls may also be used as a growth management technique to implement a comprehensive plan.

3. College Station ETJ

4. Annexation Considerations • Gateway control • Increased ETJ platting without parkland dedication • CCN issues • Address “donuts” • Uncertain legislative environment • ETJ expands to 5 miles with 100K population • CSISD boundary

5. Platting Trends

6. Annexation Requirements • Cities may only consider annexing property in their ETJ • Area must be contiguous to the City’s corporate limits • Cities may annex up to 10% of their total area per year – allowable area may be accrued for up to three years • Width of area must be a minimum of 1,000’ • Cities must have an annexation plan - areas identified for annexation must be included in the plan (with exceptions)

7. Existing Annexation Plan • Adopted in December 1999 • “No areas identified for annexation” • May annex exempt areas, process petitions without amending plan • Exempt area – an area with fewer than 100 separate tracts of land on which one or more residential dwellings are located on each tract.

10. Annexation History with Exempt Areas

11. Fiscal Impact (Full Build-Out) • Area 1 - $(177,600) • Area 2 - $542,600 • Area 3 - $(1,600,500) • Area 4 - $(1,232,600) • Area 5 - $2,908,400 Total Annual Impact $440,300 (all areas)

12. Annexation Area Summary Exempt • Allowable annexation area: 9,081 acres • Proposed area: 6,730 acres or 74% of allowable area 3-year plan • Allowable annexation area: 11,104 acres

13. Next Steps • Exempt annexation areas identified by surveyor • Council adopts ordinance authorizing preparation of service plan • Staff develops service plan • Council conducts two public hearings before final adoption of annexation ordinance

14. City Service Obligations Immediate Services • Police Protection (includes animal control) • Fire Protection / EMS • Solid Waste Collection • Maintenance of Public ROW • Zoning • Building Inspections • Community Enhancement

15. Other Services • Wastewater (addressed in service plan) • Water (served by Wellborn SUD) • Electricity (served by BTU) When applicable, services must be provided within 2 ½ years (4 ½ years when the City provides a schedule).

16. A-O (Agricultural Open) Zoning Permitted Uses • Single- Family Detached • Parks • Agricultural Uses (barns/farms/pastures) • Country Club • Educational Facility, Outdoor Instruction • Unregulated Wireless Telecommunication Facility (AKA cell tower)

17. www.cstx.gov Lance Simms: lsimms@cstx.gov Crissy Hartl: chartl@cstx.gov