Title
Consider/Discuss Potential Amendments to the 1999 Municipal Annexation Plan
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: July 25, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Brian Lockley, AICP, CPM, Director of Planning
Michael Quint, Executive Director of Development Services
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Discuss and provide direction to Staff.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This item is to discuss and provide direction on potential amendments to the City's Municipal Annexation Plan.
* The current Municipal Annexation Plan was adopted in 1999 and generally states, "the City of McKinney has no plans or intent to annex any property that is required by law to be included in the 1999 Annexation Plan." The Plan goes on to state that the City reserves the right to involuntarily annex certain properties under the exemption clause of Texas Local Government Code.
* Since adoption of the 1999 Municipal Annexation Plan, the corporate limits of McKinney have grown from approximately 57 square miles to 67 square miles. In accordance with the Plan, this growth has predominately occurred through voluntary annexation proceedings.
* However, the ultimate area of McKinney is roughly 116 square miles. This means that almost 50 square miles of unincorporated land still currently sits within McKinney's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). While the city can exercise planning and subdivision authority within its ETJ, it cannot exercise land use control (i.e. zoning) or taxing authority over those unincorporated areas.
* As such, Staff is recommending that the City Council consider an amendment to the 1999 Municipal Annexation Plan that would identify certain properties to be annexed three years after the date of the adoption of the Municipal Annexation Plan (per State Law).
* By amending the Municipal Annexation Plan, the City will be better able to protect the long ...
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