Title
Consider/Discuss the Growth and Annexation Program in McKinney
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic and Economic Growth
MEETING DATE: July 31, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Development Services - Planning Department
CONTACT: Jennifer Arnold, Planning Manager
Brian Lockley, AICP, CPM, Director of Planning
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Receive presentation and discuss.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This item is to provide an overview of the existing approach for growth and annexation in the City of McKinney.
* In November of 1999 the City of McKinney adopted its first Annexation Plan in order to remain in compliance with changes to Texas Local Government Code.
* In general, the 1999 Plan stated that "the City of McKinney has no plans or intent to annex any property that is required by law to be included in ... [an] Annexation Plan." The Plan went on to state that the City reserved 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 grew from approximately 57 square miles to 68 square miles. In accordance with the Plan, this growth 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.
* In 2015, the City began considering a more systematic approach for annexing land into its corporate limits. The purpose of this was to implement the vision outlined in the recently adopted Northwest Sector Study Phase I Report, to ensure that the city remains aware of the intended and potentially unintended implications of anne...
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