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AGENDA MEMO
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF FULSHEAR, TEXAS

AGENDA OF:

7/25/2024
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VI.D.
DATE SUBMITTED:

7/22/2024
DEPARTMENT:

Administration
PREPARED BY:
Byron Brown
PRESENTER:
Byron Brown
SUBJECT:   LETTER AGREEMENT REGARDING AGREEMENT NOT TO REMOVE CERTAIN LAND FROM THE CITY’S ETJ BETWEEN THE CITY OF FULSHEAR AND DR HORTON

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


The State of Texas granted cities the power to regulate outside their corporate boundaries in a designated extra-territorial jurisdiction (“ETJ”) as part of the Municipal Annexation Reform Act of 1963. This allows cities to regulate outside of the city limits, including in the ETJ some aspects of development such as platting, and subdivision infrastructure. However, a City cannot regulate land use, lot size, or density in the ETJ. 

 

Furthermore, in 2023 the state legislature passed S.B. 2038 which stated that landowners may petition their property out of the ETJ. 


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