HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-4023 - Ordinance - 07/12/2018ORDINANCE NO. 2018-4023
AN ORDINANCE MAKING CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE FINDINGS; EXTENDING THE
BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITY
OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, TO FIVE MILES ; GRANTING TO ALL
INHABITANTS OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE EXTENDED EXTRATERRITORIAL
JURISDICTION ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF OTHER CITIZENS IN THE
EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION; AND BINDING SAID INHABITANTS BY ALL
OF THE ACTS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF SAID CITY
THAT MAY APPLY WITHIN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
WHEREAS, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, Section 42.021 allows a municipality’s
extraterritorial jurisdiction (“ETJ”) generally to extend five miles from the municipality’s
corporate boundaries when the number of inhabitants in the municipality are 100,000 or more; and
WHEREAS, the City of College Station, Texas, has determined, through certain estimates,
forecasts, counts and analysis, that there are at least 100,000 inhabitants within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, desires to make certain
affirmative findings in order to extend the City’s ETJ to five miles; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That the foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated by reference as if
fully set forth herein.
PART 2: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the number of inhabitants
within the City of College Station is at least 100,000 based on the 2010 population
estimate of the U.S. Bureau of Census extrapolated by estimates, forecasts, counts
and analysis based on: the average number of persons in a household as estimated
by the U.S. Bureau of Census; the City’s occupancy rate as estimated by the U.S.
Bureau of Census; the City’s Certificate of Occupancy issuance records from 2010
to 2018; and the City’s new building permit issuance records from 2010 to 2018.
PART 3: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the orderly growth of the City
of College Station requires that the subdivision of land be regulated so as to be
consistent with the development of the City.
PART 4: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the City of College Station shall extend for a distance of five miles from the
corporate limits of the City.
PART 5: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the inhabitants of the
extraterritorial jurisdiction as extended are entitled to all the rights and privileges
of other citizens of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of College Station and
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they shall be bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of said City
that may apply within the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 12th day of July, 2018.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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City Secretary Mayor
APPROVED:
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City Attorney