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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2006-O0119 - Annexing Area Of Land Which Contains Fewer Than 100 Separate Tracts Of Land - 11/09/2006First Reading November 9, 2006 Item No. 6.8 FILE ANO RETURN TO ED BUCY R-0-W Second Reading November 21, 2006 Itea No. 6.1 ORDINANCE NO. 2006~0119 AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING AN AREA OF LAND TO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WHICH AREA IS DESCRJBED HEREIN AND IS ADJACENT TO AND ABUTS THE EXISTING CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WHICH CONTArnS FEWER THAN 100 SEPARATE TRACTS OF LAND ON WHICH ONE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED ON EACH TRACT; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION OF A SERVICE PLAN IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR CORRECTION OF THE CITY MAP TO INCLUDE THIS ANNEXED AREA; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHEREAS, all required notices, including written notice of intent to annex said area to each property owner, each public entity and each railroad company within said area as required by Section 43.062, Subchapter C-1, Local Government Code, and all public hearings for such annexation have been h3d in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe CityofLubbock deems it to be in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to annex said territory into the City of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT the area ofland hereinafter described and which is further described on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes, which abuts and is adjacent to the existing corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Texas, BE and the same is hereby ANNEXED to and included within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Texas. DESCRIPTION OF ANNEXED AREA BEGINNING at a point in the present City Limits line as established by City of Lubbock Ordinance No. 2006-00067, said point being 660 feet East and 60 feet North of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE South along the present City Limits approximately 1380 feet to a point which is 660 feet East and 1320 feet South of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE West along the present City Limits approximately 715 feet to a point which is 1320 feet South and 55 feet West of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; .. 0 ... :0 0 , a (ll .....:.. cs;:, C5) ....... <S> <S> ~ ....... C» .....:.. THENCE South along a line parallel to the West line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 1309 feet to a point which is 2629 feet South and 55 feet West of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE East along a line 2629 feet South of and parallel to the North line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 3075 feet to a point 2629 feet South and 3020 feet East of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE North along a line 3020 feet East of and parallel to the West line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 3005 feet to a point which is 3020 feet East and 376 feet North of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE West along a line 376 North of and parallel to the North line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 1060 feet to a point 1960 feet East and 376 North of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE South along a line 1960 feet East of and parallel to the West line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 316 feet to a point 1960 feet East and 60 feet North of the Northwest comer of Section 11, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas; THENCE West along a line 60 feet North of and parallel to the North line of Section 11, Block E, approximately 1300 feet to the Point ofBEGINNING; containing approximately 175 acres. SECTION 2. THAT a service plan prepared in accordance with applicable provisions of state law pertaining to annexation is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes. SECTION 3. THAT the City Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to immediately correct the map of the City of Lubbock by adding thereto the additional territory annexed by this Ordinance, indicating on the map the date of annexation and the nwnber of this Ordinance. The City Secretary and the City Engineer shall each keep in their respective offices an official map of the City of Lubbock showing the boundaries of the municipal corporation, including this annexation. SECTION 4. THAT this Ordinance shall be become effective seven (7) days after the I date of final passage by the City Council. SECTION 5. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 6. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. 2 AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the City Council on first reading this 9th day of November Passed by the City Council on second reading this 21st day of November . -, . . APPROVED'" AS T0"_tON<TENT: I APPROVED AS TO FORM: ddordl AnnexSubCTahokaHwy August 21, 2006 3 ,2006. '2006. Ordinance No. 2006-G0119 Exhibit A 1. Police: Ordinance No. 2006-Q0119 EXHIBIT B ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 175ACRES TAHOKA HIGHWAY SERVICE PLAN a. Any area annexed will be added to an existing Patrol District (current District 32) on the effective date of annexation. b. Patrol, radio response to calls, and other routine police services, using assigned personnel and equipment, will be provided on the effective date of annexation. c. When population and/or frequency of calls in the area demands, additional personnel and equipment will be added to continue the present level of police services throughout the City. 2. Fire: a. Fire protection by the present personnel and the equipment of the fire fighting force (primary response from Station #14 (96th and Avenue X), with backup from Station #1 0 (48th and Martin Luther King Blvd). Within the limitations of existing available water sources and distances from fire stations, fire protection will be provided on the effective date of annexation. The City has two (2) tanker trucks currently assigned at Stations #15 (80th and Venita) and #5 (Broadway and Zenith). In addition, the City will activate the mutual aid agreement with the Woodrow Volunteer Fire Department if a tanker or other assistance is needed within the area. b. Within the constraints of existing or future bond approvals, fire stations and personnel to serve the annexed area will be considered. c. All existing and future businesses in the proposed area will be included for fire inspections under the business inspection program. 3. Sanitation (Solid Waste Disposal): Refuse collection service now provided City-wide will be extended to the annexed area within ten working days for commercial customers who desire City services. No residential units currently exist in the area. Standard City provided refuse collection will be provided as required by the Code of Ordinances when or if residential construction occurs within the annexed area. 4. Traffic Engineering, Public Works Engineering and Streets: a. Public Works Engineering and Planning Department personnel will review available resources (maps, plats and dedication deeds) in coordination with Lubbock County Engineering to determine which streets are dedicated to the public. Such dedications will be entered into the City of Lubbock Official Base Map. In addition, other departments will be made aware of street dedications for planning purposes. b. Routine maintenance of existing dedicated public streets (excluding State Highways) will begin on the effective date of the annexation. c. Paving of any existing streets will conform to existing City of Lubbock Paving Policy, with such paving costs normally at the expense of the abutting property owners, with the exception of the paving of designated thoroughfare streets which will be paved in accordance with City Paving Policy and prioritized with other thoroughfare paving needs city-wide by the City Council. AU new ·streets and alleys will have the right-of-way dedicated and required curb and gutter and paving constructed in accordance with the requirements of platting property under existing City Code and other Policy provisions. d. Subject to platting and street dedication or existing needs as determined by the Traffic Engineering, the Traffic Engineering Department will install and maintain traffic control devices. e. Traffic signals, traffic signs, street markings, and other traffic control devices will be installed as the need is established by appropriate study and traffic standards, and within the guidelines of applicable City policies and ordinances. 5. Water and Sewer: a. Water and sewer are not readily available in portions of the proposed area at present, particularly the area east of the Tahoka Highway. b. Major main extensions to the area will be considered in by the City Council future capital improvement programs. c. Availability of water and sewer prior to or beyond the extension of mains within a capital expense program is at the request and expense of the user, and shall be provided within current policies and ordinances of the City (note below for an explanation of pro- rata charges). d. Water and sewer for domestic and commercial use, when installed, will be available at approved City rates. e. Water for fire protection will be available through lines only after service lines are installed. Water in fire truck pumpers or in relay from existing sources will be used for fire suppression until that time. 6. Pro-Rata Charges Chapter 28. City Code establishes the charges or the actual cost of construction due on all property to which water and/or sewer lines are extended. The charge is generally known as "pro-rata" and is due and payable before service is provided. The pro-rata charge represents a portion of the costs of providing water and/or sewer facilities to serve the property on which the pro-rata is paid. When a person or group of individuals desires water and/or sewer service to provide service adjacent to the property(ies} or when the service connection will be made to a line constructed after April1. 1952. the person or persons desiring service shall pay non-refundable charge called pro-rata. 2006 pro-rata charges include $10.00 per front foot of lot or tract to be serviced for sewer and $11.00 for water. unless the actual extension cost is greater, then the charge is per actual cost. When an extension of water/sewer facilities exceeds the above costs, the person(s) desiring service shall pay the entire cost and later be refunded that amount above pro-rata when other persons tie onto service and pay their pro-rata. Ordinance 8017 specifies other items including: a. pro-rata on property already platted. and extension of services. b. pro-rata and extensions to property being platted. c. sizes of lines and meter sizes, d. loeation for service connection, e. deposits, charges, refunds. f. cost of large mains may be partially paid by City, and other considerations. g. When the City Council can declare a health hazard and install mains at public expense. 7. Parks and Recreation The Parks and Recreation Department has no facilities in the proposed annexation area. Future parks or open space will be acquired through the dedication of property during development or purchase with appropriate City funds. 8. Building Inspection, Planning, Inspection Services: a. Any inspection service or code enforcement now provided by the City (zoning, environmental control, health, animal control, building inspection), will begin in the annexed area on the effective date of annexation. b. Any inspection or enforcement services and vector control (mosquitoes, flies, rodents) now provided by City personnel will begin in the annexed area on the effective date of annexation. c. The planning and zoning jurisdiction (of the City), including the platting process, will extend to the annexed area on the effective date of annexation. City planning policy will encompass the annexed area. The annexed area will be zoned a "T" (transition} pending adoption of an amended Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the area and future zone case requests. All existing land uses shall become "legal non-conforming with the exception of the sale of fireworks. State Law prohibits the sale of fireworks within any city limits. One exception regarding nonconforming is governed by Part (f) of 29-26 of the Code of Ordinances as follows: (f) Nonconforming sign abatement. (1) The following signs and/or advertising items shall become nonconforming on the effective date of this ordinance [chapter] and shall be brought into compliance or removed within six (6) months of the effective date of this ordinance [chapter]. a. Signs with flashing, blinking, or traveling lights, regardless of wattage, which are located within forty-three (43} feet of any street right-of-way. Signs with flashing, blinking, or traveling lights, regardless of wattage, and excepting time and temperature signs which are located within one thousand (1 ,000) feet of any street intersection. b. Any sign which is affixed to sign supports prohibited in section 23.2-6 [29-26(b )(6)]. c. Banners, pennants, searchlights, twirling signs, sandwich, or "Au frame signs, sidewalk or curb signs, balloons, or other gas- filled objects, except as provided in section 23.3-4 [29~26(c)(4)]. d. Flags, other than those of any nation, state or political subdivision, or one flag which shows an emblem or logo of a firm or corporation. e. Any signs which resemble an official traffic sign or signal or which bears the words "Stop.'' .. Go Slow," "Caution," "Danger,'' 'Warning," or similar words. f. Signs which, by reason of their size, location, movement, content, coloring or manner of illumination may be confused with or construed as a traffic-control sign, signal or device, or the light of an emergency or road equipment vehicle, or which hide from view any traffic or street sign or signal or device. g. Portable or wheeled signs. h. Any sign which emits sound, odor or visible matter, which serve[s] as a distraction to persons within the public right~of-way. i. Any signs and their supports in violation of section 23.3-1 [29- 26(c){1 )] are hereby deemed to be in trespass on public property and shall be immediately removed by the administrator or his agent. This removal shall be done in a manner, if reasonably possible, to preserve the value of such signs and supports. If the administrator directs an independent contractor to remove said signs and supports, the cost of such work shall be minimized by the administrator to whatever extent is reasonably possible. The owners of any removed signs and supports, except signs made of paper or cardboard or their supports, shall be notified. The first attempt at notice shall be within three (3} days of the removal of the sign and supports. The manner of notice shall be that which will best achieve notice under the circumstances, including the use of certified mail, hand delivery or publication. Refusal of certified mail which has been properly addressed and posted shall not void the notice. Hand delivery may be employed where the addressee is within the city limits and when his whereabouts are specifically known. Publication may be used when the addressee or his whereabouts are unknown and said publication shall be done in the same manner as prescribed in Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes for service of process by publication. Notice by publication shall be deemed sufficient regardless of its effect as actual notice. Said notice shall inform the recipient that the City of Lubbock is in possession of that certain sign and supports, why they were removed, and where they may be reclaimed, as well as the information contained in the remainder of this section. With the exception of signs made of paper or cardboard and their supports which may be disposed of immediately, removed signs and supports shall be stored a period not to exceed fourteen (14) days beginning the first day of effective notice, whether actual or constructive. A storage change [charge] of five dollars ($5.00) per day will be levied beginning the fourth day of that fourteen (14) day period. Before the expiration of the storage period, the owner of the sign and supports may reclaim his property upon payment of any storage charges and the cost of removal, if such removal was done by an independent contractor. If said sign and support have not been reclaimed by the expiration of the storage period, they may be disposed of in whatever manner the administrator shall choose. If in his opinion the sign and supports are not capable of being sold they may be discarded, but if sold, the proceeds therefrom shall be first applied to the storage charge and removal charge if any, and the remaining balance shall be mailed to the past owner of the sign and supports, if reasonably possible, or if not, then to the general fund of the city. (2) All signs not covered by Section 23.6-1 [29-26(f)(1 )] which are in violation of other provisions of Section 23 [29-26] shall become nonconforming. Said signs shall be brought into compliance by alteration or removal, by January 1, 1982 (edit note: the paragraph (3) below translates into the fact that nonconforming signs have a 6.5 year time frame to be brought into conformance) unless the height, area, location or supports of an existing sign are altered, in which case the sign shall be brought into compliance at the time of alteration. Nothing in this section shall prevent the removal of damaged or abandoned signs under Section 23.4 [29-26(d)] or the termination of nonconforming uses under Section 24 [29-27J. (3) The abatement periods provided in subsections (f)(1) and (f)(2), immediately above, commenced on the effective date of Ordinance No. 7084, which was July 19, 1975, and were effective as to all such defined nonconforming signs within the corporate limits on such effective date. The abatement periods for the defined nonconforming signs located in areas annexed into the corporate limits on or after the 3rd day of July, 1985, shall commence to run on the effective date of annexation of the area in which such nonconforming signs are located. For such purpose the effective date of annexation shall be either the date of final passage of the annexation ordinance involved, or, the date upon which such annexation is approved under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, whichever action is the last to occur. The abatement periods for the defined nonconforming signs located in areas annexed between July 19, 1975 and July 3, 1985, shall commence to run on the 3rd day of July, 1985, or, the date upon the effective date of annexation of the area in which the nonconforming sign is located, whichever action is the last to occur. 9. Emergency Services: a. The City of Lubbock shall notify Lubbock County Hospital District of this annexation and provide the effective date of annexation with regard to provision of emergency medical services. b. Other emergency services providers and LECD will be notified of the annexation. They will be provided with the effective date and maps of the annexed area indicating any street name changes. c. The Planning Department will update the centerline file and the information will be loaded into the Police and Fire dispatch systems during the week between Council action and the effective date of the ordinance. Businesses will be notified of any change of address at that time. FILED AND RECORDED OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS Kelly Pinion, County Clerk Lubbock County TEXAS January 04, 2007 01:58:27 PM FEE: $51.00 2007000482 JKT:RPL:DJ:maf DJ 166·012-3 2006-6982 2006-7138 Mr. Donald G. Vandiver Attorney of Counsel P.O. Box 2000 Lubboc~ Texas 79457 Dear Mr. Vandiver: U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Vodnt ~ • NWB. 9j() P~ ..4'III!Nolt, N.W. W~DC 2QS30 January 23, 2007 This refers to two annexations (Ordinance Nos. 2006-00119 and 2006-00121) and their designation to District 4 of the City of Lubbock in Lubbock County, Texas, submitted to the Attorney General pursuant to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973c. We received your submissions on December 5 and 18, 2006. The Attorney General does not interpose any objection to the specified changes. However, we note that Section S expressly provides that the failure of the Attorney General to object does not bar subsequent litigation to enjoin the enforcement of the changes. In addition, as authorized by Section S, we reserve the right to reexamine these submissions if additional infonnation that would othenvise require an objection comes to our attention during the remainder of the sixty- day review period. Procedures for the Administration of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (28 C.F.R • .51.41 and 5.1.43). Sincerely, ,~~ ~I John Tanner Chief, Voting Section