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HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance requested by Raymond Hamden, on behalf of Rayham LLC Series 108 (Case #DA24-03) to amend the corporate limits of the City of Killeen, Bell County, Texas by disannexing approximately 5.00 acres out of the W. H. Bruce Survey, Abstract No. 1296, being locally addressed as 13365 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas; declaring said land to no longer be a part of the City of Killeen.
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DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Exec. Dir. of Planning & Dev. Services
SUBJECT: Case # DA24-03: Petition for disannexation of approximately 5.00 acres locally addressed as 13365 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On April 17, 2024, staff received a petition for disannexation from Mr. Raymond Hamden, on behalf of Rayham, LLC Series 108, for approximately 5.00 acres out of the W. H. Bruce Survey, Abstract 1296. The property is generally located on the south side of F.M. 2484, west of the intersection with Tres Jack Road and is locally addressed as 13365 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas. The subject property was annexed into the City of Killeen on December 18, 2007, as part of a larger annexation via Ordinance No. 07-112. It is currently zoned "A-R1" (Agricultural Residential District) and is not platted with one (1) mobile home on the parcel. The property is not contiguous to the larger existing City limits of Killeen and the City of Killeen does not provide the subject property with any municipal services.
Section 42.142 of the Texas Local Government Code provides that a home-rule municipality may disannex an area in the municipality according to rules as may be provided by the charter of the municipality. Section 7 of the City Charter provides that the City Council shall have power, by ordinance, to fix and extend the boundaries of Killeen and to exchange area with other municipalities. Upon the introduction of such ordinance by the City Council, the procedures for disannexation set...
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