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HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the corporate limits of the City of Killeen, Bell County, Texas (DA24-02) by disannexing approximately 11.980 acres out of the W. H. Bruce Survey, Abstract No. 1296, being locally addressed as 13451 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas; declaring said land to no longer be a part of the City of Killeen.
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DATE: May 21, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Edwin Revell, Exec. Dir. of Planning & Dev. Services
SUBJECT: Petition for disannexation of approximately 11.980 acres of land, locally addressed as 13451 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On April 1, 2024, staff received a petition for disannexation from Bill A. Dean for approximately 11.98 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 13451 F.M. 2484, Salado, Texas. The subject property was annexed into the City of Killeen on January 27, 2008, via Ordinance No. 07-112, as part of a larger annexation. The property is currently zoned "A" (Agricultural District) and is not platted. 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 43.142 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 forth by state law shall be followed, as found in Chapter 43, Local Government Code, and as may hereafter be amended. Once disannexed, the territory and inhab...
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