A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR A MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION
PLAN
FOR TILE CITY OF SEYMOUR, BAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS
WHEREAS, Chapter 43 of the Local Government Code of the
State of Texas provides that each municipality shall adopt a municipal
annexation plan.
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED BY TILE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEYMOUR
AS FOLLOWS:
1.
That annexation by the City of Seymour shall be in accordance with the
provisions of this plan as adopted or as it may be hereafter amended.
2.
Annexation by the City of Seymour shall be limited to property meeting
the following criteria:
A. The property must be in extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City
of Seymour,
SAVE AND EXCEPT for property owned by the City of Seymour; and
B. Any property annexed by the City of Seymour shall contain fewer than
100 separate tracts of land, on which one or more residential dwellings
are located on each tract; or
C. The City of Seymour may annex property when petitioned to do so by
more than 50% of the real property owners
in the area proposed for annexation, or by vote or petition of the qualified
voters or real property owners,
as provided in Subchapter B of Chapter 43 of the Local Government Code
of the State of Texas; or
D. The property is the subject of an industrial district contract under
Section 42,044, or
a strategic partnership agreement under Section 43.0751 of the Local
Government Code of the State of Texas; or
E. The City may annex property when the City Council determines that
annexation is necessary to protect
the area proposed for annexation, or to protect the municipality from
imminent destruction of property or
injury to persons, or a condition that constitutes a public or private
nuisance, as defined by
background principles of nuisance and property laws of the State of
Texas.
3.
If at any time the City of Seymour has an Internet website, the City
Secretary of the City of Seymour is herebyinstructed to post and maintain
the posting of this annexation plan on said Internet website; post and
maintain the posting on said Internet website of any amendments to
include an area in its annexation plan until the date the area is annexed;
and post and maintain the posting on the Internet website of any amendments
to remove an area from the annexation plan until the date the municipality
may again include the area in its annexation plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of December, 1999.
Mayor Benny Archer
Mayor
ATTEST:
Judy Gilbert
City Secretary
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