AGENDA INFORMATION SHEET
DEPARTMENT: Department of Development Services
ACM: Jon Fortune
DATE: August 16, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas, Nunc Pro Tunc, correcting an inadvertent mistake in Ordinance No. 2015-186 relating to the annexation of an area of land of approximately 1,171 acres to the City of Denton, Texas, generally identified as PAA1, generally located south of Jim Christal Road; north of Tom Cole Road; west of Masch Branch Road, and more specifically identified in Exhibits "A" and "B" attached hereto; specifically by excluding four parcels of land that was inadvertently annexed notwithstanding that the parcels were eligible to sign non-annexation agreements for agricultural, wildlife management or timberland use; providing for a correction of the city map to exclude the inadvertently annexed land; providing for a savings clause; and providing for an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of this agenda item is to correct errors in annexing four properties. Due to a mailing error, the subject properties were not offered a Non Annexation Agreement and subsequently annexed. To fix the error, corrections are required for Ordinance 2015-186 which annexed the property and Ordinance 2015-067 adopting the Non Annexation Agreements.
John and Sandy Noles own two of the subject properties located in the area referred to a PAA1. The subject properties were annexed in 2015 by Ordinance 2015-186 after not receiving a signed Non Annexation Agreement from the property owners. During the 2015 annexation process, the City mailed out Non Annexation Agreements to property owners with agricultural tax exemptions as required per state law. Non Annexation Agreements were mailed out to the mailing addresses that were listed in the Denton County Appraisal District records. It was during this time that the Nole's purchased the subject property. Because their mailing information was not updated in the Dent...
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