STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Growing
AGENDA DATE: May 14, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Outside City Limits
DEPARTMENT: Department of Planning and Development
EXECUTIVE: Robin Bentley
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SUBJECT
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Authorize an ordinance relinquishing extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Dallas to a tract of land generally located on the southeast line of FM 740, southwest of Coolwater Circle in Kaufman County; and providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
On April 1, 2025, Gurtej Singh, Chief Executive Member of Virk Enterprise LLC, owners of approximately 1.0237 acres on southeast line of FM 740 southwest of Coolwater Circle in Kaufman County, submitted a petition for consent of the removal of the property from the City of Dallas’ extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). (See the attached request.)
Section 42.102 of the Texas Local Government Code requires removal from a city’s ETJ under certain conditions. One manner is to have a minimum of 50 percent of owners petition the city for removal. There is no minimum acreage requirement.
The ETJ is the unincorporated territory contiguous to the corporate boundaries of a municipality. The purpose of the ETJ is to promote and protect the general health, safety, and welfare in areas adjacent to a municipality’s corporate city limits. Other relevant facts regarding the ETJ include:
• Cities may enforce platting regulations and environmental regulations in their ETJ but may not enforce zoning regulations;
• The ETJ for cities with a population size of 100,000 or more is five miles from the city limits;
• A city’s ETJ cannot include any area in the existing ETJ of another municipality; and
• A municipality may only annex area within its ETJ;
In 1975, the City of Dallas annexed property for the development of Lake Ray Hubbard which expanded the ETJ into Rockwall and Kaufman counties. In 2023, the Local Government Code was amended to permit removal from the ETJ by vote or petition. The petition submitted meets the requirements for removal. The ETJ reduction has no cost consideration to the City.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
This item has no prior action.
FISCAL INFORMATION
No cost consideration to the City.
OWNER/EXECUTIVE
Virk Enterprise LLC
Gurtej Singh, Chief Executive
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