From
Chris Hartmann
Title
A-06-15 - Boundary Adjustment Agreement - River Park 1100 Addition (City Council District 1). Consider an Joint Ordinance and Boundary Agreement with the City of Fort Worth adjusting the mutual municipal boundary line between the Cities of Grand Prairie and Fort Worth.
Presenter
Chief City Planner Jim Hinderaker
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Huntington Industrial Partners - Texas is seeking to develop a 15.02 acre property that is located within the municipal jurisdictions of both the City of Grand Prairie and the City of Fort Worth. This existing municipal line is also the county line between Tarrrant and Dallas Counties. The developer proposes to build a 130,400 sq. ft. industrial building on the property. However, the proposed building would straddle the municipal line between Grand Prairie and Fort Worth and therefore be unbuildable without action by both cities. Since Grand Prairie is able and willing to provide all services (street access, water, sewer, police, fire, etc.) to the property, the property owners have requested to dis-annex a 6.17 acre portion of their property from Fort Worth's corporate limits and they now seek Grand Prairie City Council approval to annex the property into the corporate limits of Grand Prairie.
Section 43.021 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes a home-rule municipality to fix boundaries and/or exchange area with another municipality. Further, Section 43.031 of the Texas Local Government Code authorizes adjacent municipalities to make a mutually agreeable change in their boundaries of areas that are less than 1,000 feet in width. The Fort Worth City Council approved the Joint Ordinance and Boundary Agreement on August 25, 2015. If the Grand Prairie City Council approves the proposed boundary adjustment, the ordinance will be executed between the City of Grand Prairie and Fort Worth.
A zone change application (Z150603) is being reviewed in conjunction with thi...
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