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Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City's boundary limits by disannexing 65 properties totaling approximately 35.36 acres adjacent to Lake Austin in Travis County, in the area generally bounded by FM 2222 to the north, Loop 1 to the east, Bee Cave Road to the south, and FM 620 to the west, under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0009. The properties are located in Austin's full purpose and limited purpose jurisdictions in Council Districts 8 and 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.
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Lead Department
Austin Planning.
Fiscal Note
This item has no fiscal impact.
For More Information:
Kate Castles, Austin Planning, (512) 974-2709.
Additional Backup Information:
If approved, this item will disannex 65 properties from the full purpose jurisdiction within Districts 8 and 10 in Austin. The subject properties are located adjacent to Lake Austin in the area generally bounded by FM 2222 to the north, Loop 1 to the east, Bee Cave Road to the south, and FM 620 to the west.
Texas Senate Bill 1844, which amended Texas Local Government Code Section 43.141 and took effect September 1, 2025, allows a majority of the property owners of an area to petition the governing body of the municipality to disannex the area if the area is located adjacent to a navigable waterway and the municipality has not connected the majority of the properties in the area covered by the petition, regardless of whether the area was annexed by the municipality, to the municipality's water and wastewater systems, if any other area in the municipality is connected to the municipality's water and wastewater systems.
On January 23, 2026, the City Clerk received a petition for the disannexation of 70 properties along Lake Austin. Subsequently, five properties were withdrawn from the petition. City staff has reviewed the petition and has determined the validity under the requirements of state law for the ...
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