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File #: 26-285    Version: 1
Type: Planning & Zoning Public Hearing & Introductory Ordinance Status: First Reading
File created: 1/23/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/17/2026 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance concerning a voluntary annexation request by Russell Palmer, on behalf of Las Islitas Ranch, LLC, altering and extending the boundary limits of the City of Laredo to annex approximately 59.89 acres of land, more or less, of land located northeast of FM 1472 and Max A. Mandel Municipal Golf Course; providing for the effective date of the ordinance; authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract adopting a service plan for the annexed territory; and establishing the initial zoning of B-3 (Community Business District) for approximately 14.40 acres of land and approximately 1.039 acres of land, more or less, and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District) for approximately 44.452 acres of land, more or less, as described by metes and bounds in the attached Exhibit "A." The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation and initial zoning of B-3 (Community Business District) and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District)....
Attachments: 1. Maps, 2. Survey (Exhibit A), 3. Metes & Bounds (Exhibit A), 4. Closure Calculations Report, 5. Study, 6. Annexation Agreement & Service Plan, 7. Annexation Ordinance

SUBJECT
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Public Hearing and Introductory Ordinance concerning a voluntary annexation request by Russell Palmer, on behalf of Las Islitas Ranch, LLC, altering and extending the boundary limits of the City of Laredo to annex approximately 59.89 acres of land, more or less, of land located northeast of FM 1472 and Max A. Mandel Municipal Golf Course; providing for the effective date of the ordinance; authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract adopting a service plan for the annexed territory; and establishing the initial zoning of B-3 (Community Business District) for approximately 14.40 acres of land and approximately 1.039 acres of land, more or less, and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District) for approximately 44.452 acres of land, more or less, as described by metes and bounds in the attached Exhibit "A."

The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation and initial zoning of B-3 (Community Business District) and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District).

Staff supports the annexation and initial zoning of B-3 (Community Business District) and R-1A (Single Family Reduced Area District).

AN-003-2025
District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez

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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Pursuant to Ordinance 2020-O-130, there are two (2) annexation cycles per year.

BACKGROUND
Texas Local Government Code Section 43.0673 requires a public hearing before City Council. The public hearing was held on January 20, 2026. The petition for annexation was presented before the Planning and Zoning Commission on November 6, 2025 for a recommendation. The petition will subsequently go before City Council for final reading of the ordinance on March 16, 2026.

Tract 3 is as follows:

Voluntary Annexation:
Tract 3 - 59.89 acres of land, more or less, located at northeast of FM 1472 and Max A. Mandel Municipal Golf Course.

Petitioner: Russell Palmer, on behalf of Las Islitas Ranch, LLC

Council District: District VII - Cm. Vanessa Perez

Proposed Use: B...

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