Res 2088 2/7/1978RESOLUTION NO. JJ I/
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN INDUSTRIAL ANNEXATION POLICY,
ESTABLISHING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INDUSTRIES TO
CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS FOR
IMMUNITY FROM ANNEXATION AND PROVIDING FOR CONTRACT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Wichita Falls, Texas in the interest of providing
prospective industries, the Board of Commerce and Industry, and the City's admin-
istrative staff with definitive guidelines to be used in the Annexation Policies
of the City; and,
WHEREAS, this policy shall be applicable to both defined industrial
parks and to areas outside industrial parks which are susceptible or planned for
industrial land uses; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Board referred the question of an Industrial
Annexation Policy to the Industrial Annexation Subcommittee for formulation of
recommendations; and,
WHEREAS, after conducting a thorough study of this matter, the Industrial
Annexation Subcommittee made its report to the Planning Board which adopted said
Subcommittee report and recommended its adoption by the Board of Aldermen; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen deems this report to contain an important
policy for future industrial annexation for the City, which requires its immediate
attention.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
The Industrial Annexation Policy recommended by the Planning Board,
a copy of which is attached hereto, is hereby formally adopted.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE W day of 1978.
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INDUSTRIAL ANNEXATION POLICY
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
This Industrial Annexation Policy is formally adopted by the Board of Aldermen
in the interest of providing prospective industries, the Board of Commerce and
Industry and the City Administrative Staff with definitive guidelines to be
used in the Annexation Policies of the City. This Policy shall be applicable
to both defined industrial parks and to areas outside industrial parks which
are susceptible or planned for industrial land uses.
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code shall be used to classify
industries. Only economic activities with the SIC code 2 and 3, Manufacturing,
shall be eligible to be considered as qualified industries.
This Policy shall apply to any new industry of a desirable type that will
create new employment, that will benefit the local economy, that does not
locate adjacent to Wichita Falls in order to primarily serve the Wichita Falls
trade area and that desires to build an industry on a tract of land adjacent
or in close proximity to, but not in the City of Wichita Falls. This policy
is to secure new industries which have a freedom of choice as to location and
not to encourage an existing industry within the City to request special con-
sideration through a contract simply because they must expand due to normal
growth. In addition, this Policy shall not apply to any industry locating in
the vicinity of Wichita Falls by reason of its own convenience and necessity
in order to serve Wichita Falls and its trade area. To do so would jeopardize
the position of competitive industries already located in and paying taxes in
the City of Wichita Falls.
Industries locating outside of the city limits of Wichita Falls utilizing
the City's water and/or sewer utility facilities shall be annexed to the city
limits of Wichita Falls within the calendar year immediately after the calendar
year of their beginning industrial operations within their plant. Or, prior
to beginning construction of their plant facilities or occupying existing
facilities, an industry may make application to the Board of Aldermen for a
formal contract with the City of Wichita Falls under one of the two following
conditions:
1. The City of Wichita Falls guarantees the continuation of the extra-
territorial status of the industry's tract of land, and its immunity from
annexation by the City for a period of five (5) years beginning with the
January 1st immediately following the execution of the contract. In
addition, the City agrees to furnish an industry that it enters into a formal
five (5) year contract the following:
a) Water service to the industry's tract of land at rates equal to 200%
of the rates charged to users located within the city limits throughout
the terms of the contract.
b) Sanitary sewer service to the industry's tract of land at rates equal
to 200% of the rates charged to users located within the city limits
throughout the term of the contract.
c) Solid waste collection and removal service to the industry's tract
of land at rates equal to 150% of the rates charged to commercial and
business establishments within the city limits throughout the term of
the contract.
2. The City of Wichita Falls guarantees the continuation of the extra-
territorial status of the industry's tract of land and its immunity from
annexation by the City for a period of seven (7) years beginning with the
January 1st immediately following the execution of the contract, and the
industry will pay to the City each year during the seven (7) years of the
contract, as payment in lieu of taxes, an amount in cash equal to 25% of
that amount that their normal City taxes would have been that year had they
been in the city limits. In addition, the City agrees to furnish an industry
that it enters into a formal seven (7) year contract the following:
a) Water service to the industry's tract of land at rates equal to 150%
of the rates charged to users located within the city limits throughout
the terms of the contract.
b) Sanitary sewer service to the industry's tract of land at rates
equal to 150% of the rates charged to users located within the city
limits throughout the term of the contract.
c) Solid waste collection and removal service to the industry's tract
of land at rates equal to 125% of the rates charged to commercial and
business establishments within the city limits throughout the term of
the contract.
Industries not utilizing water and/or sewer utility services of the City but
located within the logical growth pattern areas of the City or on the fringes
of the city limits shall be annexed to the city limits of Wichita Falls at such
time as the logical step by step annexation program would encompass this area.
Presented to the Planning Board by the Industrial Annexation Subcommittee.
January 16, 1978
Jean Puckett, Chairman Date
Buddy Iles Member
H. M. Garrett, Jr. , Member