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ChatGPTClaudePerplexityStoryline · 13 events · Sep 8, 2020 – Dec 15, 2025
Owner-requested annexations and the extraterritorial jurisdiction (2020-2025)
Quick answers
- What is the latest on Annexations & the ETJ?
- Dec 15, 2025: Staff briefs the commission on development rules in the reduced ETJ. At the commission's request of December 1, staff presented development regulations in the ETJ, covering the reduction from five miles to one mile adopted by the council, groundwater certification requirements that the State now requires the City to enforce in platting, and changes in state law on how annexation affects the ETJ boundary. Read the event
- How far back does this record of Annexations & the ETJ go?
- To Sep 8, 2020: Council passes the 330.26-acre Beacon Pointe annexation (Ordinance No. 7882) on first reading, 5-0. The storyline has 13 dated events in all. Read the event
From September 2020 through June 2025 the Amarillo City Council adopted ten ordinances annexing land into the city on the petition of its owners, totaling 3,134.43 acres in the council minutes reviewed. The largest was 1,086.85 acres near U.S. Highway 60 and N. Parsley Road, requested by the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation and CVMR Texas Inc. for a planned critical minerals refinery (Ordinance No. 8104, January 2024). Others included Beacon Pointe (330.26 acres, 2020, planned for 1,632 homes), an AEDC industrial and business park at Georgia Street and Farmers Avenue (191.07 acres, 2021), a 244.97-acre residential development near Soncy Road and S.W. 34th Avenue (2022), and tracts for West Plains High School and Highland Park ISD. Apart from one 4-1 first reading in 2025, no council member voted against any of these annexations in the minutes reviewed. City planning staff brought most requests to the Planning and Zoning Commission for discussion although commission review is not required; three tracts discussed there (668.14, 44.26 and 1,158.57 acres) have no annexation ordinance in the council minutes reviewed. In February 2024 the council reduced the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) from five miles to one mile from the city limits "pursuant to state law" (Ordinance No. 8117, 5-0), and in October 2025 it consented to a municipal utility district on 601.46 acres inside the ETJ.
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- Owner-petitioned annexations adopted by the council, 2020-2025: starts with Council passes the 330.26-acre Beacon Pointe annexation (Ordinance No. 7882) on first reading, 5-0 (Sep 8, 2020)
- The ETJ reduction and development outside the city limits: starts with Council reduces the extraterritorial jurisdiction from five miles to one mile (Ordinance No. 8117), 5-0 (Feb 13, 2024)
· Origin
Council passes the 330.26-acre Beacon Pointe annexation (Ordinance No. 7882) on first reading, 5-0
On August 25, 2020 the council accepted an agreed service plan and set a public hearing for the owner-requested annexation of Beacon Pointe, about 330 vacant acres near Western Street and West Sundown Lane, which staff said would be developed with 1,632 single-family detached or attached homes and 31.28 acres of non-residential uses. On September 8 the council held the hearing, at which no one spoke, and passed Ordinance No. 7882 on first reading 5-0. It adopted the ordinance on second reading on the September 22 consent agenda, 4-0. The applicant was PDUB Land Holdings, Ltd.[1][2][3]
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Presenting the Beacon Pointe service plan on August 25, 2020, Managing Director of Planning and Development Services Andrew Freeman said the land was about 330 acres, vacant, and planned for 1,632 single-family detached and/or attached homes and 31.28 acres of non-residential uses; the council accepted the agreed service plan and set the first reading for September 8, 5-0. [1]
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Ordinance No. 7882 annexed, on petition of the property owner, a 330.26-acre tract in Section 2, Block 9, B.S.&F. Survey and Section 2, Block 2, J. Poitevent Survey, Randall County. It passed on first reading September 8, 2020, 5-0, after a hearing with no comments, and on second reading as part of the September 22, 2020 consent agenda, 4-0. At the hearing Councilmember Hays asked about land uses if the land were not annexed; Mr. Freeman said annexation would control what could be built. [2][3]
· Context
Commission discusses a 668.14-acre annexation petition near Helium Road for about 2,800 homes
Staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission that a petition for voluntary annexation of about 668.14 acres near Helium Road and S.W. County Road 58 (case A-20-02, applicant P DUB Land Holdings, Ltd.) had been received in late November 2020 and that staff was taking it to the City Council to set a public hearing. Staff said about 2,800 houses and 90 acres of non-single-family development were proposed, and that Hope Road, then a county-maintained dirt road, would be improved and widened in the future.[4]
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On April 5, 2021 staff described case A-20-02 as a petition for voluntary annexation of about 668.14 acres in Section 74, Block 9, B.S.&F. Survey, Randall County, near Helium Road and S.W. County Road 58, received in late November 2020, with about 2,800 houses and 90 acres of non-single-family development proposed. Staff said the city limits then reached the west right-of-way of Helium Road. [4]
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No annexation ordinance for the 668.14-acre tract (A-20-02), the 44.26-acre tract (A-22-01) or the 1,158.57-acre tract near Spur 228 and U.S. Highway 287 appears in the council minutes reviewed through September 2026. The minutes reviewed do not record why. An April 23, 2024 council item describes Producer Owned Beef Addition Unit No. 1, in Sections 36 and 37, Block 2, as "a suburban subdivision to the City of Amarillo." [4][5][6][7]
· Related development
Council annexes 191.07 acres for an AEDC industrial and business park (Ordinance No. 7915)
The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation petitioned to annex about 191 vacant acres near Georgia Street and Farmers Avenue for an industrial and business park. City staff first brought the request (then described as 190.59 acres, case A-20-01) to the Planning and Zoning Commission for comment on October 19, 2020; no comments were given. On April 13, 2021 the council approved the agreed service plan and passed Ordinance No. 7915 on first reading, each 5-0, and adopted it on second reading April 27, 5-0. On July 7, 2021 the commission unanimously recommended rezoning 178.43 acres of the section from Agricultural to a Planned Development for an industrial and business park that staff said included a dairy facility under development.[8][9][10][11]
Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)
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Presenting case A-20-01 (190.59 acres near S. Georgia Street and Farmers Avenue, applicant Kevin Carter for the AEDC) on October 19, 2020, staff told the commission that the item was not required to go before it but that staff felt an opportunity to comment was appropriate. No comments were given. [8]
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On April 13, 2021 the council approved Resolution No. 04-13-21-1 (agreed service plan) and passed Ordinance No. 7915 on first reading, each 5-0, for about 191.07 vacant acres whose anticipated development the minutes describe as an industrial/business park; it adopted the ordinance on second reading April 27, 2021 on the consent agenda, 5-0. [9][10]
- ⚠ Sources differ
The acreage of the AEDC annexation near Georgia Street and Farmers Avenue differs between the commission and council records.
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On July 7, 2021 the commission unanimously recommended case Z-21-06, rezoning a 178.43-acre tract in Section 182, Block 2, A.B.&M. Survey, Randall County from Agriculture District to a Planned Development District for an industrial and business park (applicant Kevin Carter for the AEDC), pending corrected Planned Development site plan documents. Staff said the park included a dairy facility under development and that the Planned Development would not allow bars, taverns or lounges. Mr. Carter said the AEDC would exclude tracts in the section owned by other entities. [11]
· Related development
Council annexes 77.29 acres including West Plains High School Unit No. 1 (Ordinance No. 7975)
After setting a hearing on April 12, the council held a public hearing with no speakers and passed Ordinance No. 7975 on first reading 4-0, annexing on the owner's petition a 77.29-acre tract near Helium Road and Arden Road made up of West Plains High School Unit No. 1 and unplatted land. It adopted the ordinance on second reading on the May 10, 2022 consent agenda, 5-0.[12][13][14]
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On April 12, 2022 the council adopted Resolution No. 4-12-22-7, 5-0, setting an April 26 hearing on a landowner-requested annexation near Arden Road and Helium Road. On April 26 it passed Ordinance No. 7975 on first reading 4-0 (Councilmember Powell absent), annexing a 77.29-acre tract in Section 73, Block 9, B.S.&F. Survey, Randall County, being all of West Plains High School Unit No. 1 and unplatted land; it adopted the ordinance on the May 10, 2022 consent agenda, 5-0. [12][13][14]
· Context
Commission discusses a 44.26-acre annexation request near Soncy Road for apartments and retail
Staff presented case A-22-01, a 44.26-acre tract near S.W. 34th Avenue and Soncy Road developed with a home and accessory buildings, with the rest vacant; staff said an apartment complex was in early planning and the rest would likely be retail or office. Staff explained that state law requires an agreed service plan, negotiated between the City and the developer, that does not take effect unless the council approves the annexation.[5]
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Staff said on July 18, 2022 that state law requires an agreed service plan, negotiated and executed between the City and the developer, detailing municipal services (water, sanitary sewer, emergency services, code enforcement and solid waste, among others), needed improvements and who is responsible for them, and that the plan does not take effect unless the council approves the annexation. The applicant for the 44.26-acre tract was Kustersont Limited Partnership. [5]
· Related development
Council adopts the 244.97-acre annexation near Soncy Road and S.W. 34th Avenue with its zoning (Ordinances 7993 and 7994)
The commission discussed the 244.97-acre request (case A-21-01) on April 18, 2022, when staff said Betenbough Homes was under contract to buy the land on annexation and would develop a residential subdivision with limited non-residential lots. On June 20 staff presented a zoning plan to be adopted with the annexation instead of the usual Agricultural zoning, including Planned Developments for smaller "cottage" lots, Residential 3, Moderate Density and Multiple-Family 1 districts. The council held first readings of the annexation (Ordinance No. 7993) and the zoning (Ordinance No. 7994) on July 12 and adopted both on the July 26, 2022 consent agenda, 4-0. The petitioner was a family trust.[15][16][17][18]
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On April 18, 2022 staff told the commission that the 244.97-acre tract in Sections 61, 62, 75 and 76, Block 9, B.S.&F. Survey, Randall County would, if annexed, be developed with a residential subdivision and limited non-residential lots; that Betenbough Homes was under contract for the property and would close on annexation; that water and sewer were available without main extensions; and that the tract would be in Canyon Independent School District. The meeting was a discussion only, with no action. [15]
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Staff told the commission on June 20, 2022 that the City's typical practice was to zone land Agricultural District on annexation, but because the developer's subdivision design was final, staff recommended adopting zoning as part of the annexation instead of a later rezoning, which would take eight to ten weeks. The plan included a Planned Development for single-family lots with 85-foot minimum depth and 4,250-square-foot minimum area, which staff said would offer homes of about 1,100 to 1,200 square feet at a reduced price point, a housing product "largely absent from the Amarillo market as identified by the recently completed Housing Study." [16]
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The July 12, 2022 council agenda lists public hearings and first readings of Ordinance No. 7993 (annexing the 244.97 acres) and Ordinance No. 7994 (establishing Agricultural, Residential 3, Moderate Density, Multiple-Family and other zoning districts on the tract). The council minutes of July 26, 2022 record both ordinances on second and final reading on the consent agenda, approved 4-0 with Councilmember Sauer absent. The July 12 minutes are not in the cache, so the first-reading vote is not stated here. [17][18]
· Related development
Commission discusses annexations of 1,081.30 acres for the CVMR refinery and 1,158.57 acres for the Producer Owned Beef plant
Staff brought two owner-initiated annexation requests with proposed zoning plans to the commission for comment: 1,081.30 acres near U.S. Highway 60 and Parsley Road (applicant the AEDC), associated with the announced CVMR critical minerals refinery, and 1,158.57 acres near Spur 228 and U.S. Highway 287 (applicants the City of Amarillo and Producer Owned Beef, LLC), associated with the announced Producer Owned Beef meat packing plant. Staff said both tracts were in the Rural category of the Future Land Use Map but suited to industrial development, and that zoning them with the annexation would save the developers about eight weeks. A commissioner asked whether zoning the CVMR land Heavy Industrial would leave the City without a say over its use; staff said uses allowed in the district would proceed through site plan review.[6]
Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)CVMR (Texas) Inc.Producer Owned Beef, LLC
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For the 1,158.57-acre tract near Spur 228 and U.S. Highway 287, staff said that although the Future Land Use Map placed it in the Rural category, the two major transportation corridors on both sides and the BNSF main line along its south side made it well suited to manufacturing and industrial uses, and that development plans for the rest of the tract beyond the Producer Owned Beef plant were not known. For the 1,081.30-acre tract, staff said it adjoined the city limits on the west and that the adjacent rights-of-way along the south side by the airport would also be annexed. [6]
· Peak
Council adopts the 1,086.85-acre annexation near U.S. Highway 60 (Ordinance No. 8104)
On November 14, 2023 the council set a public hearing and authorized the agreed service plan for annexing about 1,086.85 acres near U.S. Highway 60 and N. Parsley Road on the petition of the AEDC and CVMR Texas Inc., 5-0. On December 12 it held the hearing, at which no one spoke, and passed Ordinance No. 8104 on first reading 5-0. It adopted the ordinance on second reading on the January 9, 2024 consent agenda, 4-0.[19][20][21]
Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC)CVMR (Texas) Inc.
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Resolution No. 11-14-23-4 (November 14, 2023, 5-0) set the hearing and authorized the agreed service plan for about 1,086.85 acres in Sections 40, 49, 50, 62 and 71, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Potter County. Ordinance No. 8104 passed on first reading December 12, 2023, 5-0, after a hearing with no speakers, and on second reading as part of the January 9, 2024 consent agenda, 4-0, with Mayor Stanley not yet present for that vote. [19][20][21]
- ⚠ Sources differ
The acreage of the annexation near U.S. Highway 60 and Parsley Road differs between the January 2023 commission discussion and the council's 2023-2024 actions.
Reported value 1[6]
- Value
- 1,081.30 acres
proposed annexation discussed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, January 18, 2023 (Sections 40, 49, 50, 71 and 62; applicant the AEDC)
· Related development
Council reduces the extraterritorial jurisdiction from five miles to one mile (Ordinance No. 8117), 5-0
The council passed on first reading, 5-0, an ordinance "reducing the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Amarillo pursuant to state law," from a five-mile distance to one mile from the city limits, presented by Interim City Manager Andrew Freeman. It adopted Ordinance No. 8117 on second reading on the February 27, 2024 consent agenda, 5-0. Staff told the Planning and Zoning Commission on March 4 that the ordinance had passed, and on April 1 that the reduction would not take effect until August.[22][23][24][25]
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Ordinance No. 8117 was described in the council minutes as "an ordinance reducing the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Amarillo pursuant to state law" that "will reduce the ETJ from a 5-mile distance down to a 1-mile distance from its corporate boundaries." It passed on first reading February 13, 2024, 5-0 (motion by Don Tipps, second by Tom Scherlen), and on second reading on the February 27, 2024 consent agenda, 5-0. [22][23]
· Related development
Council adopts four more owner-requested annexations in 2024, totaling 726.63 acres
Between June and December 2024 the council adopted four annexations, each 5-0 on both readings: 100.45 acres including Krebs Addition Unit No. 1 near Interstate 40 and Loop 335/Helium Road (Ordinance No. 8138, applicants Krebs Cycling, LLC and a family trust; July 9); 168.77 acres near E. Hastings Avenue and Loop 335 for Highland Park Independent School District (Ordinance No. 8142; July 23); 203.80 acres near S.W. 45th Avenue and Soncy Road (Ordinance No. 8151, applicant a testamentary trust; September 24), at whose hearing two people spoke; and 253.61 acres near N. Western Street and Hastings Avenue for North Western Development Company LLC (Ordinance No. 8168; December 10).[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
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Ordinance No. 8138 (100.45 acres in Section 61, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County) passed on first reading June 25, 2024 and on the July 9 consent agenda; No. 8142 (168.77 acres in Sections 70, 71, 94 and 95, Block 2, AB&M Survey, applicant Highland Park Independent School District) on July 9 and the July 23 consent agenda; No. 8151 (203.80 acres including the west 50 feet of Tarter Avenue, Section 62, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Randall County) on September 10 and the September 24 consent agenda; and No. 8168 (253.61 acres in Section 12, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Potter County, applicant North Western Development Company LLC) on November 12 and the December 10 consent agenda. Every one of those votes was 5-0. The council set the hearings by resolutions on June 11, August 27 and October 22, 2024. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]
- Acres
- 726.63
- Ord 8138 acres
- 100.45
- Ord 8142 acres
- 168.77
- Ord 8151 acres
- 203.8
- Ord 8168 acres
- 253.61
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In the council minutes reviewed (2020 through September 2026), ten owner-petitioned annexation ordinances were adopted, totaling 3,134.43 acres: No. 7882 (330.26 acres, 2020), 7915 (191.07, 2021), 7975 (77.29, 2022), 7993 (244.97, 2022), 8104 (1,086.85, 2024), 8138 (100.45, 2024), 8142 (168.77, 2024), 8151 (203.80, 2024), 8168 (253.61, 2024) and 8200 (477.36, 2025). Apart from Councilmember Scherlen's no vote on the first reading of Ordinance No. 8200 (June 10, 2025), no council member voted against any reading of these ordinances recorded in those minutes; the first reading of No. 7993 is not recorded there because the July 12, 2022 minutes are not in the cache. [2][9][13][18][20][28][29][32][35][37][38]
- Acres
- 3,134.43
· Resolution
Council approves a $1,188,681 design contract for water mains in N. Western Street and Hastings Avenue under an annexation agreement
On its consent agenda, approved 5-0, the council approved a professional services agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for design and construction of water main extensions in North Western Street and Hastings Avenue "pursuant to an annexation agreement," for $1,188,681.00 from water and sewer bond funds in the FY24/25 Community Investment Program.[39]
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Consent item 8.X on May 13, 2025 approved a professional services agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. for $1,188,681.00 for design and construction of water main extensions in North Western Street and Hastings Avenue "pursuant to an annexation agreement," funded from water and sewer bond funds identified in the FY24/25 CIP. The consent agenda passed 5-0 with one other item removed. The item does not identify which annexation agreement; the area matches the vicinity of the 253.61-acre North Western Development Company annexation (Ordinance No. 8168). [39][35]
- Amount
- $1,188,681
· Context
Council consents to the Noble Park Municipal Utility District No. 1 on 601.46 acres in the ETJ
After a public hearing with no speakers, the council adopted on first reading, 5-0, a resolution consenting to the creation of the Noble Park Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Randall County on about 601.46 acres near Hillside Drive and Helium Road, within the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The second reading was on the October 28, 2025 consent agenda.[40][41]
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Resolution No. 10-14-25-3, consenting to the creation of the Noble Park Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Randall County on about 601.46 acres near Hillside Drive and Helium Road in the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction, passed on first reading October 14, 2025, 5-0 (motion by Don Tipps, second by Tim Reid), after a public hearing with no speakers, presented by Assistant Planning Director Drew Brassfield. Its second and final reading was listed on the October 28, 2025 consent agenda. [40][41]
· Context
Staff briefs the commission on development rules in the reduced ETJ
At the commission's request of December 1, staff presented development regulations in the ETJ, covering the reduction from five miles to one mile adopted by the council, groundwater certification requirements that the State now requires the City to enforce in platting, and changes in state law on how annexation affects the ETJ boundary. The commission requested no further action.[42][26]
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On December 1, 2025 the commission requested an update on development regulations in the ETJ and the impact of the reduction from five miles to one mile. On December 15 staff covered that reduction, groundwater certification requirements the State now requires the City to enforce in platting, and "changes in law to how annexation impacts the ETJ boundary." No further action was requested. [42][26]
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