For the City of San Antonio, there are major benefits that can be derived from developing land use plans in its Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), even if annexation is not a future reality for these areas. The Annexation and Growth Management Policy(PDF, 32MB) serves as a basis for creating manageable and logical planning areas for future analysis.
A long-range planning framework for the ETJ was recently created by developing data and methodologies that will guide the planning process for specific sub-areas within the ETJ. A total of seven ETJ planning sub-areas were created for future analysis, starting off with the Southside Bexar County Area followed by an ETJ Prioritization Plan, which will determine which sub-area plan will be developed next.
Additionally, two Military Protection Areas (MPAs) were developed as a direct result of a 2017 state law curtailing unilateral annexation by Texas Cities. Those two areas are within 5 miles of Camp Bullis and the Lackland Training Annex. Updates related to ETJ planning efforts and MPA Information will be located on this page.