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Katy council declines ordinance after developer pursues removal of 81.36 acres from city ETJ
Summary
Council debated a developer's petition to remove 81.3622 acres from Katy's extraterritorial jurisdiction; staff said the developer invoked a 45‑day statutory process and the city lacked authority to prevent the removal. The council voted; the ordinance failed.
The Katy City Council on Jan. 13 rejected an ordinance that would have accepted a petition to remove 81.3622 acres from the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) in Harris and Waller counties.
City staff told council members the developer invoked the statutory 45‑day process available under recent ETJ rules, arguing the property could not meet Katy's lot‑size and detention requirements for the kind of residential subdivision…
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