Primary Department: County Engineer
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Milton Rahman, PhD, P.E., PMP, CFM, ENV-SP
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Type of Request: Report
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Request for approval of the amendment process for Harris County Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan for the unincorporated non-Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) areas.
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Background and Discussion:
Thoroughfare planning throughout most of Harris County is led by the City of Houston through the city subdivision regulations in Chapter 42 of the City's Code of Ordinances. An interim-Harris County Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan (MTFP) was adopted in July 2024 to address the unincorporated, non-ETJ areas of the county (37 square miles) that do not fall under another jurisdiction's thoroughfare plan.
Amendments to the county's MTFP are typically reflective of the amendments conducted through the individual jurisdictions' thoroughfare plans; however, there is a portion of Harris County near Crosby and Barrett that falls within Harris County's jurisdiction in the non-ETJ area. In addition, the State of Texas passed Senate Bill 2038 in 2023 that allows for the disannexation of unincorporated areas in the ETJ, upon request by a majority of the property owner(s) of the area requesting disannexation. Once the disannexation takes effect, the subject area is not subject to the City of Houston's or any other city's throughfare requirements, leaving them solely the responsi...
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