First reading and public hearing of an ordinance for ROW26-06, a request for the City of San Angelo to abandon a 0.103 acre alleyway between S. Pierce St. and S. Fillmore St., and a 0.084 acre alleyway between S. Taylor St. and S. Fillmore St. (Presentation made by Planning & Development Services Director Aaron Vannoy)
Executive Summary & Impact
This request comes from a condominium group and homeowners association for the City to abandon two alleyways in their complex. They have been experiencing an increase in pedestrian traffic and thefts where their community has parking and storage. These are directly beside their current alleyways. The alleyway does not have any city infrastructure located within their boundaries. The third party utility is AEP overhead. Their goal is to have it accessible via a gate for routine and emergency access to their lines. <br><br>At the Planning Commission, there was significant discussion about what the gates looked like and the locations of the gates. Those are not typical discussions regarding an abandonment of ROW; those discussions come in the development cycle when they replat and what types of setbacks would be required. The property will be required to replat to absorb these alleyways into their private properties with the appropriate easements for utilized access. <br><br>City staff — Utilities, Engineering. Fire Prevention, Planning and Permits all recommend approval of abandonment to the Planning Commission; the Planning Commission recommended approval with a 6-0 vote at the August 17th meeting. <br><br>One Planning Commissioner has reached out and said in writing they have concerns about the homeowners association being able to request this abandonment. Planning staff have verified that before the case was accepted that the applicants requesting the owners' permission to make this request for abandonment.
Legislative Enactment & Roll-Call History
Official Legal Text & Codified Sections
OFFICIAL LEGISLATIVE RECORD — CITY OF SAN ANGELO Instrument / Docket Number: Ord. 2026-m. (Agenda Item m.) Meeting: City of San Angelo City Council Meeting Date Enacted: 2026-09-15 Roll-Call Outcome: PASSED (7 YES - 0 NO) Category: Code Enforcement & Penalties VERBATIM DOCKET TEXT & SUMMARY: This request comes from a condominium group and homeowners association for the City to abandon two alleyways in their complex. They have been experiencing an increase in pedestrian traffic and thefts where their community has parking and storage. These are directly beside their current alleyways. The alleyway does not have any city infrastructure located within their boundaries. The third party utility is AEP overhead. Their goal is to have it accessible via a gate for routine and emergency access to their lines. <br><br>At the Planning Commission, there was significant discussion about what the gates looked like and the locations of the gates. Those are not typical discussions regarding an abandonment of ROW; those discussions come in the development cycle when they replat and what types of setbacks would be required. The property will be required to replat to absorb these alleyways into their private properties with the appropriate easements for utilized access. <br><br>City staff — Utilities, Engineering. Fire Prevention, Planning and Permits all recommend approval of abandonment to the Planning Commission; the Planning Commission recommended approval with a 6-0 vote at the August 17th meeting. <br><br>One Planning Commissioner has reached out and said in writing they have concerns about the homeowners association being able to request this abandonment. Planning staff have verified that before the case was accepted that the applicants requesting the owners' permission to make this request for abandonment.