"Providing Professional Guidance to Ensure Responsible Development Practices"

The City Planner works to advise developers, property owners, and the public through the development process.  Ultimately, making recommendations to elected and appointed officials on current planning proposals.  In addition planning is responsible for the Comprehensive Plan, you will find additional research studies, land use and guidance documents here.

"Annexation is the process of bringing property into the City limits. An ordinance, which must be approved by the City Council, is required to make an annexation effective."

Annexation Information

• Annexation can be requested by a property owner (voluntary exempted process); and
• the City can annex a property without the consent of the owner (non-voluntary process).

All annexations must be carried out according to State law and the City Code of Ordinances.  As a "home-rule" city of more than 50,000 people, Conroe has the authority to annex property contiguous with and within three and a half miles of its current city limits, following procedures consistent with Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code.   

Annexation Plan

Active Annexations

2010-00; Crighton Ridge (Voluntary/Petition) 

•  Property Owners Association Presentation and Schedule 4.68 Mb
•  Financial Analysis 391.80 Kb
•  Petition Cover Letter from Mayor 1.91 Mb
•  Petition for Annexation Form 48.59 Kb

2012-01; Longmire on Lake Conroe (3-Year)

•  Feasibility Study & Financial Analysis 2.17 Mb
•  Location Map 1.02 Mb
•  Draft Services Plan 88.00 Kb
• May 9th - Notice of Public Hearings is published in the Courier and posted on the City's web site.
• May 19th - First Public Hearing is held during the Council Workshop at 2:00 p.m.;
• May 20th - Second Public Hearing is held during the regular Council Meeting at 9:30 a.m.;

Past Annexations

•  annex_2009-01_1943-09 bella vita_pebble glen 1.09 Mb
•  annex_2008-03_1876-08 cidc tract 587.03 Kb
•  annex_2008-02b_1875-08 white oak manor 710.38 Kb
•  annex_2008-02a_1874-08 estates longmire_camellia 779.39 Kb
•  annex_2008-01_1847-08 hendricks tract 943.32 Kb
•  annex_2007-02b_1813-07 wg jones forest south 851.07 Kb
•  annex_2007-02a_1812-07 wg jones forest north 767.90 Kb
•  annex_2007-02c_1799-07 spring woodlands church 704.42 Kb
•  annex_2007-p1_1782-07 fairgrounds parcel 672.63 Kb

Texas Local Govenment Code § 43.052 (j) & § 43.053

"Planning allows the city to proactively manage future growth and development as opposed to reacting to development proposals on a case-by-case basis without adaquate and necessary consideration of community-wide issues"

The Conroe Comprehensive Plan is an official public document that will serve as a general framework for future development in the community.  The Plan is a tool that can be used by the City to guide future growth in an appropriate and desired manner and improve the quality of life of its residents.

Comprehensive Plan

adopted by Ordinance No. 1795-07, 6/28/2007

•  Acknowledgements, Table of Contents

•  Chapter 1: Introduction 

•  Chapter 2: Community Profile

•  Chapter 3: Vision & Goals

•  Chapter 4: Growth Capacity

•  Chapter 5: Transportation

•  Chapter 6: Urban Development

•  Chapter 7: Economic Opportunity

•  Chapter 8: Parks & Recreation

•  Chapter 9: Implementation

• Amendments

  •  The 2035 Thoroughfare Plan of the City of Conroe, adopted by Ordinance No. 1955-10, 1/28/2010

Land Use and Area Plans

The City of Conroe does not have a Zoning Ordinance, although several land use guidelines and controls have been adopted by City Council for residential and commercial developments within certain geographical areas.  If you need further assistance, or would like to request a "Letter of No Zoning" you may contact the City Planners office at (936) 522-3098.  

Land Use

•  Chapter 6: Urban Development for existing land use;

FM 3083 Corridor

•  FM 3083 Guidelines 3.17 Mb for Residential and Commercial Development Approved on November 12, 2009;

Defacto Areas

•  Manufacturedhomes 259.68 Kb represents areas not located within a platted manufactured home subdivision but which has been substantially occupied with manufactured housing and which has been designated by the city council as suitable for the installation of additional manufactured homes;

Tree Ordinance

•  Tree Ordinance 221.87 Kb for Residential and Commercial Development Approved on January 10, 2008;
•  Urban Forest Technical Manual 3.08 Mb for Residentail and Commercial Development approved January 10, 2008;

Sidewalks

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Platting

Any division of property, except judicial partitions, requires a plat or deed be prepared by a License Surveyor and filed for approval by the Planning Commission.  The following is a listing of the various types of platting required, along with links to their applicable forms, checklist, and applications:

Optional Sketch Plan - Sketch plan submission minimizes development planning costs and helps to ensure compliance through pre-application consultation with the engineering staff. Sketch plan submission is strongly encouraged, but not required.

Land Study - Unless a land study has been previously approved, each application for preliminary plat approval must include a land study. The land study must provide a general depiction of the proposed land uses, including open spaces, areas reserved or dedicated to public use, and proposed residential and commercial uses and densities. The land study must cover all contiguous land owned or controlled by the developer.

Preliminary Plat - Preliminary plat submission is the stage at which the developer presents a comprehensive layout of the proposed subdivision to the planning commission. Objections by the planning staff as well as any variance requests of the developer should be raised at this time. At this stage the planning commission should impose all conditions and modifications necessary for final approval. Preliminary plat submission is required.

Final Plat - Following approval of a preliminary plat, any person proposing to subdivide land shall file a final plat for consideration by the planning commission. An application for final plat approval may not be considered at the same meeting as an application for preliminary plat approval of the same subdivision.  Final approval constitutes recognition that the plat meets all conditions and requirements imposed for recording.

Amending Plats The owner of previously platted property may file an application to amend a prior approved plat to correct things such as clerical errors and/or omissions, eliminate encroachments, or reduce lots to fewer than six.

Replat- A map of a re-division of a previously platted subdivision which satisfies all legal requirements for recording with the county clerk.

Minor Plat - A map of a subdivision involving four or fewer lots, fronting on an existing street and not requiring the creation of any new street or the extension of municipal utilities which satisfies all legal requirements for recording with the county clerk.

Vacating Plat - The owner of previously platted property may file an application with the planning commission for vacation of all or a portion of the prior plat. If lots within the subdivision have been previously sold, the application must be joined by the owners of all property within the prior subdivision is included in the area to be vacated. The application must be in a form acceptable for recording in the real property records and must bear the signature, appropriately acknowledged, of each property owner within the subdivision.

Subdivision by Metes & Bounds - Under certain circumstances, the  Planning Commission does not regulate the division of land, and may allow the conveyance of property by written metes and bounds only for one or more portions of previously platted property.  This is only applicable within the City's Limits and that portion of its E.T.J. that is located within the City's Planning Area.

Platting Exception  New! - The owner of a parcel of land located within the City Limits may file an application with the Director of Community Development for an exception from the requirement to plat if the land is used for residential purposes, is less than 5 acres in size and complies with all requirements listed in Ordinance 1956-10.

Certification of Compliance 

Legal Documents (Available in ".pdf" format)

•  Standard Legal Documents 

 

"Planning Commissioners review and act on issues related to community growth and development, ultimately making recommendations to the City Council on development requests."

Planning Commission

Responsibilities - The Planning Commission acts as an advisory board to the City Council on land development matters.  The Planning Commission shall hold public hearings as required by law and make recommendations to the City Council on all matters concerning or relating to development within the City as provided in Division 2.Sec.94051 of the City Code of Conroe.

Meetings - The Planning Commission meets at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each month in the City of Conroe's Council Chambers at 300 W. Davis Street.  The presence of four (4) members is necessary to constitute a quorum.  The affirmative vote of a majority of the members present is required for any action of the Planning Commission.  All applications must be submitted

Submissions - All applications for preliminary or final plat approval must be submitted upon or before the scheduled submission date for the meeting at which the application is to be considered. The applicant must include the plat and all documents required for approval. The scheduled submission date for each regular meeting of the Planning Commission shall be ten days prior to the date of the meeting. If the scheduled submission date falls upon a weekend or legal holiday, then deadline for submission shall be extended to the next following regular business day.  Each application for preliminary or final plat approval, which is submitted upon a date other than a scheduled submission date, will be submitted upon the next following scheduled submission date. The director shall then place the application upon the agenda of the next regular meeting date, which follows such submission date.  Timely submission is strictly enforced.

Membership - The Planning Commission consist of seven (7) members appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council.  Each member must be a qualified voter of the City, and each shall serve a three (3) year term commencing on June 1 and expiring on May 31 of the third year following.  Such appointments are staggered so that three members are appointed every third year, with two members appointed in each of the following two years.

Planning Commission 2009 Meeting Schedule and Submission Dates

Planning Commission Meetings Agendas and Minutes