| Citizens are welcome to attend all city meetings. The regularly scheduled meeting times are listed and all meetings are posted at City Hall at least 72 hours prior to the meetings. |
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Animal Services Center Advisory Committee
The Animal Services Center Advisory Committee shall serve in an advisory capacity and is established by the City Council to assist in complying with the requirement of the Health and Safety Code, Chapter 823. The advisory committee must be composed of at least one licensed veterinarian, one county or municipal official, one person whose duties include the daily operation of an animal shelter, and one representative from an animal welfare organization. |
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Board of Appeals
The Board of Appeals was created on April 28, 2014. The Board of Appeals shall have the power to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the City's Building Official or Fire Code Official regarding the application or interpretation of the Building Code or Fire Code currently adopted by the City. |
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Charter Review Commission
The City of Watauga is governed by the City of Watauga Home Rule Charter. The Charter Review Commission was created to evaluate and recommend possible additions, deletions or changes to the charter.
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Civil Service Commission
In a Special Election held in 2005, the citizens of Watauga adopted Civil Service for Police and Fire employees. This law requires the City to maintain special records, conform to specific notice and testing requirements when hiring and promoting, and follow rigorous procedures when disciplining or terminating these classified employees. |
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Crime Control and Prevention District
The Watauga Crime Control and Prevention District was created by referendum of the citizens of Watauga in March of 1996, renewed in May of 2001 and renewed again in November 2010 for a period of 10 years.. The District was designed in compliance with the Texas Local Government Code, Title 11, Subtitle C, Chapter 363.
The Watauga Crime Control and Prevention District provides for the establishing of a ½ cent sales tax for the express purpose of funding of crime control programs, including the costs of personnel, expansion administration, enhancement and capital expenditures. The specific types of programs are listed in sub-chapter D of Chapter 363.161.
The district is governed by seven members of the Board of Directors. The Board are responsible for budgeting, managing, controlling and administering district funds.
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Library Board
The Library Board acts in an advisory capacity on all matters pertaining to the library.
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Parks Development Corporation
The Watauga Parks Development Corporation was created to encourage the development and advancement of the parks and recreation facilities in the City. The Watauga Parks Development Corporation collects a 1/4-cent sales-tax for park and recreation facility improvements.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
The Planning and Zoning Commission makes recommendations to City Council to guide land development through One Watauga, Comprehensive Master Plan, Zoning and Subdivision Regulations. The Commission also makes recommendations to City Council regarding platting or subdividing land within the corporate limits of the City. The Commission meets the first Tuesday of the month as posted at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall.
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Watauga Improving Neighborhoods Committee
The WIN Committee was created on April 28, 2014. The Committee shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) Review and select projects and programs that are identified by the City Council and City staff that will assist the City with economic development through the use of property maintenance and neighborhood revitalization initiatives designed to maintain residential property values in the City.
(b) Review and select residential properties in the City that qualify for property maintenance and neighborhood revitalization programs and initiatives based upon eligibility criteria established by the WIN Committee.
(c) Review and select volunteer organizations that will provide residential property maintenance and neighborhood revitalization programs in the City.
(d) Monitor residential property maintenance and neighborhood revitalization programs in the City to ensure that volunteer organizations complete the projects in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts between the City and the volunteer organizations.
(e) Monitor the use of municipal funds in support of residential property maintenance and neighborhood revitalization programs. Ensure that municipal funds are utilized only for municipal purposes and that unused materials that are purchased with municipal funds are returned to the City. |
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Zoning Board of Adjustments
Section 211.008 of the Local Government Code provides that the governing body of a municipality may provide for a board of adjustment and may authorize the board of adjustment, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, to make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning ordinance that are consistent with the general purpose and intent of the zoning ordinance. Section 211.009 provides that the board of adjustment may hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of a zoning ordinance when the ordinance requires the board to do so. Section 211.009 further provides that the board of adjustment may authorize a variance from the terms of a zoning ordinance if the variance is not contrary to the public interest and, due to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the ordinance is observed and substantial justice is done.
When faced with request for a variance, it is the duty of a zoning board of adjustment to determine whether literal application of the zoning ordinance to the particular piece of property would be unreasonable in light of the general statutory purpose to secure reasonable zoning. The reasonableness test is viewed in light of the practical difficulty of applying the ordinance to the property in question. A board of adjustment must act within strictures set by the legislature and the city council and may not stray outside its specifically granted authority. |
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