Sugar Land Grows by 1,100 Homes Overnight; City Welcomes 3,592 New Residents {From RIVER PARK Neighborhood Annexation} Check out Homes 4 Sale LINKS.

Sugar Land, TX – RiverPark will officially become part of Sugar Land with the annexation of the subdivision’s 3,592 residents on Dec. 1.

Two years ago, a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) between Sugar Land and Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District (MUD) No. 1 created a plan for annexation. The SPA provided for limited-purpose annexation of retail areas in 2007, followed by annexation of the entire MUD this year.

RiverPark has contracted for fire protection from Sugar Land for years; however, annexation into Sugar Land will include all other municipal services.

The Sugar Land Police Department will establish a new police beat to patrol the area, along with the Telfair subdivision, and RiverPark will begin to benefit from the City’s public works and utility services, parks and recreation programs and animal services.

Residents will also benefit from property value safeguards offered by the City. For instance, all new construction and remodeling requires building permits. Sugar Land also has zoning ordinances which establish land use requirements to benefit homeowners. Furthermore, the City’s code enforcement office ensures and protects health, safety and welfare in existing residences and businesses.

Property taxes for RiverPark residents will decrease from what was formerly paid to their Municipal Utility District. In the 2008 tax year (the last bill collected) a resident in an average RiverPark home, with the District’s homestead exemption, paid roughly $975 in property taxes to MUD 1. That same house, with the same home value, in the 2010 tax year (the first year City rates will be assessed) will be charged roughly $557 for City taxes. The savings of more than $400 makes up for the slight increase – $18 a month on average – in utility costs. All together, RiverPark’s annexation will save an average resident just over $200 a year in tax and utility costs.

There is also no cost to existing residents associated with the annexation.

Riverpark residents will be represented by District Two Council Member Don Olson.

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