The boundary of the City may be extended by the
annexation of territory not then within the City and which territory is within
the urban growth boundary and contiguous to the City or separated from it by a
stream or right-of-way only. (5/98)
A. Public Hearing. Following submission of annexation proposal
or initiation, the City Recorder shall set a date for hearing with the
B.
1. Affect the community's air resources; (5/98)
2. Promote an orderly, timely and
economical transition of rural and agricultural lands into urbanized lands; (5/98)
3. Relate to areas with natural hazards; (5/98)
4. Affect the fish and wildlife in the
proposed annexation; (5/98)
5. Utilize energy resources and conserve
energy use; (5/98)
6. Protect open spaces and scenic views
and areas; (5/98)
7. Provide for transportation needs in a
safe, orderly and economic manner; (5/98)
8. Provide for an orderly and efficient
arrangement of public services; (5/98)
9. Provide for the recreation needs of the
citizens; (5/98)
10. Affect identified historical sites and
structures and provide for the preservation of such sites and structures; (5/98)
11. Improve and enhance the economy of the
City; and
12. Provide quality, safe housing through a
variety of housing types and price ranges. (5/98)
C. City Council Action. The City shall set a date for a public
hearing with the Council upon receipt of the
A. Election Process. The Council, upon approval of the annexation
proposal, has the authority to submit, except when not required under ORS.
222.850 to 222.915, or to dispense with submitting the proposal for annexation
to the registered voters of the City. (2/01)
B. General or Special Election. The proposal for annexation may be voted upon
at a general election or at a special election to be held for that
purpose. The proposal for annexation may
be voted upon by the voters of the City and of the territory simultaneously or
at different times not more that twelve months apart. (5/98)
C. Multiple Annexations. Two or more proposals for annexation may be
voted upon simultaneously; however in the City each proposal shall be stated
separately on the ballot and voted on separately, and in the territory proposed
for annexation no proposal for annexing other territory shall appear on the
ballot. (5/98)
D. Notice.
The Council shall give notice of each annexation election by publication
prior to such election one each week for four successive weeks in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City.
Whenever simultaneous elections are held, the same notice and
publication shall fulfill the requirements of publication for the City election
and the election held in the territory.
Notice shall also be given by posting notices of the election in four
public places within the City if votes are to be cast therein and four public
places in each territory proposed to be annexed for a like period as provided
in this section for publication of notice.
The notice shall distinctly state the proposition to be submitted, shall
contain a legal description of, and a map indicating the boundaries of each
territory proposed to be annexed, and the registered voters shall be invited
thereby to vote upon such annexation.
The Council shall also designate and the notice shall state the hours
during which the polls will be open within the City and each territory proposed
to be annexed. If the election is to be
held at the usual precinct polling places designated for a general election
held at that time, or if the election is not held at the same time as a general
election, but is held at the same polling places used for the last preceding
general election, the notice shall so state; if any polling place is to be
different that the regular polling places, the notice shall describe the
location of the polling places to be used in the area or precincts in which the
polling places are different. (5/98)
A. Council Hearing. By ordinance, the Council may elect to
conduct a hearing on the annexation and set a date for a public hearing, at
which time the registered voters of the City can be heard on the annexation proposal. (5/98)
B. Published Notice. Notice of the public hearing shall be
published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the day of the hearing,
in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, and posted in four public places
in the City for a like period. (5/98)
C. Written Notice. Written notice shall be given to all property
owners within the boundaries of the proposed annexation and within 500 feet of
the external boundaries of the proposed annexation. (5/98)
D. Public Hearing. After the public hearing the Council, by
ordinance subject to referendum, and containing a legal description of the
proposed annexation declare that the territory is annexed to the City where
persons with land ownership in the proposed territory consent in writing to
such annexation as provided in Section 3.200. (2/01)
Property Owner Petition. The Council need not call or hold an election
in any contiguous territory proposed to be annexed, or post notice in the
contiguous territory, if more than half the owners of land in the territory,
who also own more that half of the land in the contiguous territory and of real
property therein representing more than half of the assessed value of all real
property in the contiguous territory consent in writing to the annexation of
their land in the territory and file the annexation proposal on or before the
day: (5/98)
A.
The public
hearing procedure shall be pursuant to Subsections 3.112.02 (A) and (B); and
Subsections 3.112.04 (B), and (C). If
the Council dispenses with submitting the question to the registered voters of
the City; or (5/98)
B.
The Council
takes the necessary action to call the annexation election in the City under
Subsection 3.112.03 (D), if the Council submits the question to the registered
voters of the City. (5/98)
A. City Council Authority. It is within the power and authority of the
City by ordinance subject to referendum, to annex land, provided it is not an
incorporated City, that is surrounded by the corporate limits or boundaries of
the City, with or without consent of any property owner or resident in the
territory. (5/98)
B. Notice and Procedures. Notice and procedures for public hearing
without election shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of Section
3.112.02 and 3.112.04 Notice and
procedures by election shall be provided pursuant to Section 3.112.03. &
3.112.05 (2/01)
A. Notice to County. The City shall report all changes in the
boundaries or limits of the City to the
B. Notice to State. With the exception of "Island
Annexation" the City Recorder shall submit to the Secretary of State: (5/98)
1. A copy of the annexation ordinance; (5/98)
2. An abstract of the vote within the City
if votes were cast therein, which shall show the whole number of registered
voters voting therein on the annexation, the number of votes cast against
annexation; (5/98)
3. A copy of the statement of consent of
landowners in the territory annexed; (5/98)
4. A copy of the ordinance of the City
declaring that no election is required in the City; and (5/98)
5. An abstract of the vote upon the
referendum if a referendum petition was filed with respect to the deferred
ordinance. (5/98)
The annexation shall be complete from the date of
filing with the Secretary of State as provided in ORS 222.150, 222.160,
222.170, 111.900, and Subsection 3.112.07 (B).
Thereafter, the annexed territory shall be and remain part of the
City. The date of such filing shall be
the effective date of annexation, provided such filing is not made later that
90 days prior to any general or primary election; otherwise, the effective date
of such annexation shall be the day after the primary or general election next
following the date of filing. (5/98)
The City Council shall establish the appropriate
Comprehensive plan designation and Zoning district upon annexation of the
property to the City.