1.32.020 Annexation procedure.
A. The City Recorder, upon receiving a petition for annexation, shall:
1. Submit the petition to the City Council, which shall accept the petition for further consideration or reject the petition fourteen days.
2. If the petition is rejected by the City notification shall be sent to the county clerk and to the sponsors of the petition within five days of the denial.
3. If accepted by the City Council, the petition shall be reviewed by the City Recorder for completeness and compliance with applicable law, which review and certification shall be completed within thirty days of acceptance. If the petition complies, the City Recorder shall certify the petition and provide notice of same to the City Council.
4. Within ten days of receipt notice of certification by the City Council, notification of the proposed annexation shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation for three consecutive weeks.
5. Within twenty days of receipt of notice of certification by the City Council, notification of said annexation shall be sent to all affected entities listed in 1.32.030.H.
B. Upon certification by the City Recorder the petition or application may be submitted to the Planning Commission for analysis and review according to the annexation policy plan and for recommendations with respect to the appropriate zoning.
C. Protests to the proposed annexation shall be:
1. Filed no later than thirty days after receipt by the City Council of certification from the City Recorder.
2. Protests may be filed by the legislative bodies of affected entities listed in 1.32.030.H.
3. If protests are filed, the City Council may deny the annexation at the next meeting, or it may await the decision by the boundary commission.
4. If no protests are filed, the City Council may approve the annexation at a public hearing held after providing not less than seven days advance notice.
5. The boundary commission shall hear protests within thirty days of the deadline for filling said protests.
6. Within thirty days of initiating hearings on protests filed, the boundary commission shall render a written decision.
7. The City Council may deny or grant annexation after receiving the decision of the boundary commission approving the annexation. In the event of denial of the annexation by the boundary commission the City Council shall deny the annexation. (Ord. 03-02 (part), 2003)