Ordinance No. 82-29 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
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AN ORDINANCE SPECIFYING THE ANNEXATION POLICY FOR VARIOUS UNIN-
CORPORATED LANDS WHICH ARE WITHIN TIGARD'S URBAN PLANNING AREA,
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 79-26, PRESCRIBING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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WHEREAS, in the past, the City Council has attempted to
encourage annexations that would establish straight, compact and
logical boundaries for the City of Tigard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it is necessary '
to establish a system for measuring the physical, environmental,
and social impacts of proposed annexation on the community, to
insure adequate staff review, and to insure compliance with the
requirements of Tigard's Comprehen-_ .ve Plan, ORS Chapters 197 and
222, concerning annexation, and QRS Chapter 199, eonccrn nq local
boundary commissions; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the above policies, the City :
Council hereby determines that this document denoted as "annexation
policy" for the City of Tigard is a desirable and necessary guide
to decisionson the future boundary of the city and is hereby
adopted and promulgated to be utilized in the development of the
-< comprehensive plan for the area involved; and
WHEREAS, the lands that are the subject of this annexation
policy are not subject to provisions of the annexation rule, OAR
660-01-315, because they are located within the acknowledged
Metropolitan Regional Growth Boundary; and
WHEREAS, to insure that the provisions of this annexation
policy become immediately effective in guiding annexation decisions
of property owners, the City Council, and the Portland Metropolitan
Area Local Government Boundary Commission, and thereby preserve
the health, safety, and welfare of the residents thereof, an
emergency is declared to exist and the terms and provisions of this
ordinance shall become effective immediately ipon passage and
approval by the City Council.
THE CITY OF TIGARD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS: P
Section 1. INTENT
1. The City is committed to maintaining the highest practical <
level of service to residents. Therefore, the City should
consider the impact each annexation will have on the level of
services provided and the general "quality of life" enjoyed by the
citizens of Tigard.
2. , The City considers itself to be the most logical provider '''
of cost-efficient urban services to those areas within
Tigard's Urban Planning Area.
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3. The City shall not approve the extension of city or
Unified Sewerage Agency (USA) sewer lines beyond the
Tigard city limits except where the annexation applications for I
those properties have been submitted to the City or where a non-
remonstrance agreement to annex those properties has been signed
and recorded with Washington County and submitted to the City or
where there is a potential or imminent health hazard. In health
hazard situations involving land located in the Metropolitan
Regional Growth Boundary, the City is required by ORS 222.850 to
222.915 to annex the affected area, unless an alternative plan
to alleviate the hazard is approved. Therefore, property owners
affected by a health hazard aunexation will sign and record with
Washington County a nonremonstrance to annex to the city and
submit the recorded copy to the City of Tigard.
4. The Cit shall actively seek to annex the areas served
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by all new city or Unified Sewerage Agency sewer lines
that are contiguous with the city.
5. The City shall accept, encourage, and assist in the
preparation; of annexation proposals of all lands within
Tigard's Urban Planning Area.
6. The City shall actively seek to include all "unincor-
porated island" areas into the city.
7. Land use designation and zoning shall be assigned to
proposed annexation areas only after a thorough study
addressing State-wide Planning Goals, city and neighborhood needs
have been completed and adopted by the City.
Section 2. PROCEDURE
The following process shall be followed in the application and
review of annexation proposals:
1. To ensure adequate staff review for annexation application,
deadlines shall be established. Applications for annexa-
tion shall be filed with the city prior to 5:00 p.m. on the last
working day in either February, May, August, or November.
2. The city staff shall review the annexation proposal
applications and submit all required information to the
Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission
with sixty (60) days after the application has been submitted.
Section 3. APPLICATION
Each application for annexation shall include the following material:
1. A statement of the availability, capacity and status of
existing water; sewer, drainage, transportation, park,
police and fire service, and school facilities.
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2. A statement of the increased demand for such facilities
to be generated by any proposed development within the
annexation area.
3. A conceptual development plan which indicates the types ;
and intensities of proposed land uses, transportation
corridors, significant natural features and adjoining land uses.
4. A statement describing any potential negative physical,
aesthetic and social impacts of any proposed development
on the community as a whole or the neighborhood.
5. A map to scale of area to be annexed which includes the
surrounding area, and` metes and bounds legal
description of annexation area.
Section 4. REPEAL
The City of Tigard hereby repeals its former annexation policy,
Ordinance No. 79-26, in its entirety.
Section 5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Inasmuch as it is necessary for the pence, health, and safety of
the people of the City of Tigard that the foregoing change in the
boundaries of the City become a permanent part of the City's
records, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this
ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the Council, and
approval by the Mayor.
PASSED: By the City Council by4LVJ � vote of all Council
members present; after being readtimes by number and
title only, this ,?-g day of <J„ ,� e , 1982.
Recorder - Ci of Tigard
SIGNED: By the Mayor on this m,2��day of^4 h. _ , 1982.
Mayor - City of Tig rd
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