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Ordinance No. 82-29 CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON AW ORDINANCE NO. 82- ,,2 i 4 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. E 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. ORDINANCE No. 82-„.� c Page 1 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 Y Y 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. ORDINANCE No. 82- - Page 2 ;; • r e • 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 I I " i i • t, t __