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3. Application Contents The information requirements for an annexation application are stated at EC 9.7810(1) through 10). The application form page 2 lists all the required information. That information has been compiled here, as reflected in the check boxes on the application form. 4. Criteria for approval of annexation application: EC 9.7825 provides the primary criteria applicable to an annexation application. This code section refers to additional criteria (such as applicable Metro Plan policies) that will need to be addressed as well. EC 9.7825 Annexation -Approval Criteria. The city council shall approve, modify and approve, or deny a proposed annexation based on the application's consistency with the following: 7) The land proposed to be annexed is within the city's urban growth boundary and is: a) Contiguous to the city limits; or b) Separated from the city only by a public right of way or a stream, bay, lake or other body of water. Applicant's proposed finding: The subject property is within the city's UGB. The subject property is directly contiguous with the current city limits along the approximate 70 foot length of the portion of it's western boundary that is contiguous with the eastern boundary of Land Partition Plat No. 2004-P1838. 2) The proposed annexation is consistent with applicable policies in the Metro Plan and in any applicable refinement plans. " Applicant's proposed finding: The Metro Plan Policy 9, page 11-B-5, recognizes annexations through this normal process to be the highest priority. As such, the proposal is consistent with this policy Metro Plan Policy 8, page 11-B-4, provides for annexation when a minimum level of key facilities and services can be provided. This policy is the subject of the annexation standard in (3) below. Metro Plan Policy 15 provides that land within the UGB shall be annexed to a city and provided with the minimum level of urban facilities and services. It further provides that while the timeframe for annexation may vary, annexation should occur as land transitions from urbanizable to urban. The property is within the UGB and therefore, based on this policy, should be annexed. The provision of facilities and services is addressed in standard (3) below. The property is designated LDR on the Metro Plan. The property is currently zoned R-1 which is consistent with the low density residential designation assigned to the site in the Metro Plan. September 9, 2019, Meeting – Item 2C