Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes
§ 9-471 — Annexation of territory; procedures; notice; petitions; access to information; pre-annexation agreements; restrictions
ARS § 9-471Title 9. Cities and Towns · Ch. 4. GENERAL POWERS · Art. 7. Extension of Corporate Limits; Platting Adjacent Subdivisions
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View on source9-471. Annexation of territory; procedures; notice; petitions; access to information; pre-annexation agreements; restrictions A. The following procedures are required to extend and increase the corporate limits of a city or town by annexation: 1. A city or town shall file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the annexation is proposed a blank petition required by paragraph 4 of this subsection setting forth a description and an accurate map of all the exterior boundaries of the territory contiguous to the city or town proposed to be annexed, except that a city or town shall not file an annexation petition that includes any territory for which an unsuccessful annexation was attempted by the same city or town until at least forty-five days after completion of the unsuccessful attempt. A property owner may waive the forty-five-day waiting period for the owner's property that was part of the original unsuccessful annexation. Notice and a copy of the filing shall be given to the clerk of the board of supervisors and to the county assessor. The accurate map shall include all county rights-of-way and roadways that are within or contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the area of the proposed annexation. If state land, other than state land used as state rights-of-way or land held by the state by tax deed, is included in the territory, written approval of the state land commissioner and the selection board established by section 37-202 shall also be filed. The description shall identify the entity, if any, that will be responsible for maintaining the existing rights-of-way and roadways that are within or contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the area of the proposed annexation. For the purposes of this paragraph, "unsuccessful annexation" means an annexation attempt that was withdrawn or that was not completed pursuant to this section. 2. Signatures on petitions filed for annexation shall not be obtained for a waiting period of thirty days after filing the blank petition. 3. After filing the blank petition pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection, the governing body of the city or town shall hold a public hearing within the last ten days of the thirty-day waiting period to discuss the annexation proposal. The public hearing shall be held in accordance with title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1, except that, notwithstanding section 38-431.02, subsections C and D, the following notices of the public hearing to discuss the annexation proposal shall be given at least six days before the hearing:
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