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A map of Los Angeles County with the city of Los Angeles in red, showing the Shoestring Strip annexation, which reaches south to the San Pedro area and the Port of Los Angeles. A "shoestring annexation" is a term used for an annexation by a city , town or other municipality in which it acquires new territory that is contiguous to the existing ...
Municipal annexation is the legal process by which a city or other municipality acquires land as its jurisdictional territory (as opposed to simply owning the land the way individuals do). [1] The annexed land is typically not part of any other municipality.
The City of Edmonton has experienced a series of municipal boundary adjustments over its history since originally incorporating as a town in 1892 through incorporation as a city, amalgamation or annexation of other urban municipalities, annexation of rural lands from its surrounding neighbours, and separation of lands back to its rural neighbours.
The Martinsville City Council held a public hearing related to a citizen's request to have the city annex their property. Martinsville City Council: Landowner requests annexation of property into city
The city government also entered into a settlement with the DeKalb County government to settle a dispute, paving the way for the annexation. [ 34 ] Due to the taxable revenue involved, there was a dispute over whether the area would remain in the DeKalb County School District or transition to Atlanta Public Schools . [ 35 ]
The Ankeny City Council approved a large annexation Monday that could push the city's borders even further north. Ankeny City Council approves annexation north of 126th Avenue near Alleman Skip to ...
Dec. 7—North Augusta City Council voted unanimously to approve the first reading of an ordinance to add almost 44 acres of land to the city. The parcel of land, located in Edgefield County off ...
The proposed annexation of Santo Domingo was an attempted treaty during the later Reconstruction era, initiated by United States President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869, to annex Santo Domingo (as the Dominican Republic was commonly known) as a United States territory, with the promise of eventual statehood.