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The annexation was challenged in court and, although found legal, eventually led to legislation in 1980 outlawing strip annexation. Some municipalities rushed to annex before the law took effect, such as Scottsdale, which annexed a 10 foot wide strip enclosing an 86 square mile county island. [6]
In New York, deannexation from a village is governed by N.Y. Village Law § 18-1804, which requires consent by the village government and by the voters in a special election. [42] Deannexations must be notified to the New York Secretary of State. [43] New York has no general deannexation law for cities. [44]
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 annexation brings Ankeny's borders right next to Alleman's boundary near Dennler Drive. Alleman, with a population of about 400, has opposed recent Ankeny annexation efforts.
When the municipality annexes additional land, township boundaries must be explicitly adjusted to reflect the change; otherwise, the annexation remains in the original township as well as the municipality. [1] [8] [9] Under 1953 case law, a paper township may not be considered an adjoining township for the purpose of dissolving a township. [10]
Des Moines' 1998 petition said the city was ready to build a new fire station to serve the southeast annexation area. Since then, Fire Station 10 on Indianola Avenue had come online to serve the ...
Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802) 1783: 892,135: 2,310,619----- Annexation of the Vermont Republic: 1791: 9,616: 24,905----- Louisiana ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Illegal immigrants in the Buckeye State will soon be put behind bars and fined hundreds of dollars if the statehouse passes new legislation aimed at punishing people in the ...