Annexation is the action taken to incorporate land into the city. Under state law, land may be annexed to the city only if it is within the urban growth boundary, and is contiguous to the city limits. Applications for annexation may be accompanied by other, concurrent applications, for amendment to the comprehensive plan, amendments to the zoning map and requests for withdrawal from special districts, provided that such concurrent applications meet all requirements therefor. (Ord. 2120 §2, 2024).

A. Application for Annexation. Except for the annexation of unincorporated territory surrounded by the city as provided in Section 17.94.050, applications for annexation shall include all of the requirements listed in subsection C of this section, and be subject to the provisions of ORS 222.111 through 222.180 (Authority and Procedures for Annexation) or 222.840 through 222.915 (Health Hazard Abatement Law).

B. Public Hearing for Annexation. A public hearing shall be held prior to the council’s adoption of an ordinance for annexation. The city shall publish notice of the public hearing once each week for two successive weeks prior to the day of hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and shall post notices of the hearing in at least four public places in the city for a like period.

1. Exception. A public hearing is not required when all of the owners of land in the unincorporated territory and not less than fifty percent of the electors, if any, residing in the territory consent in writing to the annexation of the land in the territory, and file a statement of their consent with the council per ORS 222.125.

C. Submittal Requirements. An application for annexation shall contain the following information:

1. Vicinity map drawn at a scale of one inch equals one thousand feet identifying the proposed area of annexation and existing city limits.

2. Assessor’s Maps of the Proposed Annexation Area. The assessor’s maps shall have identified those parcels for which consents to annex have been acquired and adjacent right-of-way to be annexed.

3. Consent to annex forms completed and signed by all consenting property owners within the proposed annexation area.

4. Legal metes and bounds or lot and block description of the annexation area. Prior to submittal of the annexation application, the applicant shall consult with the public works department on the extent of any adjacent right-of-way that is to be included in the legal description. All legal descriptions shall be reviewed and approved by the public works department prior to submittal of the annexation application.

5. Specific information on each parcel within the proposed annexation area:

a. Current assessed valuation shown on county assessor’s tax rolls.

b. Acreage of both public and private property, and public right-of-way to be annexed.

c. Map and tax lot number.

6. Addresses of all dwelling units and businesses located within the annexation area and names of all residents and whether they are registered voters.

7. The following additional information shall also be supplied by the applicant:

a. Existing land uses within annexation area.

b. Existing zoning within the annexation area.

c. Existing improvements such as:

i. Water system;

ii. Streets;

iii. Sanitary sewer;

iv. Storm drainage.

d. Special districts within the area, such as:

i. Water district;

ii. Irrigation district;

iii. Fire district;

iv. School district;

v. Rogue Valley Sewer Services;

vi. Other.

e. Written findings indicating compliance with all of the applicable requirements of this chapter and the criteria contained in Section 17.94.030.

8. Property owners’ names, addresses and map and tax lot numbers within two hundred feet of the subject site, typed on mailing labels.

9. Payment of the application fee(s). (Ord. 2120 §2, 2024).

The city council must find that the following requirements are met in order to approve an annexation:

A. The land is within the city’s urban growth boundary;

B. The land is contiguous to the current city limits;

C. The land is zoned in accordance with Section 17.94.040; and

D. Unless the land being considered for annexation is enclaved by the city or the city chooses to hold an election, a majority of the land owners and/or electors have consented in writing to the annexation per ORS 222.125 or 222.170. (Ord. 2120 §2, 2024).

The comprehensive plan of Central Point includes a plan for future land uses within the UGB area. The zoning map described in Section 17.12.030 is consistent with the comprehensive plan and will control the district into which a newly annexed area is placed. The appropriate zoning district shall be applied to the area upon annexation if predesignated pursuant to the zoning map. If no zoning district has been designated on the zoning map, the applicant shall submit a zone map amendment application in accordance with the requirements in Chapter 17.10 concurrent with the annexation application. (Ord. 2120 §2, 2024).

A. As authorized in ORS 222.750, the city council may, by ordinance, annex territory surrounded by the corporate boundaries of Central Point with or without the consent of any owner of property within the territory or resident of the territory.

B. Such annexation may be initiated at the request of the planning department or city council and shall not be subject to the requirements of Chapter 17.05 and Sections 17.94.020 and 17.94.030.

C. A public hearing shall be held prior to the council’s adoption of an ordinance for annexation.

D. No later than twenty days prior to the public hearing, notification shall be mailed to all owners of property within the area proposed for annexation.

E. For property that is zoned for, and in, residential use when annexation is initiated by the city, the city shall specify an effective date for the annexation that is at least three years and not more than ten years after the date the city proclaims the annexation approved.

F. Cause notice of the delayed annexation to be recorded by the county clerk of the county in which any part of the territory subject to delayed annexation is located within sixty days after the city proclaims the annexation approved.

G. The city shall notify the Jackson County clerk of the territory subject to delayed annexation not sooner than one hundred days and not later than ninety days before the annexation takes effect. (Ord. 2120 §2, 2024).