Section 15.19 Interpretation of Contiguous and Compact
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I. (§15.19) Interpretation of Contiguous and Compact
In Dodson v. City of Wentzville, 216 S.W.3d 173 (Mo. App. E.D. 2007), the Eastern District weighed in on the standard for when property to be annexed is contiguous and compact to the annexing jurisdiction. Wentzville condemned real property located between the City and a strip of land that the City intended to voluntarily annex under § 71.014, now RSMo 2016. The City wanted to annex the property to continue sanitation and sewer lines to serve other adjacent property. Dodson, the owner of the condemned property in issue, challenged the validity of the City’s annexation and filed a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The Circuit Court of St. Charles County entered judgment in favor of the City. The property owner appealed.
The Eastern District held that the attempted “flag annexation” did not meet the “test of compactness”...
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- Section 15.1 Introduction
- Section 15.2 Incorporation
- Section 15.3 Disincorporation
- Section 15.4 Consolidation and Absorption
- Section 15.5 Generally
- Section 15.6 Statutes
- Section 15.7 Annexation by Owner Petition
- Section 15.8 Annexation by a Municipality
- Section 15.9 Under § 71.015, RSMo
- Section 15.10 Under §§ 71.860–71.922, RSMo
- Section 15.11 Under §§ 72.400–72.430, RSMo
- Section 15.12 Under §§ 81.080 and 81.200, RSMo
- Section 15.13 Special Circumstances
- Section 15.14 Parties to the Action
- Section 15.15 Generally
- Section 15.16 Burden of Proof and Miscellaneous Matters
- Section 15.17 Standing
- Section 15.18 Questions of Reasonableness and Other Standards
- Section 15.19 Interpretation of Contiguous and Compact
- Section 15.20 Descriptions of Annexation Boundaries
- Section 15.21 Conflicts and Other Problems Among Jurisdictions
- Section 15.22 The Doctrine of Prior Jurisdiction
- Section 15.23 Errors and Procedural Defects
- Section 15.24 Other Annexation Failures
- Section 15.25 Conclusion
- Section 15.26 Resolution of Intent
- Section 15.27 Annexation Ordinance
- Section 15.28 Notice of Public Hearing Regarding Proposed Annexation
- Section 15.29 Plan of Intent
- Section 15.30 Declaratory Judgment Petition
- Section 15.31 Resolution Calling for Annexation Election
- Section 15.32 Petition Requesting Annexation
- Section 15.33 Voluntary Annexation Resolution
- Section 15.34 Notice of Public Hearing
- Section 15.35 Annexation Ordinance
- Section 15.36 Election Ordinance (Procedure Under § 71.014, RSMo)
- Section 15.37 Annexation Ordinance (Procedure Under § 71.014, RSMo)
- Section 15.38 Deannexation
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