Section 44 Ordinance Approving Annexation

• Library: Urban Development Subdivisions, and Annexations (2011 Ed.)

Bill No. _________________ Ordinance No.

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF __________, MISSOURI, BY EMBRACING AND INCLUDING REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF JACKSON, STATE OF MISSOURI, HEREINAFTER PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED.

Whereas, Section 71.870, RSMo, provides that "[t]he legislative body of any city, town, or village located within the boundaries of a first class chartered county which has a population of at least five hundred thousand shall not have the power to extend the limits of such city, town, or village by annexation of unincorporated territory adjacent to the city, town, or village in accordance with the provisions of law relating to annexation by such municipalities until the question of annexation is submitted and is carried by a majority of the total votes cast in the city, town, or village and by a separate majority of the total votes cast in the...