§ 3.16. ANNEXATION

Annexation is the physical addition of land into, and incorporated by, the city. Annexation requests shall be accompanied with land use map and zoning map amendment requests.

The city, through establishment of a planning area approved by the city council and the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners, is presumed to have the ability to serve annexation requests within the planning area boundary. Requests for voluntary annexation within the established planning area shall require planning board review and action and may be acted upon by the city council upon notice to the Pinellas Planning Council and the Pinellas County Board of County Commissions pursuant to Pinellas County Ordinance No. 00-63. The city council, in reviewing a voluntary annexation within the established planning area shall determine that the requested annexation is compact, contiguous, and does not create an enclave.

Requests for voluntary annexation outside of the established planning area adopted by the city council and the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners shall require amendment to the planning area boundary consistent with the provisions set forth in Pinellas County Ordinance 00-63. The planning board shall review such annexation petitions and submit its recommendations to the city council in accordance with the city's authority, responsibility and capacity to provide police, fire, sewer, water, solid waste, and local road and drainage facility services and in compliance with F.S. ch. 171.

(Ord. No. 2003-02, § 22, 2-4-03)