18.200.040 Approval standards.
An annexation may be approved if the proposed request for annexation conforms to the following approval criteria, or can be made to conform through the imposition of conditions:
A. The land is in the city’s urban growth boundary (UGB).
B. The land is currently contiguous for a distance of 60 feet or more with the present city limits.
C. The proposed zoning for the annexed area is in conformance with the designation indicated on the comprehensive plan map and/or adopted master plan map, and the project, if proposed concurrently with the annexation, is an allowed use within the proposed zoning.
D. The following infrastructure can and will be provided to and through the subject property at the appropriate stage of development, or sooner if determined to be necessary on the advice of staff:
1. Adequate facilities for the provision of water to the site, as determined by the public works department and/or city engineer;
2. Adequate transport of sewage from the site to the wastewater treatment plant, as determined by Rogue Valley Sewer Services;
3. Adequate storm drainage as determined by the public works department and/or city engineer.
E. Adequate transportation can and will be provided to and through the subject property at the appropriate stage of development, or sooner if determined to be necessary on the advice of staff. The purpose of this standard is to ensure that transportation facilities are extended to adjacent lands that are also available for annexation, though they may not be immediately eligible. For the purposes of this section “adequate transportation” for annexations consists of vehicular, bicycle, pedestrian and transit transportation meeting the following standards:
1. A 20-foot-wide paved access exists for vehicular transportation, or can and will be constructed, along the full frontage of or through the project site to the nearest fully improved collector or arterial street.
All streets adjacent to the annexed area shall be improved, at a minimum, to a half-street standard with a minimum 20-foot-wide driving surface. The city may, after assessing the impact of the development, require the full improvement of streets adjacent to the annexed area. All streets located within annexed areas shall be fully improved to city standards.
2. Where future street dedications are indicated on the city’s “Required Street Connections” maps in the transportation system plan, or an adopted master plan, or when required by the city, provisions shall be made for the dedication and improvement of these streets and be included with the petition to annex.
3. For bicycle transportation, safe and accessible bicycle facilities exist, or can and will be constructed. Should the annexation be adjacent to an arterial street, bike lanes shall be provided on or adjacent to the arterial street. Likely bicycle destinations from the project site shall be determined and safe and accessible bicycle facilities serving those destinations shall be indicated.
4. For pedestrian transportation, safe and accessible pedestrian facilities exist, or can and will be constructed. Full sidewalk improvements shall be provided on one side adjacent to the annexation for all streets adjacent to the proposed annexed area. Sidewalks shall be provided as required by code on all streets within the annexed area.
Where the project site is within a quarter of a mile of an existing sidewalk system, the sidewalks from the project site shall be constructed to extend and connect to the existing system. Likely pedestrian destinations from the project site shall be determined and the safe and accessible pedestrian facilities serving those destinations shall be indicated.
5. For transit transportation, should transit service be available to the site, or be likely to be extended to the site in the future based on information from the local public transit provider, provisions shall be made for the construction of adequate transit facilities, such as bus shelters and bus turn-out lanes. All required transportation improvements shall be constructed and installed prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for any new structures on the annexed property.
F. One or more of the following standards are met:
1. The proposed annexation area will be zoned a residential district in accordance with the comprehensive plan, and there is less than a five-year supply of vacant and redevelopable land in the proposed land use classification within the current city limits. “Redevelopable land” means land zoned for residential use on which development has already occurred but on which, due to present or expected market forces, there exists the likelihood that existing development will be converted to more intensive residential uses during the planning period. The five-year supply shall be calculated from the most current adopted vacant and redevelopable land inventory, or the inventory in the housing element of the comprehensive plan under the direction and approval of the city planner; or
2. The proposed lot or lots will be zoned a commercial district under the comprehensive plan, and the petitioner will obtain site development plan review approval for an outright permitted use, or conditionally permitted use, concurrent with the annexation request; or
3. A current or probable public health hazard exists due to lack of full city sanitary sewer or water services; or
4. Existing development in the proposed annexation has inadequate water or sanitary sewer service; or the service will become inadequate within one year; or
5. The area proposed for annexation has existing city of Talent water or sanitary sewer service extended, connected, and in use, and a signed “consent to annexation” agreement has been filed and accepted by the city of Talent; or
6. There is inadequate infrastructure that is unduly preventing development of UGB lands and annexation will provide a means to extend infrastructure; or
7. The lot or lots proposed for annexation are an “island” completely surrounded by lands within the city limits. [Ord. 845 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. 817 § 8-3M.340, 2006.]