[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Georgetown 4-8-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-8. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 230.
The Town of Georgetown may from time to time extend its boundaries
through the process of annexation in accordance with the Delaware
Code and with the Town Charter, § 1.3. In every annexation
proceeding, the following procedures shall apply.
A majority of the property owners of the territory proposed
to be annexed, which must be contiguous to the then-existing incorporated
limits and territory of the Town of Georgetown, by written petition
with the signature of each such petitioner, may request the Mayor
and Council to annex that certain territory in which they own property.
For purposes of this section, "property owners" shall be those owners
of record in the Sussex County Recorder of Deeds office for the parcel(s)
in question. Such petition should be submitted to the Town Manager
for review by the Planning Department and transmission to Mayor and
Council.
The application shall include the tax parcel number(s), a description
of the territory requested to be annexed, a sealed survey (dated within
one year of the application), present and requested zoning, a statement
of compliance with the Comprehensive Plan, the reasons for the requested
annexation, a site plan of the proposed use, and the petition for
annexation. The Planning Department shall inform the applicant of
the number of copies of the application required for submission.
If the Town Manager deems the application complete, a plan of
services (see the website for the State of Delaware Office of Planning
Coordination) for the property shall be completed in accordance with
Delaware Code. This plan of services must be completed for review
and acceptance by the Office of State Planning Coordination no later
than 20 working days prior to final legislative action on the annexation.
A.
The
annexation/rezoning application shall also be referred to the Planning
Commission for a public hearing and review and recommendation to Mayor
and Council.
B.
Following
the recommendation by the Planning Commission, the Mayor and Council
shall hold a public hearing to consider the annexation and zoning
application. The public hearing shall be advertised at least 15 days
prior with an opportunity for public comment of at least 30 days prior
to the decision.
Following the public hearing before the Mayor and Council, and
subject to the acceptance of the plan of services (via the PLUS review
process), the Mayor and Council may pass an ordinance annexing the
specified territory into the Town of Georgetown, and assigning the
appropriate zoning classification(s), pursuant to the Town Zoning
Code, to the specified territory.
The annexed territory shall be subject to all of the rules,
regulations and laws of the Town of Georgetown as of the date of annexation.
