[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Any application for annexation of a territory contiguous to
the present corporate limits of the City of Lewes made by a property
or group of property owners to the City Council shall contain the
following information:
A. Description
of the property.
B. Recent
survey plot of the property.
C. Statement
of reasons for annexation and grounds in support thereof.
D. Petition
fee payable to the City of Lewes for petition for annexation as follows:
[Amended 12-11-2006]
(1) Lands to be zoned residential or mixed residential and commercial
district: $350 for property less than one acre.
(2) Lands to be zoned residential or mixed residential and commercial
district: $2,500 for property one to five acres.
(3) Lands to be zoned residential or mixed residential and commercial
district: $2,500, plus $100 per acre for property over five acres.
(4) Lands to be zoned for any nonresidential district: $2,500, plus $500
per acre.
(5) The fee for annexation includes any fee required to add said property
to a zoning district of the City.
E. The
applicant shall notify, by certified mail with return receipt requested,
the property owners certified by the applicant to be the property
owners within 100 feet of the boundaries of the property which is
the subject of the application, that such application is being filed
with the City and the applicant shall provide proof of same to the
City with the application.
[Amended 12-11-2006]
F. The
signature of each property owner filing the petition for annexation.
G. If
any applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the individuals
composing the partnership, including all limited partners.
[Added 7-8-1985]
H. If
any applicant is a corporation, the name and address of each stockholder
owning more than 10% of the stock of the corporation, the name and
address of each officer and the name and address of each member of
the Board of directors or other governing body.
[Added 7-8-1985]