[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of
the Town of Millsboro 6-1-1986 by Ord. No. XLI. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
Any application for annexation of territory
contiguous to the corporate limits of the Town of Millsboro made by
a property owner or a group of property owners to the Town Council
shall contain the following information:
A.
Metes and bounds description of the property to be
annexed.
[Amended 10-6-2003]
B.
A recent survey plot of the property, including identification
of that part to be annexed, if not the entire parcel.
[Amended 10-6-2003]
C.
A statement of reasons for requesting annexation and
the grounds in support thereof.
D.
A petition fee payable to the Town of Millsboro in
such amount as is determined by the Town Council necessary to cover
all expenses of annexation, including but not limited to the preparation
of reports by its consulting engineer, publication costs and the preparation
of any documents.
E.
A certified list of all property owners located in
the territory requested to be annexed.
F.
The signature of each property owner filing the petition
for annexation duly acknowledged.
G.
If any applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses
of the individuals composing the partnership, including all limited
partners.
I.
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 11-7-2022]
In addition to any public notice otherwise required as part
of the annexation process, the Town Manager shall cause to be posted
at one or more prominent and easily visible places on the property
proposed to be annexed, on eighteen-inch-by-twenty-four-inch yellow
cardboard, a public notice setting forth the date and time at which
the Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on the annexation
application, the name of the party who has requested annexation of
property into the Town, the application number assigned to the annexation
request (if any), a description of the property proposed to be annexed,
and the zoning designation requested for the property proposed to
be annexed. The notice shall also include Town Hall's address and
telephone number for interested parties seeking further information
on the public hearing and the proposed annexation. One such notice
sign shall be posted for each street on which the subject property
fronts. It shall be the responsibility of the party who has requested
annexation, and not the responsibility of the Town, to maintain the
notice signs in good condition during the posting period. Said notice
sign or signs shall be posted at least 15 days prior to the public
hearing and shall remain posted until the Town Council has taken a
final action upon the requested annexation.
