§ 358.28 — Annexation hearing

Iowa § 358.28

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 358: SANITARY DISTRICTS

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1. The board of supervisors to whom a petition filed pursuant to section 358.26 is
addressed shall preside at the public hearing provided for in section 358.27 and shall
continue the hearing with adjournments from day to day until completed without giving
further notice of the hearing. A representative of the sanitary district board of trustees shall
attend the public hearing and be available to answer questions regarding the proposed
annexation. The board of supervisors may consider the property to be annexed, whether the
property shall be described as provided in the petition or be otherwise described, and for
the purpose of describing the property, may amend the petition by limiting or changing the
property to be annexed as stated in the petition. The board of supervisors shall adjust the
property to be annexed as needed to exclude land that has no reasonable likelihood of benefit
from inclusion in the area to be annexed. The boundaries of the area to be annexed shall not
be changed to incorporate property which is not included in the petition until the owner of
the property is given notice of the proposed annexation as provided in section 358.27.
2. All persons in the district and in the area to be annexed shall have an opportunity to be
heard regarding the proposed annexation and make suggestions regarding the property to be
annexed. Theboardofsupervisors,afterhearingthestatements,evidence,andsuggestionsat
the public hearing, shall enter an order determining the property to be annexed and directing
that the question of annexation be submitted at an election to the registered voters residing

withinthedistrictandwithintheareatobeannexed. Theordershallfixadatefortheelection
which shall be held not more than sixty days after the date of the order.