(a)Before any territory is eligible for annexation, the
governing body of any city or town at a hearing as provided in
W.S. 15-1-405 shall find that:
(i)An annexation of the area is for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the persons residing in the
area and in the city or town;
(ii)The urban development of the area sought to be
annexed would constitute a natural, geographical, economical and
social part of the annexing city or town;
(iii)The area sought to be annexed is a logical and
feasible addition to the annexing city or town and the extension
of basic and other services customarily available to residents
of the city or town shall, within reason, be available to the
area proposed to be annexed;
(iv)The area sought to be annexed is contiguous with
or adjacent to th
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(a) Before any territory is eligible for annexation, the
governing body of any city or town at a hearing as provided in
W.S. 15-1-405 shall find that:
(i) An annexation of the area is for the protection
of the health, safety and welfare of the persons residing in the
area and in the city or town;
(ii) The urban development of the area sought to be
annexed would constitute a natural, geographical, economical and
social part of the annexing city or town;
(iii) The area sought to be annexed is a logical and
feasible addition to the annexing city or town and the extension
of basic and other services customarily available to residents
of the city or town shall, within reason, be available to the
area proposed to be annexed;
(iv) The area sought to be annexed is contiguous with
or adjacent to the annexing city or town, or the area meets the
requirements of W.S. 15-1-407;
(v) If the city or town does not own or operate its
own electric utility, its governing body is prepared to issue
one (1) or more franchises as necessary to serve the annexed
area pursuant to W.S. 15-1-410; and
(vi) The annexing city or town, not less than twenty
(20) business days prior to the public hearing required by W.S.
15-1-405(a), has sent by certified mail to all landowners and
affected public utilities within the territory and by first
class mail to any persons owning property that is adjacent to or
within three hundred (300) feet of the territory proposed to be
annexed, regardless of whether the property is inside or outside
the corporate limits of the annexing city or town and regardless
of whether the city or town is exercising authority under W.S.
15-3-202(b)(ii), a summary of the proposed annexation report as
required under subsection (c) of this section and notice of the
time, date and location of the public hearing required by W.S.
15-1-405(a).
(b) Contiguity will not be adversely affected by the
existence of a platted street or alley, a public or private
right-of-way, a public or private transportation right-of-way, a
lake, stream, reservoir or other natural or artificial waterway
located between the annexing city or town and the land sought to
be annexed.
(c) An annexing municipality shall prepare a proposed
annexation report as specified in this subsection. The report
shall, at a minimum, contain:
(i) A map of the area proposed to be annexed showing
identifiable landmarks and boundaries and the area which will,
as a result of the annexation then be brought within one-half
(1/2) mile of the new corporate limits of the city, if it has
exercised the authority granted under W.S. 15-3-202(b)(ii);
(ii) The total estimated cost of infrastructure
improvements required of all landowners by the annexing
municipality related to the annexation;
(iii) A list of basic and other services customarily
available to residents of the city or town and a timetable when
those services will reasonably be available to the area proposed
to be annexed;
(iv) A projected annual fee or service cost for
services described in paragraph (iii) of this subsection;
(v) The current and projected property tax mill
levies imposed by the municipality; and
(vi) The cost of infrastructure improvements required
within the existing boundaries of the municipality to
accommodate the proposed annexation.
(d) For annexations initiated under W.S. 15-1-403, the
city or town may collect the cost of preparing the proposed
annexation report from the petitioning landowners.
(e) Before any territory is eligible for annexation the
governing body shall prepare for each landowner and affected
public utility so requesting in writing, the estimated cost of
infrastructure improvements required of the landowner and
affected public utility related to the annexation. The request
shall be made to the clerk of the annexing municipality not less
than ten (10) days prior to the public hearing required by W.S.
15-1-405(a). The estimate shall be provided to the landowner
and affected public utility prior to the hearing.