15.15.020 Property Owner Initiation of Annexation.
It is hereby recognized that Provo City’s policy shall be to allow the property owner contiguous to the City boundaries, absent some reasonable public interest, to be and remain in control of both the discretion as to whether to be annexed into the City and the timing in conjunction with such annexation. When initiated by the property owner, the process for annexation shall be as follows:
(1) The property owner or owners shall submit to the City a petition for annexation in the form and meeting the criteria established by state law. Said petition shall contain signatures of property owners representing a majority of the land area and at least one third (1/3) of the value of real property within the area proposed for annexation. Said petition shall designate up to five (5) of the petitioners as sponsors, one (1) of whom shall be designated as the contact sponsor. The mailing address of each sponsor shall be included in the petition.
(2) Attached to and as a part of the petition shall be an accurate survey plat of the property to be annexed, prepared by a surveyor licensed to practice in Utah, accurately describing the existing City boundaries and each individual ownership sought to be annexed including an accurate legal description of the property to be annexed.
(3) There shall also be attached to the annexation petition a statement as to the anticipated timetable for development of the property being annexed.
(4) There shall be attached to the annexation petition a full disclosure statement of any and all waters owned or historically utilized on the property to be annexed and a statement from the water owner as to the water owner’s estimate of value of the water or the price at which the owner is willing to sell the said water to the City.
(5) The annexation petition shall not propose annexation of any land area proposed for annexation to a municipality in a previously filed petition that has not been granted, denied or rejected.
(6) The annexation petition shall not propose annexation of any land area being considered for incorporation under Utah state law.
(7) On the date of filing the annexation petition with the City Recorder, the petition sponsor(s) shall also deliver or mail a copy of the petition to the County Clerk of Utah County and to the chair of the Planning Commission of each township in which any part of the area proposed for annexation is located.