Chapter 12.16 STANDARDS FOR STREETS IN ANNEXED TERRITORY
Section 12.16.010 Findings.
The corporate authorities of the city have found, determined
and declared that it is in the
health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the city that provisions be made and provided for in
the city s codes and ordinances to require that streets, roads and traffic ways that exist in
territory annexed to the city be upgraded to meet the standards of design and construction the city
requires for subdivision streets in the city, where the streets, roads and traffic ways are not in
compliance therewith at the time of annexation. Consequently, the owners and developers of
property annexed to the city which adjoins streets, roads and traffic ways that are not constructed
in accordance with the standards established for street layout and construction in the city s
subdivision code shall be required to conform to the following principles and standards of land
development in the development of their property after it is annexed to the city. (Ord. 1329 §
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(part), 1995: prior code § 33-8-1)