Resolution 1525
RESOLUTION NO. 1525
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
ADOPTING AN ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR
THE CITY.
WHEREAS, after study, the City Council deems it necessary
for orderly growth to adopt an annexation and development policy
for the City of Gilroy, and good cause appearing therefore,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City
of Gilroy approves the following policy guidelines and adopts the
same for the regulation of future annexation and development in
the City of Gilroy.
1. Annexation to the City of Gilroy shall be limited to
territories included within the present General Plan of the City.
Exception: When in the majority opinion of the City
Council and with an overriding reason of particular
benefit to the City, the City Council may, under its
own motion, consider an annexation outside the limits
of the present Gilroy General Plan.
2. All annexations shall be contiguous to the City.
Exception: Where it is found to be impossible to
annex a single ownership in extending an annexation
along a public road, Council may allow the annexation
to by-pass one such single ownership provided its
roadway frontage does not exceed one-half (~) mile
in length.
3. All costs of annexation and subsequent development of
any specific ownership of lands shall be borne by the owner,
his agent, or subsequent purchaser of such lands.
These costs shall include but shall not be limited to
the following.
a. Annexation maps and descriptions.
b. City development fees and charges.
c. Costs of extending any city-owned utility services
to the lands proposed for development. These costs
shall include any oversizing of such services at
the developer's expense. This shall not preclude
the repayment of a portion of such costs to the
developer provided an adjacent ownership, or
ownerships, utilize the extended service during
a ten (10) year period following the installation
of the service. Such a reimbursement arrangement
shall be Ulx1er the City's standard form of
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Reimbursement Agreement.
Further, this policy shall not preclude financing
such service extensions under an assessment
district procedure subject to the developer
obtaining prior approval of the City Council and
the cooperation of any affected adjacent ownerships.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of November, 1970, by the
following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BATREZ, DUFFIN, KENNEDY, PATE,
SILVA, WENTWORTH and GOODRICH
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
APPROVED:
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. Mayor
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I, SUSANNE E. STEINtlETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Resolution No.
1525 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the
2nd day of November
. 19 ~ at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 4th
day of November
, 1972-.
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