Article 5: Annexation Procedure.............................5-1 
5.010 Purpose...........................................5-1 
5.020 Application.......................................5-1 
5.021 Pre-Application Conference...................5-1 
5.022 Application Submittal........................5-1 
5.050 Annexation........................................5-1 
5.051 Purpose .....................................5-1 
5.052 Criteria for Property Subject to Annexation 
Agreement ...................................5-2 
5.053 Criteria for all Other Property..............5-2 
5.054 Procedures...................................5-2 
5.060 Annexation by Consent.............................5-3 
5.065 Annexation by Triple Majority ....................5-3 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Article 5: Annexation Procedure 

 

5.010 Purpose 

 

The purpose of this Article is to provide for adequate 
review of all annexation requests, to establish a 
system for determining the cost and appropriateness of 
proposed annexations, to provide for public 
participation in the annexation process, and to set 
forth the procedures and criteria for annexing real 
property to the City of Grants Pass. 

 

5.020 Application 

 

5.021 Pre-Application Conference. The applicant shall 
request a pre-application conference as provided in 
Section 3.033 of this Code, prior to submitting an 
application for annexation. 

 

5.022 Application Submittal. The applicant shall submit a 
complete application on forms provided by the 
Director. The Director shall verify the completeness 
of the application and notify the applicant as 
provided in Section 3.052 of this Code. An incomplete 
application may be resubmitted as provided in Section 
3.053 of this Code. 

 

 

15.050 Annexation 

 

5.051 Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to set forth 
the procedures and the criteria for annexation of real 
property into the City of Grants Pass. 

 

5.052 Criteria for Property Subject to Annexation Agreement. 

 

If the proposed property is subject to an annexation 
agreement, then the applicant must prove the 
following: 

 

(1) All the conditions and requirements of the annexation 
agreement have been met. 

 

(2) Any additional conditions or requirements made 
necessary by subsequent judicial or state or federal 
or legislative acts have been met. 



5.053 Criteria for all Other Property. If the proposed 
property is not subject to an annexation agreement, 
the applicant must prove that the following standards 
have been met to receive approval of annexation: 

 

(1) The proposed property is located within the Grants 
Pass Urban Growth Boundary Area and the area is 
contiguous with the existing City boundary. 

 

(2) The proposed property is developed or will be 
developed consistent with City standards. 

 

(3) The proposal is consistent with the City’s 
Comprehensive Plan at such a time as the State has 
acknowledged that plan, or the proposal is consistent 
with LCDC Goals, prior to an acknowledgment of the 
City’s Comprehensive Plan. 

 

(4) The proposal is consistent with this Code. 

 

(5) The proposal is consistent with the provisions of the 
Oregon Revised Statutes. 

 

(6) The City of Grants Pass has sufficient capacity to 
provide the property with basic urban services, such 
as municipal water, sanitary sewer, fire protection, 
and police protection. 


 

 

5.054 Procedures. The procedures for processing a request 
for full and complete annexation shall be: 

 

(1) A complete application is received by the Director as 
provided in Section 3.050. 

 

(2) The Director shall prepare a compliance report 
indicating the degree of compliance of the subject 
property with the provisions of this Code and other 
City standards, and compliance with any conditions 
subject to development of the property, and shall 
review the compliance report with the property owner 
in conference. 

 

(3) A public hearing is held before the City Council to 
determine whether the annexation standards of Section 
5.053 have been met, or to call for an annexation 
election pursuant to ORS Chapter 222. Notice and 



follow-up procedures for the hearing shall be as 
provided for a Type IV procedure as provided in 
Section 2.060. Conduct of the hearing shall be as 
provided in the Legislative Hearing Guidelines, 
Article 9 of this Code. 


 

(4) If approved by Council or by election, the City 
Manager shall, within 3 working days of the approval 
action, cause the necessary actions for service 
extension and notification of other governmental 
bodies to be initiated, and shall notify the applicant 
and all property owners in writing when such actions 
have been completed. 

 

(5) If the proposal for annexation is rejected by the City 
Council for failing to meet criteria, or if the 
proposal is rejected in an election held pursuant to 
ORS Chapter 222, the proposal may be resubmitted as 
provided in Section 3.053 of this Code. 

 

5.060 Annexation by Consent 

 

The City need not hold an election in the City or in 
any contiguous territory proposed to be annexed, or 
hold any hearing required by ORS Chapter 222 when all 
the owners of land in that territory consent in 
writing to the annexation of the land in the territory 
and file a statement of their consent with the City. 
Once consent for annexation has been executed, the 
City, by ordinance, may set the final boundaries of 
the area to be annexed by a legal description and 
proclaim the annexation. 

 

5.065 Annexation by Triple Majority 

 

(1) The City need not hold an election in the City or in 
any contiguous territory proposed to be annexed, or 
hold any hearing required by ORS Chapter 222 if more 
than half of the owners of land in the territory, who 
also own more than half of the land in the contiguous 
territory and of real property therein representing 
more than half of the assessed value of all real 
property in the contiguous territory consent in 
writing to the annexation of their land in the 
territory. 

 


Once consent for annexation has been executed, the 
City, by ordinance, may set the final boundaries of 
the area to be annexed by a legal description and 
proclaim the annexation. At the hearing on the 
ordinance, property owners who have not consented to 
annexation may testify in favor or against its 
passage. All property owners shall be notified of the 
hearing at least 10 days prior to the hearing. 

 

(2) The public hearing for property owners may be held at 
the same time as the passage of the ordinance or at 
another time. 


 

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1. Amended 11-7-01