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ANNEXATION GUIDELINES
It is recognized that the City of Newport Beach has certain "spheres of influence"
and that said areas may be considered for annexation to the City.
In evaluating a proposed annexation of a "sphere of influence" to the City of Newport
Beach, a number of guidelines should be utilized to assist in a determination of
whether the annexation is in the best interests of the City of Newport Beach. By
way of illustration, but not limitation, examples of these guidelines to test a
proposed annexation proposal are as follows:
1. Public Reaction - Attitude of public agencies and private
organizations in and around the area that
may be affected by the annexation.
2. Over - lapping Taxation - Degree of double taxation resulting from
the annexation and what may be done to
eliminate any such condition.
3. Duplication - Extent to which duplication of services
would exist or could be eliminated as a
result of the annexation.
4. City Standards - Ability of the City to require annexed
areas to be raised to City standards,
is, by assessment districts.
5. Tax Base - Ability to broaden the tax base by annex-
ation of land with existing or potential
for high revenue producing improvements.
6. Planning - Ability to continue an orderly program of
City development based upon general plan
implementation projections.
7. Transportation - Ability to correct inter -area street
circulation deficiencies and inadequacies,
thus promoting a more efficient flow of
people and goods.
8. Boundaai - Opportunity to realign boundaries that
more closely approximate logical man -
made or natural physical barriers.
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9. Safety - Ability to better control fire, police,
public health and safety oriented problems
which respect no municipal boundaries.
10. Service - Ability to eliminate awkward and irregular
boundaries causing difficulty and ineconomies
in supplying utilities and city services.
11. Homogeneity Ability to add residents who, in terms of
social, ethnic, cultural, economic and
political interests and habits already
are related to the City.
12. Control Ability to protect City taxpayers against
future costs incurred to correct prior
improper land development.
13. Public Facilities Ability to provide space for specialized
public uses which are inappropriate in
central locations.
14. Elimination Ability to eliminate existing or potential
land uses and improvements considered a
blighting or deteriorating influence.
15. Preclusion Probability of the elimination or oppor-
tunity for county areas to incorporate to
the detriment of existing cities.
16. Image Ability to increase City stature by annex-
ation of land and /or improvements with
exceptional characteristics.
17. Cost Benefit Analysis Ability on the basis of cost benefit analysis
to produce excess revenue over cost of govern-
ment services. Examples of revenues to be
considered and evaluated are property taxes,
sales taxes, licenses, permits, service
charges, and other similar and typical
taxes and fees. These are to be considered
as "benefits" in the cost benefit analysis.
An example of services which reflect cost to
governmental agencies are: street maintenance,
trash pickup, libraries, parks, fire and police
protection, schools, flood control facilities,
similar governmental services, and attendant
amortized capital outlay costs.
Adopted - February 27, 1967
Reaffirmed - November 12, 1968
Reaffirmed - March 9, 1970
Reaffirmed - February 8, 1971
Amended - February 14, 1972