368.4 - ANNEXING MORATORIUM.

        368.4  ANNEXING MORATORIUM.         A city, following notice and hearing, may by resolution agree with      another city or cities to refrain from annexing specifically      described territory for a period not to exceed ten years and,      following notice and hearing, may by resolution extend the agreement      for subsequent periods not to exceed ten years each.  Notice of a      hearing shall be served by regular mail at least thirty days before      the hearing on the city development board and on the board of      supervisors of the county in which the territory is located and shall      be published in an official county newspaper in each county      containing a city conducting a hearing regarding the agreement, in an      official county newspaper in any county within two miles of any such      city, and in an official newspaper of each city conducting a hearing      regarding the agreement.  The notice shall include the time and place      of the hearing, describe the territory subject to the proposed      agreement, and the general terms of the agreement.  After passage of      a resolution by the cities approving the agreements, a copy of the      agreement and a copy of any resolution extending an agreement shall      be filed with the city development board within ten days of      enactment.  If such an agreement is in force, the board shall dismiss      a petition or plan which violates the terms of the agreement.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, § 362.26(7, 8); C75, 77, 79, 81, § 368.4] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         2002 Acts, ch 1132, § 4, 11; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §31; 2003 Acts,      ch 148, §2, 9; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §42