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Council hears annexation 101: how annexations work, timelines and local implications
Summary
Senior planner David King gave a high-level overview of annexations — definitions, types (petition, enclave, election), contiguity rules (one-sixth perimeter), the city's history of roughly 50 annexations and a typical 2–6 month timeline; council members asked about state statute scope and future land-use mapping.
David King, a senior planner in Centennial’s economic development department, presented an "Annexation 101" briefing explaining how annexations add property into city boundaries, the types of annexations, the statutory contiguity requirement and how the city evaluates annexation requests.
King said annexations are the means by which municipalities grow their boundaries and that Centennial has processed nearly 50 annexations across 18 of the city's 25 years. He described three common types: petition annexations initiated by property owners seeking inclusion, enclave…
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