By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
A new annexation in Mona received preliminary approval in Mona. Lyla Spencer, city clerk/recorder, will now begin the steps to get the annexation to the point where it can be officially accepted. “On February 6, at approximately 7:30 p.m., you received the application from Kevin L. and Janice S. Stanley for the Stanley Family Annexation,” said Spencer. Both of the Stanleys were on hand at the city council meeting to present the petition. The city council voted unanimously to approve the petition and to begin the process of annexation. The annexation includes 35 acres and is located in the Mona City growth area. It borders Mona and the north and east but is actually located next to the railroad tracks which run west of Mona. The Mountain View Estates Development borders the property on the East. “Utilities are located along 200 West Street,” said Spencer. She said that she had looked at the application along with Lynn Ingram, planning and zoning commission chairman, and determined that the application meets the requirements of law for the State of Utah. “Tonight, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley will present to you the application on the Stanley Family Annexation for either acceptance or denial,” said Spencer. “If the council accepts the petition/application, or is considered to have accepted it, you shall forward the petition to me, the city recorder, for certification of the petition according to Utah law,” she said. Within 30 days of the council acceptance, Spencer will consult with the county assessor, clerk, surveyor and recorder. Those records, she said, are necessary to determine, with the assistance of the city attorney, whether the petition satisfies the requirements of UCA 10-2-403 (2), (3), & (4). If the petition meets the requirements, Spencer will then certify the petition and deliver or mail written notifications of the certification to the council and the county commission. According to state code, if the city recorder determines that the petition meets the requirements of state law, the city recorder will certify the petition and notify in writing the city council and the contact sponsor of the certification; and provide notice of certification as required under Utah Code. “The certification letter will be available at our next city council meeting, on February 27, 2018,” said Spencer. “We will then continue the process for the Stanley Family Annexation.” Basic criteria for annexing unincorporated property into a city are that the property must be contiguous to a city and must be within a pre-identified growth area. Annexing the property may not result in the creation of an unincorporated island or peninsula. After receipt of the notice of certification from the city recorder, the city council will publish a notice at least once a week for three successive weeks, beginning no later than 10 days after receipt of the notice of certification, in a newspaper of general circulation. Then within 20 days of receipt of the notice of certification, the recorder will mail written notice to each affected entity. In the creation of an annexation a public election is not required because of state code. “There is a protest period,” said Spencer. Utah Code states that a protest to the annexation petition may be filed with the commission by property owners if it contains the signatures of the owners of private real property that is located in the unincorporated area within one half mile of the area proposed for annexation; covers at least 25 percent of the private land area located in the unincorporated area within one half mile of the area proposed for annexation; and is equal in value to at least 15 percent of all real property located in the unincorporated area within one half mile of the area proposed for annexation.
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