(A) Whenever any territory is annexed into the city, the City Council shall determine its zone district classification. Before determining such classification the Council shall fix a time for and hold a public hearing upon the proposed annexation agreement or amendment, and shall give notice not more than 30, nor less than 15, days before the date fixed for the hearing. This notice shall be published at least once in one or more newspapers published in the city. After such hearing, the agreement or amendment may be modified before execution thereof. The annexation agreement or amendment shall be executed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk only after such hearing and upon the adoption of a resolution or ordinance directing such execution, which resolution or ordinance must be passed by a vote of two-thirds of the corporate authorities then holding office.
(B) Territory proposed to be annexed that is used exclusively for single-family residential use shall automatically be reclassified to “A-1(L)” exempt from the public hearing requirement. Furthermore, territory proposed to be annexed that is used predominately for agricultural, horticultural and like uses shall automatically be reclassified to “AG” exempt from the public hearing requirement. Neither the provisions of §§ 162.535 through 162.539, 162.550 through 162.555, 162.570 through 162.575 and 162.590 through 162.595 of this chapter, nor the public hearing or notice provisions of any ordinance, shall apply when the City Council classifies the land with the annexation or consolidation ordinances provided for above.
(1960 Code, § 60-3-5) (Ord. 6673, passed 8-2-2004)