(a) The City of Creede acknowledges the applicability of the Colorado Municipal Annexation Act of 1965, C.R.S. §31-12-101 et seq., for annexations to the City of Creede except to the extent otherwise permitted by law.
(b) This Article is intended to implement and supplement the Colorado Municipal Annexation Act of 1965 and shall be liberally construed for the following purposes:
(1) To encourage a natural and well-ordered development of the City;
(2) To distribute fairly and equitably the costs of municipal services among those persons who benefit from such services;
(3) To extend municipal government, services, and facilities to eligible areas which form a part of the whole community;
(4) To simplify governmental structure in urban areas;
(5) To provide an orderly system for extending municipal regulations to newly annexed areas;
(6) To reduce friction among contiguous or neighboring municipalities;
(7) To increase the ability of municipalities in urban areas to provide their citizens with the services they require; and
(8) To exercise to the greatest extent possible the City's powers conferred to the City as a statutory town under Title 31 Colorado Revised Statutes.
(Ord. 395 §3, 2016)