A. The City Council recognizes the fact that a city's social and economic life is seldom limited to the area within its corporate limits; that real need exists to consider zoning and physical planning on the basis of the existing and developing area rather than only the areas currently within the city limits; that state law, through the medium of the state planning law, recognizes the existence of the relationship between a city and the areas adjacent thereto and has incorporated in such state planning law a mandate that cities shall preplan areas contiguous thereto if, in the opinion of the city, such areas bear a relationship to its planning.
B. In recognition of such policy and purpose and the possibility of annexation of adjoining lands, the City under-takes to establish an expansion of a consistent land use pattern that shall prevail if and when areas contained with such expanded plans annex to the city. For that purpose pre-zoning maps may be developed and adopted in the same manner prescribed by this title for the zoning or rezoning of property within the city.
C. If a pre-zoning map for an area has been adopted, such annexing property contained therein shall, upon becoming a part of the city, possess the zone indicated on the detailed pre-zoning map, and such portions of the pre-zoning map governing properties so annexed shall become a part of the city's Zoning Map and thereafter be subject to all of the provisions of this title.
(Ord. 2982, 2001).