Any person desiring to request annexation of lands within his or her ownership may initiate the annexation consideration process by submitting a completed annexation request to the city of Hauser planning department accompanied by the filing fee established by resolution of the city council. Upon receipt of such request, the code administrator shall prepare a report to the mayor and city council tendering the request which has been received and outlining his recommendation about the extent of the inquiry which should be made, and the estimated costs thereof, if the annexation request is to be considered. Upon completion of such preliminary report, the administrator shall transmit same to the city council for deliberation concerning the desirability of considering annexation of the requested lands. Upon receipt of such report, the city council, after consultation with city staff, shall decide whether it wishes to further consider annexation of the requested lands or not. In the course of such consideration, the city council may determine what analysis and study it would require to properly evaluate the consequences and effects of the proposed annexation. Based upon the estimates supplied by the administrator, the city council may, if it wishes to further consider the matter, establish the necessary prepaid annexation processing fee to be remitted by the requester if he desires to proceed with the request. Such prepaid fees may include a standard administrative fee reasonably related to the administrative costs of processing an annexation request (including staff and legal expense) established by a resolution of the city council, in addition to any study based fees established after city council consideration of the specific annexation request. The city council may determine that special study based fees should be offset to the benefit of those who pay them against annexation mitigation fees otherwise chargeable to properties annexed by the city. (Ord. 133, 4-13-2005)