(a) If the owners of more than 55 percent of the applicable land or if more than 55 percent of the owners of the applicable land file written protests with the council before or at the hearing against the proposed annexation and if protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the amount of the protests to 55 percent or less, the annexation proceedings shall cease. No proceedings to again annex the land shall be undertaken for a period of one year from the close of the hearing.
(b) For the purpose of this section, “applicable land” means land in the existing district, land in the area proposed to be annexed, or land in both the existing district and area proposed to be annexed.
(1990 Code, Ch. 34, Art. 6, § 34-6.6) (Added by Ord. 96-18)