(a) The boundaries of the City of Longview shall be the same as have heretofore been established, as of this date, which boundaries are more fully set out on an official map recorded in the city to be kept in the office of the City Secretary and City Engineer, and here referred to for a more complete description.
(b) The boundaries may be altered by extension through annexation or contraction through disannexation by the procedures set forth in this Charter and Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise specified by State law.
(c) Territory adjacent to the city may be annexed by ordinance with or without the consent of the owners or inhabitants thereof, subject to such procedural rules as set forth in Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise specified by State law.
(d) Upon presentation of a petition in writing signed by a majority of qualified voters of adjacent territory, the City Council after hearing arguments for and against such action, may by ordinance annex such territory into the city. Hearing on such petition shall take place not less than five (5) nor more than thirty (30) days after the date of filing. At any time within ninety (90) days after the public hearing, an ordinance may be introduced providing for the annexation of the territory described in such petition.
(e) Territory lying within the boundary limits of the city and adjacent to the outer limits may be disannexed from the city upon presentation to the City Council of a petition in writing signed by a majority of the qualified voters within the territory. Sparsely inhabited territory containing less than one hundred (100) residents may be disannexed by the City Council, when the City Council determines that such disannexation is for the best interests of the city. The City Council, after hearing the arguments for and against such proposed disannexation, may grant or deny the request; refunds as to taxes and fees shall be in accordance with Chapter 43 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended, or as otherwise specified by state law.