(A) Upon receipt of the request for voluntary annexation, the Director of Planning and Zoning shall make inquiry to the appropriate city department heads, to the City Manager, and to the Director of the Richmond Water, Gas and Sewerage Works as to whether the city has the present capability of providing to the land proposed for annexation the usual municipal services, including, without limitation, water, gas, sewage, sanitation, and fire and police protection.
(B) The Director of Planning and Zoning shall then make a final written report to the City Manager of the city's present capability of providing such services to the land proposed for annexation. Should any of the following report to the Director of Planning and Zoning that any such service cannot presently be provided to the land proposed for annexation, such final written report shall so state. All such written responses, including any limitations, provided to the Director of Planning and Zoning shall be attached to the final written report.
(1) The City Manager;
(2) The appropriate city department heads; or
(3) The Director of the Richmond Water, Gas and Sewerage Works.
(C) Upon affirmative determination that the city can provide the usual city services to the land proposed for annexation, the Director of Planning and Zoning shall refer the matter to the City of Richmond Board of Commissioners for it to consider whether or not it is desirable to annex the property into the city's corporate territory.
(Ord. 07-05, passed 3-27-07)