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Section -34. Protest by a majority or more. <br /> (a) If the landowners owning lands which are assessed or proposed to be assessed within the district <br /> that have a real property tax assessed value of more than fifty percent of the total real property tax <br /> assessed value of all land assessed or proposed to be assessed in the district or if more than fifty <br /> percent of the owners of land assessed or proposed to be assessed in the district file written <br /> protests with the council before or at the public hearing against the proposed ordinance of <br /> consideration and if protests are not withdrawn so as to reduce the amount of the protests to fifty <br /> percent or less, the ordinance of consideration shall not be approved. No proceedings to include <br /> the provision in another ordinance of consideration shall again be undertaken for a period of 90 <br /> days from the close of the hearing. <br /> (b) Section -13(c) and (d) shall apply to protests under this section. <br /> Section -35. Duration of hearing; determination. <br /> The hearing may be continued from time to time, but shall be completed within thirty days; <br /> except that, if the council finds that the complexity of the proposed changes or the need for public <br /> participation requires additional time, the hearing may be continued from time to time for a period not to <br /> exceed ninety days from the date of the original hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, the council, <br /> after considering all protests and such other relevant factors (such as the general plan or development <br /> plan) as it deems appropriate, may approve the ordinance of consideration. <br /> Section -36. Filing of notice. <br /> After the effective date of an ordinance of consideration, the director of finance shall provide <br /> notice of any change in the district or the special assessment or levy in the manner specified under section <br /> -25. <br /> Article 5. Annexation of Territory. <br /> Section -37. Authorization to annex; contiguity not required. <br /> The council may annex an azea of land to an existing district in accordance with this article. The <br /> annexed land need not be contiguous to the existing district. <br /> Section -38. Ordinance of annexation. <br /> Upon request of the district board, if the council determines that the public convenience and <br /> necessity require the addition of land to an existing district, the council may approve an ordinance of <br /> annexation adding the land. The ordinance of annexation adding land to an existing district shall be <br /> deemed an amendment of the ordinance of formation for that district. <br /> Section -39. Contents of proposed ordinance of annexation. <br /> <br /> (a) A proposed ordinance of annexation shall do all of the following: <br /> (1) State the name and term of the existing district; <br /> (2) Describe the boundaries of the existing district and the area proposed to be annexed; <br /> (3) Identify the supplemental services and improvements provided and financed by the <br /> existing district, the supplemental services and improvements to be provided and <br /> financed by the area proposed to be annexed, and the supplemental services and <br /> improvements to be provided and financed in common by both; <br /> (4) Specify the proposed new special assessment which will be levied within the area <br /> proposed to be annexed; and <br /> (5) Specify any proposed change to the special assessment within the existing district as a <br /> result of the proposed annexation. <br /> 12 <br /> <br />