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  2. Municipal annexation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A related strategy is called strip annexation, which involves annexing a narrow strip that encloses a large block of unincorporated land. Strip annexation was widely used by the municipalities of the Phoenix metropolitan area during the 1970s to preemptively gain control of large areas of land before other municipalities, without having to ...

  3. Municipal deannexation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A study of Texas municipal boundary changes from 2000 to 2010 found that deannexation accounted for only 2.6% of the overall changes in municipal area during the study period. [29] In general, when land is deannexed from a local government, the debts of the local government do not stay with the land, unless a statute provides otherwise. [5]

  4. Municipal annexation - Wikipedia

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    The rules that govern municipal annexations in absorption of neighbouring territory vary by country. [3] For example, in the United States, incorporated cities and towns often expand their boundaries by annexing unincorporated land adjacent to them. Municipalities can also entirely annex and be entirely annexed by other municipalities, though ...

  5. Local Agency Formation Commission - Wikipedia

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    Local Agency Formation Commissions or LAFCOs are regional service planning agencies of the State of California.LAFCOs are located in all 58 counties and exercise regulatory and planning powers in step with their prescribed directive to oversee the establishment, expansion, governance, and dissolution of local government agencies and their municipal service areas to meet current and future ...

  6. Local government in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] The concept of "zoning" originated in the U.S. during the 1920s, according to one source, in which state law gave certain townships or other local governing bodies authority to decide how land was used; a typical zoning ordinance has a map of a parcel of land attached with a statement specifying how that land can be used, how ...

  7. Wells dry and utility service denied, some Des Moines ... - AOL

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    Casey's General Stores has owned land in the annexation zone since 1999, but has made no move to build on it. ... Iowa code Section 368.25 says if municipal services aren't provided within three ...

  8. List of municipalities in California - Wikipedia

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    Map of the United States with California highlighted. California is a state located in the Western United States. It is the most populous state and the third largest by area after Alaska and Texas. According to the 2020 United States Census, California has 39,538,223 inhabitants and 155,779.22 square miles (403,466.3 km 2) of land. [1]

  9. What's going on with loan-out corporations? Hollywood workers ...

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    Hollywood labor unions are 'closely' monitoring a move by the California Employment Development Department to crack down on loan-out companies, which are widely used in the entertainment industry.