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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Within sixty (60) days of the enlargement or reduction of a city's boundaries, the city shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State:
(a) A duly certified paper or electronic copy of the final ordinance that changed the city's boundaries;
(b) A map and a description prepared by a professional land surveyor depicting the parcel annexed, transferred, or severed as a closed geometric figure on a plat annotated with bearings and distances or sufficient curve data to describe each line. The professional land surveyor shall clearly state on the documents the location of the existing municipal boundary, any physical feature with which the proposed municipal boundary coincides, and a statement of the recorded deeds, plats, right-of-way plans, or other resources used to develop the documents depicting the municipal boundary, in paper or electronic form; and
(c) An electronic file containing a closed geometric figure depicting the territory being added or removed that is referenced to a Kentucky State Plane Coordinate System zone in any one (1) of the following formats:
1. AutoDesk AutoCAD DWG or DXF;
2. Bentley MicroStation DGN; or
3. ESRI ArcGIS Shapefile.
If the electronic file is attached to an e-mail communication, the e-mail and all files attached to that e-mail communication cumulatively shall not exceed fifteen (15) megabytes in size.
(2) No city which has annexed unincorporated or accepted transfer of incorporated territory may levy any tax upon the residents or property within the annexed or transferred area until the city has complied with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and of KRS 81A.475.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 81A.470.Map and certified copy of ordinance that changed city’s boundaries to be recorded; preparation of map and description; taxation of residents or property in new territory by annexing city prohibited prior to compliance - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-81a-470/
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