Section 56375.3 Of Chapter 3. Powers From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 5. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 3.
56375.3
. (a) In addition to those powers enumerated in Section
56375, a commission shall approve, after notice and hearing, the
change of organization or reorganization of a city, and waive protest
proceedings pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 57000)
entirely, if all of the following are true:
(1) The change of organization or reorganization is initiated on
or after January 1, 2000.
(2) The change of organization or reorganization is proposed by
resolution adopted by the affected city.
(3) The commission finds that the territory contained in the
change of organization or reorganization proposal meets all of the
requirements set forth in subdivision (b).
(b) Subdivision (a) applies to territory that meets all of the
following requirements:
(1) It does not exceed 150 acres in area, and that area
constitutes the entire island.
(2) The territory constitutes an entire unincorporated island
located within the limits of a city, or constitutes a reorganization
containing a number of individual unincorporated islands.
(3) It is surrounded in either of the following ways:
(A) Surrounded, or substantially surrounded, by the city to which
annexation is proposed or by the city and a county boundary or the
Pacific Ocean.
(B) Surrounded by the city to which annexation is proposed and
adjacent cities.
(4) It is substantially developed or developing. The finding
required by this paragraph shall be based upon one or more factors,
including, but not limited to, any of the following factors:
(A) The availability of public utility services.
(B) The presence of public improvements.
(C) The presence of physical improvements upon the parcel or
parcels within the area.
(5) It is not prime agricultural land, as defined by Section
56064.
(6) It will benefit from the change of organization or
reorganization or is receiving benefits from the annexing city.
(7) This subdivision does not apply to any unincorporated island
within a city that is a gated community where services are currently
provided by a community services district.
(8) Notwithstanding any other law, at the option of either the
city or the county, a separate property tax transfer agreement may be
agreed to between a city and a county pursuant to Section 99 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code regarding an annexation subject to this
subdivision without affecting any existing master tax sharing
agreement between the city and county.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subdivision, this
subdivision shall not apply to all or any part of that portion of the
development project area referenced in subdivision (e) of Section
33492.41 of the Health and Safety Code that as of January 1, 2000,
meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Is unincorporated territory.
(2) Contains at least 100 acres.
(3) Is surrounded or substantially surrounded by incorporated
territory.
(4) Contains at least 100 acres zoned for commercial or industrial
uses or is designated on the applicable county general plan for
commercial or industrial uses.
(d) The Legislature finds and declares that the powers set forth
in subdivision (a) for territory that meets all the specifications in
subdivision (b) are consistent with the intent of promoting orderly
growth and development pursuant to Section 56001 and facilitate the
annexation of disadvantaged unincorporated communities, as defined in
Section 56033.5.