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Ab tji to ftft &-adoes andfaciNg <br />Properties or an area should be annexed only to a municipality willing and able to provide fire <br />and police protection and refuse collection immediately and sanitary, sewer and water service <br />within a reasonable period of tune. Provision of sewer and water service should, however, not <br />be at the expense of areas already within the municipality that still do not have these services. <br />• Annexatiorn should be encouraged and enhanced that have the effect of consolidating a <br />community's corporate area and reducing the irregularities that prcvbus annexations may have <br />added to the gate limits. `Squaring off" the municipal limits to create an easily recog- <br />nizable shape can enhance the image that residents have of their municipalty and create a <br />more logical shape for administering services. Also, more logical and easily definable <br />eonfiguratkms of annexed property also provide the development community with <br />opportunities oftentimes to Create developments that one more efficient and aesthetically <br />pleasing. Annexation lines should be drawn so as to avoid ribbons or odd pieces of <br />unincorporated land between communities. It Is preferable for municipalities to abut and have <br />a common boundary rather than be separated by a small unincorporated area. <br />l;2gAMnMg Analysis <br />• The deficit of income to be realized from the annexed area against the expenses to the <br />municipality in serving it should be reasonable. Cost-revenue analysk a topic in itsek and <br />beyond the scope of this report, can compare the annexation area's potential revenue base with <br />the costs of furnishing necessary services, For example, consideration should be given to a <br />situation whereby a city annexes a residential subdivision that was not bulk to that dty's <br />subdivision standards. in the long -run, therefore, the current citizens within the annexing <br />municipality may have to pay for upgrading said potentially annexed subdivision. <br />• <br />Economic Develg= <br />In conjunction with cost- benefit analysis, Paris can use annexation, where appropriate, as a tool <br />to stimulate local and regional economic growth and implement sound, long -range caWUl <br />improvement programming. A sub-tool for this kind of economic development could be, for <br />example, publk- private partnerships and investments. <br />QMprehenshre Plans and Zoning District Maps <br />Texas does not allow zoning of unincorporated areas. YTrerefore, if property is annexed, it <br />should be zoned as soon as possible to be in conformarn with the annoWng municipalities' <br />future land use plan within its comprehensive plan. R such toning does not occur in a timely <br />manner, the municipality runs the rink of having its recently annexed area developed with land <br />uses that may be incompatible with that city's land use plans, growth - goals, and policies. <br />Parn. secreaeop_ ano open miace <br />Oftentimes, parks, recreation, and open space plans can be more fully Implemented If linkages <br />can be made to other parks akments, to increase dozen use, city design, and aesthetk features. <br />In certain instances, therefore, It could be an important fictor to annex areas outside of Paris <br />that could enhance trail systems, as well as use environmental resources that arc presumably <br />outside the city (e.g., flood plan and/or other environmentally sensitive, archeological and/or <br />historical sites or interesting areas). <br />11 <br />