Who can provide information regarding annexation to boroughs?
Local Boundary Commission (LBC) staff within the Department of Community and Economic Development are available to provide technical assistance, petition forms, and sample annexation materials to anyone interested in petitioning or responding to a petition and to other interested parties. If an individual or group does not want annexation, does the state assist them also? Yes. LBC staff will provide information about submitting comments in the form of a responsive brief. This allows any interested party to be identified as a “respondent” in the annexation proceeding. Being identified as a respondent results in a higher level of notice about action on the annexation and provides certain procedural rights at the Local Boundary Commission’s public hearing. Is there a limit on the size of the territory that a borough may annex? Boroughs are regional governments and may include entire geographic regions, unpopulated areas, and sparsely populated areas. Borough annexation standards require t
