1. The applicant shall submit the request to the development services department.

2. The zoning administrator shall review each request for annexation and, upon determining that it complies with state statutes and city regulations, forward such request to the city council.

3. If the city council accepts the request for annexation, official annexation petitions shall be prepared by staff to be circulated by the requesting property owners.

4. When all provisions of state annexation laws have been complied with, the city council shall hold the required public hearings to consider the annexation request.

1. Pinal County building or use permits validly issued pursuant to Pinal County requirements not more than 60 days prior to the effective date of annexation shall be accepted by the city as valid permits for a period of 60 days after the effective date of annexation. If construction has not commenced on or before the sixtieth day after the effective date of annexation, a city building or use permit shall be required.

2. For buildings under construction with a valid building or use permit issued by Pinal County prior to the effective date of an annexation code, a city building permit shall not be required, but the building inspector shall require that buildings constructed under such Pinal County building or use permit shall be structurally safe and shall conform to pertinent Pinal County zoning regulations in effect at the time the county permit was issued. [Ord. 14-12 § 1; Res. 14-36 § 511.03.]