SEQUIM — The City Council approved a 114-acre annexation Monday night, and in the process turned down a request from several landowners who wanted to remain outside the city limit.
The annexed land is north of Port Williams Road and east of Sequim Avenue, as well as the First Baptist Church property on the west side of Sequim Avenue.
The proposal first surfaced in June of last year when Bill Littlejohn asked the council to annex 60 acres, most of it his property.
Council members asked him to expand the proposal to encompass a much larger area — basically, all the unincorporated area within the urban growth area north of the city and east of Sequim Avenue, as well as unannexed land around West Deytona Street.
The annexation followed what’s known as the “60 percent method,” which requires the assent of owners of at least 60 percent of the assessed value of the affected land.
That’s how the proposal reached its current form, which is about half the size of what the council had put forward.
Omission petition
Mike Stanhope, a resident of Jesslyn Lane, presented a petition signed by him and several neighboring property owners asking to be left out of the annexation.
He noted that the Cactus Flats subdivision, where opposition to annexation also runs high, was left out of the proposal.
“These feelings are being respected in Cactus Flats, for whatever reason, and we request the same courtesy,” he said.
Council members noted, however, that other property owners on Jesslyn Lane wanted to be annexed.