72.400. As used in sections 72.400 to 72.423, the following termsmean:
(1) "Boundary adjustment", an adjustment of a boundary between twomunicipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the countyinvolving all or part of one or more residential parcels in commonownership or an adjustment between two municipalities or a municipality andthe unincorporated area of the county involving only public property orpublic rights-of-way;
(2) "Boundary change", any annexation, consolidation, incorporation,transfer of jurisdiction between municipalities or between a municipalityand the county, or combination thereof, which, if approved, would result ina municipality composed of contiguous territory;
(3) "Commission", a boundary commission established pursuant to thissection;
(4) "Contiguousness", territory proposed for annexation in which atleast fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the municipality whichis proposing the annexation or territory proposed for addition to anestablished unincorporated area in which at least fifteen percent of itsboundary is adjacent to the established unincorporated area;
(5) "Established unincorporated area", an area in the unincorporatedarea of the county which has been approved by the voters pursuant tosection 72.422 to remain unincorporated and not subject to any boundarychange except as otherwise provided;
(6) "Proposing agent", the governing body of any municipality whichby ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal or the governing bodyof the county which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal, orthe chief elected official of the county who has authorized the filing ofan unincorporated area proposal, or a person presenting petitions forincorporation signed by a number of registered voters equal to not lessthan fifteen percent of the number of votes cast for governor in the lastgubernatorial election in the total combined area affected by the boundarychange proposal. Petitions submitted by proposing agents may be submittedwith exclusions for the signatures collected in areas originally includedin the proposal but subsequently annexed or incorporated separately as amunicipality, although the commission shall be satisfied as to thesufficiency of the signatures for the final proposed area;
(7) "Voting jurisdiction", a city, town or village, or areas ofunincorporated territory with boundaries established by the commission forpurposes of holding a boundary change election.
72.400. As used in sections 72.400 to 72.423, the following termsmean:
(1) "Boundary adjustment", an adjustment of a boundary between twomunicipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the countyinvolving all or part of one or more residential parcels in commonownership or an adjustment between two municipalities or a municipality andthe unincorporated area of the county involving only public property orpublic rights-of-way;
(2) "Boundary change", any annexation, consolidation, incorporation,transfer of jurisdiction between municipalities or between a municipalityand the county, or combination thereof, which, if approved, would result ina municipality composed of contiguous territory;
(3) "Commission", a boundary commission established pursuant to thissection;
(4) "Contiguousness", territory proposed for annexation in which atleast fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the municipality whichis proposing the annexation or territory proposed for addition to anestablished unincorporated area in which at least fifteen percent of itsboundary is adjacent to the established unincorporated area;
(5) "Established unincorporated area", an area in the unincorporatedarea of the county which has been approved by the voters pursuant tosection 72.422 to remain unincorporated and not subject to any boundarychange except as otherwise provided;
(6) "Proposing agent", the governing body of any municipality whichby ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal or the governing bodyof the county which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal, orthe chief elected official of the county who has authorized the filing ofan unincorporated area proposal, or a person presenting petitions forincorporation signed by a number of registered voters equal to not lessthan fifteen percent of the number of votes cast for governor in the lastgubernatorial election in the total combined area affected by the boundarychange proposal. Petitions submitted by proposing agents may be submittedwith exclusions for the signatures collected in areas originally includedin the proposal but subsequently annexed or incorporated separately as amunicipality, although the commission shall be satisfied as to thesufficiency of the signatures for the final proposed area;
(7) "Voting jurisdiction", a city, town or village, or areas ofunincorporated territory with boundaries established by the commission forpurposes of holding a boundary change election.
72.400. As used in sections 72.400 to 72.423, the following termsmean:
(1) "Boundary adjustment", an adjustment of a boundary between twomunicipalities or a municipality and the unincorporated area of the countyinvolving all or part of one or more residential parcels in commonownership or an adjustment between two municipalities or a municipality andthe unincorporated area of the county involving only public property orpublic rights-of-way;
(2) "Boundary change", any annexation, consolidation, incorporation,transfer of jurisdiction between municipalities or between a municipalityand the county, or combination thereof, which, if approved, would result ina municipality composed of contiguous territory;
(3) "Commission", a boundary commission established pursuant to thissection;
(4) "Contiguousness", territory proposed for annexation in which atleast fifteen percent of its boundary is adjacent to the municipality whichis proposing the annexation or territory proposed for addition to anestablished unincorporated area in which at least fifteen percent of itsboundary is adjacent to the established unincorporated area;
(5) "Established unincorporated area", an area in the unincorporatedarea of the county which has been approved by the voters pursuant tosection 72.422 to remain unincorporated and not subject to any boundarychange except as otherwise provided;
(6) "Proposing agent", the governing body of any municipality whichby ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal or the governing bodyof the county which by ordinance has adopted a boundary change proposal, orthe chief elected official of the county who has authorized the filing ofan unincorporated area proposal, or a person presenting petitions forincorporation signed by a number of registered voters equal to not lessthan fifteen percent of the number of votes cast for governor in the lastgubernatorial election in the total combined area affected by the boundarychange proposal. Petitions submitted by proposing agents may be submittedwith exclusions for the signatures collected in areas originally includedin the proposal but subsequently annexed or incorporated separately as amunicipality, although the commission shall be satisfied as to thesufficiency of the signatures for the final proposed area;
(7) "Voting jurisdiction", a city, town or village, or areas ofunincorporated territory with boundaries established by the commission forpurposes of holding a boundary change election.
