CHAPTER 213
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 271
AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NOS. 1 AND 2
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ANNEXATIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend §101 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code by re-designating subsections (2) through (5) as subsections (3) through (6), and by inserting a new subsection (2) to read as follows:
"(2) Anything in this Chapter or in any municipal charter notwithstanding, a municipal corporation shall have the ability to annex a parcel only if and to the extent that such parcel is contiguous with existing municipal boundaries. 'Contiguous' means that a part of the boundary of the parcel sought to be annexed by a municipal corporation is conterminous with a part of the boundary of the municipal corporation. The separation of the parcel sought to be annexed from the annexing municipal corporation by (i) a right of way for a highway, road railroad, canal or utility, or (ii) a body of water or watercourse, running parallel with and between the parcel sought to be annexed by the annexing municipality, shall not prevent annexation pursuant to this Section, provided however, nothing herein shall be construed to allow rights of way, utility easements, waterways or like entities to be annexed in corridor fashion or to be utilized as a corridor route for annexation to gain contiguity."
Approved January 10, 2002