CRS defines the procedures and limitations to be allowed. Permission from landowners is gained by obtaining the landowners' signatures on an annexation petition. The annexation petition is a legal form on which is the notarized signatures and addresses of the landowners. A property legal description and map of the annexation area are required to accompany each petition. This means having the clerk stamp each document with the date and time received.
Some communities charge a fee to process annexation petitions.
Littleton does not currently have such a fee. Once the petition is filed, the remaining steps in the process are handled by City staff. Recent amendments to CRS also require that a public hearing schedule for the annexation be set by the resolution. Adoption of this resolution stops any other municipality from trying to annex the same parcel. Also, once the annexation petitions are accepted by the City, the petitions cannot be withdrawn.