NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION
DESERT CANYONS ADDITION 2
The City of St. George, Utah, hereby gives notice that an annexation petition has been filed with the City requesting the annexation of 10.997 acres located east of the Desert Canyon development area. The St. George City Council received the notice of certification of petition for annexation on July 28, 2025. The proposed annexation area is described as follows:
A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 36 Township 43 South, Range 15 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian, and described more particularly as follows:
BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SECTION LINE AND THE UTAH/ARIZONA STATE BORDER, (SAID
BORDER BEING MARKED BY 1973 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BRASS CAP MARKING MILE
32 ON THE STATE BORDER AND A 1973 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT BRASS CAP MARKING
MILE 31 ON THE STATE BORDER), SAID POINT BEING SOUTH 88°43'45' EAST ALONG SAID SECTION
LINE AND STATE BORDER, A DISTANCE OF 406.825 FEET, FROM THE SOUTH QUARTER CORNER OF
SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 43 SOUTH, RANGE 15 WEST SALT LAKE BASE AND MERIDIAN, SAID POINT
ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY BOUNDARY CORNER OF THE DESERT CANYONS ADDITION
ANNEXATION, AS RECORDED AND ON FILE WITH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY RECORDER'S
OFFICE, AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH 01°12'33' EAST ALONG SAID ANNEXATION BOUNDARY,
A DISTANCE OF 2089.240 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56°00'27' EAST 283.089 FEET; THENCE SOUTH
01°12'33' WEST 1936.214 FEET TO SAID SECTION LINE AND STATE BORDER; THENCE NORTH
88°43'45' WEST ALONG SAID SECTION LINE, A DISTANCE OF 238.000 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.
CONTAINS 479,029 SQ. FT., (10.997 ACRES)
The complete annexation petition is available for inspection and copying at the office of the St. George City Recorder, 175 East 200 North, St. George, Utah, during normal business hours. The City of St. George may grant the petition and annex the above-described area unless a written protest to the annexation petition, is filed with the Washington County Boundary Commission and a copy of the protest is delivered to the St. George City Recorder on or before August 27, 2025. The address for filing a protest is:
Washington County Boundary Commission
111 E. Tabernacle
St. George, Utah 84770
Each protest shall:
1. be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the area proposed for annexation is located;
2. state each reason for the protest of the annexation petition and justification for the protest under the standards established in this part;
3. contain any information that the county boundary commission requires or the party filing the protest considers relevant to the protest; and
4. contain the name and address of a contact person who is to receive notices sent by the boundary commission with respect to the protest proceedings.
Party filing a protest shall on the same day deliver or mail a copy of the protest to the City Recorder.
The area proposed for annexation will be automatically withdrawn from a special district providing fire protection, paramedic, and emergency services or a special district providing law enforcement service, as provided in 17B-1-502(2), Utah Code Annotated.
If no timely protest is received by the Washington County Boundary Commission and the St. George City Recorder, the St. George City Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Following the public hearing, the City Council may adopt an ordinance for the annexation of the above-described property.