This chapter addresses the requirements and processes for city development board approval of petitions for involuntary city development action, including incorporation, discontinuance, annexation, severance, or consolidation. Such petitions shall be initiated pursuant to Iowa Code section 368.11 or 368.13 and this chapter. The body or bodies initiating the petition will be referred to in this chapter as the petitioner.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 263-8.1