(a)
Notwithstanding Section 56031, unincorporated territory consisting of property abutting on a street, highway, or road, and the street, highway, or road, to the extent that it abuts that property, together with the road strip may be annexed to a city pursuant to this division under the following conditions:
(1)
The annexation may be made only if the property to be annexed is within the sphere of influence of the annexing city, as adopted by the commission, and lies within an unincorporated area wholly surrounded by the annexing city or the annexing city and the county line or the annexing city and the Pacific Ocean or the annexing city and a boundary of another city.
(2)
The property to be annexed shall not be annexed if the distance between the boundary of the annexing city and the point closest to the annexing city at which the road strip connects with the abutting property, as measured by the road strip, is more than one-half mile.
(b)
Subsequent annexations to the road strip and abutting territory shall not be made unless both of the following conditions are met:
(1)
The distance between the point at which the original road strip abuts the boundary of the annexing city and the point closest to the city at which the road strip connects with the abutting property to be annexed, as measured by the road strip, is one-half mile or less.
(2)
The annexation is contiguous to the road strip.
(c)
As used in this section:
(1)
“Property to be annexed” means the property abutting on a street, highway, or road, and the street, highway, or road, to the extent it abuts the property.
(2)
“Road strip” means the street, highway, or road which connects the territory of the property to be annexed to the annexing city.
(d)
This section applies only to the City of Cupertino.