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Ordinance - 242ORDINANCE NO.242 AN ORDINANCE OF"THE CITY COUNCIL'OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CALIFORNIA,, APPROVING THE sNNEXATION TO, INCORPORATING IN AND HARING A PART OF SAID CITY.OF WEST COVINA CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY'AND CONTIGUOUS.THERETO, KNOWN AS "ANNEXATION DISTRICT.NO.10811. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina, in due course received a verified written petition signed by not less than one-fourth of the owners of the area of land described therein • and representing not less than one-fourth of the assessed value of said territory according to the last preceding equalized assessment roll of the County of Los Angeles, California; and WHEREAS, prior to the filing with the City Council of said City the proposal for the annexation of said territory to the City of West.Covina was submitted to and reported favorably upon to the proponents thereof by the Boundary Commission of Los Angeles County with respect to the definiteness and certainty of the proposed boundaries; and WHEREAS, the City Council did at a regular meeting thereof duly adopt a resolution giving notice of the proposed annexation which resolution specifically described the boundaries of the terri- tory so proposed to be annexed to the City of West Covina, designating • the same as "Annexation District No.108"; and WHEREAS, said resolution and notice were duly published twice, in accordance with law, which said resolution and notice aforesaid gave notice of.the day, hour and place when and where any person owning real property within said territory so proposed to be annexed, and having any objection to the proposed annexation, might appear before the City Council and show cause why such territory should not -1- be annexed, and said publications were complete twenty (20) days prior to the date of such hearing; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk did, not less than twenty (20) days, before the public hearing on the proposed annexation cause a written notice of said proposed annexation to be mailed to each person to whom land within the territory proposed to be annexed is assessed on the last preceding equalized County Assessment Roll available on the date the proceedings were initiated, at the address shown on said assessment roll; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina set such hearing for not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than forty (40) days from the date of the adoption of such resolution, to wit: for 8:00 P.M., on March 23, 1953, before said City Council at the City Hall, West Covina, California; and WHEREAS, at the time set aforesaid, to wit. on March 23, 1953, at 8:00 P.M., of said day, said matter and order to show cause duly came before said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, for hearing, and no one appearing in opposition thereto and no written protest having been filed against the proposed annexation • and good cause appearing therefor;; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That the annexation to the City of West Covina of the territory hereinafter described, which boundary description was submitted to and duly approved before filing by the Boundary Commission of Los Angeles County as to definiteness and certainty, and which territory was designated in the resolution and notice of said City Council as ",Annexation District No..108", be, and the same -2- 0 U is approved, and the territory hereinafter described be, and the same is hereby annexed to, incorporated in, and made a part of the City of West Covina, California. SECTION 2. The territory hereinbefore referred to, and which is hereby annexed to and made a part of and incorporated in said City of West Covina, is more particularly described as follows, to wit: All that property in the County of Los Angeles, I State of California, within the following.described boundaries: Being all of Lot 287 of E.J.Baldwin's Fifth Subdivision` of the Rancho.La Puente in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, as recorded in Book 12, Pages 134 and 135 of maps, records of said County, and of that portion of Lark Ellen Avenue (60 feet wide) as shown on said map adjacent to`said Lot.287 on the west and lying between the westerly prolongation of the northerly and southerly lines of said Lot 287 described: -as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the westerly line of said Lark Ellen Avenue (60 feet wide) and the westerly prolongation of northerly line of said Lot 287, being also an angle point'in the southerly boundary of the City of West Covina; then S 88*56' E along the said westerly prolongation of the northerly line of Lot 287 and the said northerly line of Lot 287, being also the southerly boundary of the City of West Covina, a distance of 1350.00 feet more or less to the northeasterly corner of said Lot 287; thence S 1004' W along the easterly line of said Lot 287, a distance of 330.00 feet to the southeasterly,corner thereof; thence N 880 56' W along the southerly line of said Lot 287 and the westerly prolongation thereof, a distance of 1350.00 feet more or less to the said westerly line of Lark Allen Avenue being also an angle point in the said southerly boundar� of the City of West Covina; then N 1° 04' E along the said westerly line of Lark Ellen Avenue,.being also the easterly boundary of the City of West Covina, a distance of 330.00 feet to the -POINT OF BEGINNING. Said territory shall be designated "Annexation District No.108". SECTION 3, The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage -thereof, shall cause the same to be posted with the -3- names of the members voting for and against the same in three places within the city, and thirty (30) days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall take effect and bes.in force in the manner required by the laws and ordinances in the City of West Covina, and shall file a certified copy thereof with the Secretary of State of the State of California, and after such certified copy has been so filed, and a certificate of the Secretary of State • certifying to its filing has been received by the City of West Covina, the City Clerk shall file a certified copy of said ordinance, to which shall be annexed a copy of the map of said territory with the following: The -County Surveyor of Los Angeles County; the County Recorder of Los Angeles County; .the County Assessor of said County; the County Engineer of said County; the Board of Equalization of the State of California, and the Census Bureau of the United States Government. ATTEST: = 1 y C rerk I HEEI2EBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina on the 13th day of April, 19539 by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen FRANX DELAY BERT C. VAN HORN Ca L. MOSSj6ph IST,4MAYORLIN� NOES: t4 o N L ABSENT: N © I`1 a City Clerk o e Ulty,of WesTCovina -4- • FRANK M.JORDAN SECRETARY OF STATE SACRAMENTO I, FRANK M. JORDAN, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby certify: That on the --- 18th -------- day of --------------- June --------------------------- 19_53- pursuant to the provisions of the "Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939," more particularly Section 3 S 317 of the Government Code, there was filed in my office: A copy of Ordinance No.242------------------------------------- of the CITY OF ifES- -0 INA______________________________ certified by the City Clerk of said City. I further certify that the ---- 13th------- day of ------------ APKLI ----------------------- 19_5_3--, is stated in the certificate of said City Clerk as the date on which said ordinance was regularly passed and adopted by the ----------- C it- --_C-ounc l------------------ of said City, and That said ordinance sets forth approval of the annexation to the CITY OF WEST_COVINA_____________________________of certain uninhabited territory, a description of • the boundaries and the designation thereof as: 'tAnnexation District No. 108. 11 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the State of California this_ 18th day ,, f June 1953. ecret ry of State 66841 8-52 1M SPO STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF WEST COVINA ROBERT FLOTTEN, being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the City Clerk for the City of West Covina, California, and a citizen of the United States, over the age of 21 years; that on the 15th day, of April, 1953, he posted three copies of ORDINANCE NO. 242 of the City of West Covina, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA) CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION T0, INCORPORATING IN AND MAKING A PART OF SAID CITY OF WEST COVINA CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, KNOWN AS "ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO. 10811" in three public places in said City, to wit: One at the Police Office, 1444 West Garvey Boulevard, one in front of the West Covina School House, and one at the northwest corner of Puente Street and Lark Ell Boulevard. City Clerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this TM day of ApYffl., 1953. Not Public in and fo the Kounty of Los Angeles, State of California My Commission Expires August 12, 1956