Ordinance - 364ORDINANCE NO.364
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFO•.RNIA, APPROVING. THE ANNEXATION,TO, INCORPORATING IN AND
MAKING APART OF SAID CITY OF VEST COVINA CERTAIN UNINHABITED
TERRITORY OUTSIDE, THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, KNONN
AS 111TEST COVINA, ANNEXATION 'DISTRICT N0.12411.
'WHEREAS, under and pursuant to and in accordance with
the provisions of the "Uninhabited Territory Act of 193911, as
amended, the City Council of the City of 'West Covina, in due
• course received a 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 assess -
meat 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 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, pursuant to Section 35002 of the Government
Code of the State of California; and
W[IERME .S, the City Council did at a regular meeting there-
of duly adopt a Resolution giving notice of the proposed annexation
which Resolution specifically described the boundaries of the
territory so proposed tobe annexed to the City of West Covina,
designating the same as "West Covina Annexation District No.12411;
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
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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 terri-
tory should not be so annexed, and said publications were complete
twenty (20) days prior to the date of such hearing; and
IMERE&S, the City Clerk did, not less than twenty (20)
days before the public hearing on the proposed annexation, cause
• a written notice, in accordance with the provisions of the Govern-
ment Code, 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
IMEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina set
such hearing for not less than fifteen (15) days nor more than
fifty (50) days from the date of the adoption of such Resolution,
to wit: for 8:00 o'clock P.M., on November 8, 1954, before said
City Council at the City Nall,-Igest Covina; and
TMERE S, at the time set aforesaid, to wit: November 8,
1954, at 8:00 o'clock 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; and
WHEREAS, the property and' -territory hereinafter specifi-
cally described are contiguous to properties within the corporate
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limits of the City of West Covina and is uninhabited within the
meaning of Section 35363 of said Government Code; and
WHEREAS, there has been filed with the City Clerk the
written consent of the petitioners as owners of all of the
property so proposed to be annexed to the City of 'West Covina,
wherein consent was given that said property after its annexation
may be taxed equally with the property within the City of West
• Covina to pay the bonded indebtedness of the City of 'West Covina
both outstanding at the date of such annexation or theretofore
authorized and to be represented by bonds .of the City of West
Covina thereafter to be issued;
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 des-
cription 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 Council as "West Covina Annexation District No.12411,
be and the same is approved, and the territory hereinafter described
• be, and the same is hereby ordained to be annexed to, incorporated
in, and made a part of the City of 'West Covina, California, and
that such property after its annexation to the City of 'West Covina
shall be deemed to be classified as "R-111, Area District III,
under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, and shall be taxed
equally with the property within the City of West Covina to pay
the bonded indebtedness of the City of West Covina outstanding on
the date of such annexation for 1951 Improvement Bonds heretofore
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authorized and issued by the City of "West Covina or bonded
indebtedness theretofore authorized and to be represented by
bonds of the City of West Covina thereafter to be issued.
SECTION 2. The territory hereinbef ore referred to, and
which is hereby annexed to and made a part and incorporated in
said City of "West Covina, is more particularly described as
follows, to wit:
• Beginning at the northwesterly corner of Lot 57 of
Tract No.930 as shorn on map recorded in Book 17 Pages
38 and 39 of Maps in the office of the Recorder of
Los Angeles County; thence easterly and southerly along
the boundary of the City of West Covina as same existed
on September 27, 1954, to the center line of Vine Avenue
60 feet wide as described in deed to the County of
Los Angeles recorded in Book 6053 page 157 of Deeds in
the office of said Recorder; thence westerly along said
center line to the southerly prolongation of the westerly
line of Lot 56 of said Tract; thence northerly in a
direct line to the point of beginning
Said territory shall be designated ItWest Covina Annexation District
No .12411 .
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 pub-
lished once in the West Covina Tribune, a newspaper of general
• circulation published and circulated in the City of West Covina,
and thirty (30) days from and after the final passage thereof
said Ordinance shall take effect and be in force, 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
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of State certifying to it-s filing has been received by the
City of "West Covina, the City Clerk shall file 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 Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County; the
County Assessor of said County; the County .Lagineer of said
County; the Board of Equalization of. the State of California,
and the Census Bureau of the United States Government.
ATTEST-
CityClerk
e city of west uovina
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was
adopted -at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
West Covina, held on the 13th day of December, 1954, by the
affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen JAMES W. KAY BERT C. VAN HORN JAY D. BT OW.
NOES:
f J N Q- JOE HURST, MAYOR T. CAL SPEPLI.,E
ABSENT : '
City erk o he City o West Covina
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FRANK M.JORDAN
SECRETARY OF STATE
SACRAMENTO
I, FRANK M. JORDAN, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby
certify:
24th January 55
Thaton the------------------- day of----- ------------------------------------------- 19------- 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 co pp of Ordinance No.__364 of the CITY OF
ITEST -CIOVNA , certified by the City Clerk of said City.
I further certify that the ---
13th __day of -------- ecember 54
is stated in the certificate of said City Clerk as the date on which said ordinance was
regularly passed and adopted by the______ City Council -of said City, and
That said ordinance sets forth approval of the annexation to the CITY OF
WEST 'GOVNA_________________________of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
"West Covina Annexation District No. 124.11
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Great
s
Seal of the State of California
this 24th day
of January 19 55.
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