Ordinance - 389ORDINANCE NO.389
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA., APPROVING THE ANNEXATION TO, INCORPORA.TI NG IN AND
MAKING A. PART OF SAID CITY OF WEST COVINA. CERTAIN UNINHABITED
TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, KNOWN
AS "WEST COVINA. ANNEKA_TION DISTRICT NO.12911.
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 assessment roll of the County of
Los Angeles, California; and
W[IEREA.S ,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 Governmalt Code of the
State of California; and
TMEREA.S, 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, desig-
nating the same as "West Covina Annexation District No.12911; and
1MEREAS, 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
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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 be so annexed, and said publications were
complete twenty (20) days prior to th,e date of such hearing; and
TMEREAS, 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 Government 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
IMEREA.S, 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 March 14, 1955, before said City
Council at the City Hall, West Covina; and
WHEREAS, at the time set aforesaid, to wit: March 14,1955,
•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 there-
of, for hearing, and no written protest having been filed against
the proposed annexation, and good cause appearing therefor; and
WHEREAS, the property and territory hereinafter specifically
described are contiguous to properties within the corporate limits
of the City of West Covina. and is uninhabited within the meaning
of Section 35303 of said Government Code; and
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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 con-
sent 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 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 "West Covina Annexation District No.12911, be
and the same is hereby approved, and the territory hereinafter des-
cribed be, and the same is hereby ordained to be annexed to, incor-
porated in, and made apart 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 II,
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 author-
ized and issued by the City of West Covina or bonded indebtedness
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theretofore authorized and to be represented by bonds of the
City of West Covina thereafter to be issued.
SECTION 2. The territory hereinbefore 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 southwesterly corner of
Lot 286 of E. J. Baldwints Fifth Subdivision of
a portion of Rancho La Puente as shown on map
• recorded in Book 12 pages 134 and 135 of Maps
in the office of the Recorder of the County of
Los Angeles; thence northerly, easterly and
southerly along the boundary of the City of West
Covina as same existed on December 7, 1954 to
the southwesterly corner of Lot 19 of Tract No.
930 as shown on map recorded in Book 17 pages
38 and 39 of Naps; thence westerly in a direct
line to the southeasterly corner of said Lot 286;
thence westerly along the southerly line of said
Lot 286 to a point distant easterly thereon
1068 feet from the southwesterly corner thereof;
thence southerly parallel with the westerly line
of Lot 301 of said subdivision to the center line
of Francisquito Avenue (60 feet wide) as shown
on said first mentioned map; thence westerly along
said center line to the southerly prolongation of
said westerly line of Lot 301; thence northerly
along said prolongation and westerly line to the
point of beginning.
Said territory shall be designated I'West Covina Annexation District
No.12911.
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 published once
in the West Covina Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation pub-
lished 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
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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 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 the County of Los Angeles; 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. �-
e City of West Covina
ATTEST'
City Clerk
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 llth day of April, 1955, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen DAMES W. KAY BERT C. VAN HORN J. CAL SPERLINE JAY D. BROWN
JOE HURST, MAYOR
NOES: No E
ABSENT: /t/P,vc
City Clem he City o Wes ovina
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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:
That on the--6th --- — --- day of------------ June
----------------------- —------ � 19 55---, 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.__389------------ —--------- ____=Eoff the CITY OF
WEST _COV7NAcertified by---- Robery: ten — --
City Clerk of said City.
I further certify that the --- 11th day of________ -_April - 19 55
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 and
That said ordinance sets forth approval of the annexation to the CITY OF
BEST COVBA _ _of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
------------------------------ the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
'IT -Test Covina Annexation District No. 129. ti
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Great
Seal of the State of California
this 6th day
of June 51 19 55.
ecr tary of State
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