Ordinance - 392ORDINANCE NO.392
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.,
CA.LIFORNIA, APPROVING THE.ANNEXA.TION.TO, INCORPORATING IN AND
MAKING A. PART OF SAID CITY OF WEST COVINA., CERTAIN.UNINHABITED
TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS,THERETO,.KNOWN.
A.S "WEST COVINA. ,A.NNEXA.TION DISTRICT NO.13311 (E.B. Snoddy) .
WHEREAS, under and pursuant to and in accordance with the
provisions of the 'Uninhabited Territory A.ct 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
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 A.ngeles 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
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 teri�i-
tory so proposed to be annexed to the City of West Covina, desig-
nating the same as "West Covina Annexation District No.13311; and
WHEREA.S., 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 be so annexed, and said publications were com-
plete 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, 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"equa,lized 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
fifty (50) days from the date of the adoption of such Resolution,
to wit: for 8': 00 o'clock P.M., on April 25, 19559 before said
City Council at the City Hall, West Covina:;' and
WHEREAS; at the time set aforesaid, to wit: April 25,1955,
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 of
said City 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 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.13311, be
and the same is hereby 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, Calif-
ornia, and that such property after its annexation to the City of
West Covina., shall be deemed to be classified as "R-11-1, Area Dis-
trict.I, 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 out-
standing on the date of such annexation for 1951 Improvement Bonds
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heretofore 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:
That portion of the Rancho La Puente, in•the County
of Los Angeles, State of California, as shown on map
recorded in Book 1, pages 43 and 44 of Patents, in the
office of the County Recorder of said County, described
as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly boun-
dary line, from the east, of the City of West Covina, as
same existed on February 169 1955, with the East lineof
Tract No.17167 as per map recorded in Book 394 Pages 49
and 50 of naps in the office of the Recorder of said
County; thence along the easterly line of said Tract,
North 40 451 2011 `East 620.19 feet, more or less, to
the southerly line of the Pacific Electric Railway ' s
Right -of -Way 80 feet wide (now Badillo Street) as des-
cribed in the exception set forth in Certificate of Title
No.2819 on file in the office of the Registrar of Titles
of said County; thence along said southerly line, or said
southerly line and the easterly prolongation thereof,
South 86 381 2011 East 721.92 feet to its intersection
with the northerly prolongation of the easterly line of
Tract No.20692 as per nap recorded in Book 545 Pages 39
and 40 of Maps, in the office of the Recorder of said
• County; thence along said last mentioned prolongation
South 40 451 2011 West to its intersection with said
northerly boundary line of the City of West Covina; thence
westerly along said northerly boundary line to the point
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Said territory shall be designated as "West Covina Annexation
District No.13311.
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
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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 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 A.ngeles 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.
mayors of ine ul ty of West uovina
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City Clerrc
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 23rd day of May, 19551.bY the affirmative vot
e of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
A -YES: Councilmen JAMES W. KAY BERT C. VAN HORN J. CAL SPERLINE JAY D. BROWN
NOES: ff 6 fr e JOE HURST, MAYOR
ABSENT:
City Clerk of t4e.,-City b es 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_?! ,-day of _--------- Jae ___-------- ,_____, 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.__392--_____-________________ _ oft the CITY OF
WEST COVIIdA -------------- certified by----x------ __Flo ten
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City Clerk -of said City.
I further certify.that the_-?3rd.-------- day of_______________Ma______-------------- ____1 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
_TdEST_COVIN ---------------- -of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
"West Covina Annexation District No. 133" (E. B. Snoddy).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and of k the Great
Seal of the State of California
this 27th . day
of 19
June 55.
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