Ordinance - 395ORDINANCE NO.395
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.,
CALIFORNIA., APPROVING.TH'E ANNEXATION.TO, INCORPORATING IN AND
KAKING A. PART OF SAID CITY OF WEST COVINA, CERTAIN UNINHABITED
TERRITORY OUTSIDE'THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, KNOWN
A.S It WEST COVINA.A.NNEXATION DISTRICT NO.12611(Sidney Weitzman).
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
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; .a.nd
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, desig-
nating the same as "West Covina Annexation District No.12611; 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
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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 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 equalized County A.ssessment 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, 1955, before said
City Council at the City Ha11, 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 thereof,
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, THERITORE, 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 designed in the Resolution and notice of
said City Council as "West Covina Annexation District No.12611, 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 11R-111, Area District
IV, under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, and subject to the
provisions of Ordinance No.384 of the City of West Covina, 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 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 f olbws,to wit:
A. portion of Lot 15, Tract No.23719as recorded in Map
• Book 23, pages 98 and 99, records of Los Angeles County,
California, and a portion of California Avenue, 60 feet
wide, now known as Cortez Street, described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northeasterly line of said
Lot 159 distant thereon North 630561 West 50.00 feet from
the most easterly corner of said lot, said point being in
the southwesterly line of said Cortez Street; thence South
20591131, `East 102.96 feet to the southeasterly line of
said Lot 15; thence along said southeasterly line, South
260 041 West 610.00 feet to the most southerly corner of
said Lot 15; thence North 880 561 West, along the south-
westerly line of said Lot 15, 837.62 feet to the most west-
erly corner of said Lot 15; thence North 10 041 East along
the northwesterly line of said Lot 15, 863.81 feet to the
northwesterly corner of said Lot 15, being a point in the
southerly line of said Cortez Street, being also the westerly
termination of a curve concave northerly and having a, radius
of 430 feet, the radial to said curve through said point
bearing North 410 041 East; thence North 41 041 East, along
said radial 60 feet to the northerly line of said Cortez
Street, being the westerly terminus of a curve concave
northerly and having a radius of 370 feet; thence easterly
along said curve being the northerly line of Cortez Street
and also being the southerly boundary of .the City of West
Covina through a central angle of 65° 001 a distance of
419.75 feet to a point of reverse with a.curve concave
southerly and having a radius of 430 feet; thence easterly
along said curve being the northerly line of said Cortez
Street and also being the southerly boundary of the City of
West Covina, through a central angle of 500 001 a distance
of 375.25 feet to the end of said curve; thence tangent to
said curve, along said northerly line of Cortez Street,
and also being the southerly boundary of the City of West
Covina, South 630 561 East 350.18 feet to a point in said
northerly line distant North 260 OV East 60.00 feet from
the point of beginning; thence South 260 041-West 60.00
feet to the point of beginning
Said territory shall be designated as "West Covina Annexation District
No.12611.
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 nest 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 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.
ATTEST. Mayo-P of the City of WestCovina
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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 23rd day of May, 1955, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit:
A.YESia Councilmen JAMES W. KAY BEET C. VAN HORN J. CAL SPERLINE JAY D. BROWN
NOES : 1 d 0 j r e JOE HURST, MAyoR
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City Clerk of the vity of West 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-_ 27th ... 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.__ 395 _____-__—____________ o the CITY OF
WEST__C_OVINA _ _______-______- certified by___go--e----- Flo -ten
City Clerk of said City. -------
I further certify that the__2 fA--______day Of_ -------- ___may __—_________-_ 19�____
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
WEST COVIM certain uninhabited territory, a description of
the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
"West Covina Annexation District No. 126" (Sidney Weitzman).
IN WITNESS 'WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Great
Seal of the State of California
this 27th day
of June 3119 55.
Secretary of StWe
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VIALTER C. STUTLER
Deputy Secretary of State
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