Ordinance - 424ORDINANCE NO.424
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VEST COVINA,CALIF-
ORNIA, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION TO, INCORPORATING IN AND MAKING A.
PART OF SAID CITY OF WEST COVINA CERTAIN UNINHABITED TERRITORY
OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, INOWN AS "WEST COVINA
SOUTHEASTERLY ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO.13611.
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 verified written petition signed by not less than one-fourth of the
owners of the area of land described therein and representing not 1-ess
than one-fourth of the assessed value of said territory according to
the last preeding 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, 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 territory so
proposed to be annexed to the City of West Covina, designating the
same as "West Covina Southeasterly Annexation District No.13611; 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
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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 Assessment Roll available on the date the
proceedings were initiated, at the address shown on said assessment
roll; and
'WHERBAS, 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. August 22, 1955, before said City Council at
the City Hall, West Covina; and
WHEREAS, at the time set aforesaid, to wit: on August 22, 1955,
at 8:00 o1clock 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 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
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 cost of inclusion of said property in the Los Angeles
County Sanitation District and 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 Southeasterly Annexation Distrct
No.13611, 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 Zone R-1, Area District II A under
the Zoning Ordinance and shall be taxed equally with the property
within the City of West Covina to pay the cost of inclusion of the
said territory in..the Los Angeles County Sanitation District and the
bonded indebtedness of the City of West Covina outstanding on the
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date of such annexation for 1951 Improvement Bonds heretofore
authorized and issued by the City of West Covina or bonded indebt-
edness 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:
All that property in the County of Los Angeles, State
of California, within the following described boundaries:
Beginning at an angle point in the boundary of the
City of West Covina as same existed on June 1, 1955, said
angle point being at the intersection of the centerline
of Hollenbeck Street, as said center line is shown on map
of Tract No.20588'recorded in Book 539, pages 30 and 31
of maps, in the office of the County_ Recorder of said
County., with the westerly prolongation of the most southerly
line of said tract; thence northerly, westerly, southerly
and easterly along the various courses of the boundary of
the City of West Covina as same existed on June 1, 1955, to
an angle point in said boundary, said last mentioned angle
point being in the center line of Merced Avenue as shown
on said last mentioned map, distant westerly thereon 0.28
feet,.more or less, from said center line of Hollenbeck
Street; thence easterly along said center line of Pierced
Avenue to said center line of Hollenbeck Street; thence
northerly along said center line of Hollenbeck Street to
the point of beginning
Said territory shall be designated as "West Covina Southeasterly
Annexation District No.13611.
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
published and circulated in the City of West Covina, and thirty (30)
days from and after the final passage thereof said Ordinance shall
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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 ih e
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 Equal-
ization of the State of California, and the Census Bureau of the
United States Government.
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ATTEE T:
Deputy C erk_
P Y Y
est Covina
I HERP13Y CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of West Covina,
held on the 26th day of September, 1955, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen JAMES W. KAY BERT C. VAN HORN J. CAL SPERLINE JAY D. BROWN
NOES: `Y 0 W_ e, JOE HURST, MAYOR
ABSENT: IV 2 W e_
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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__28th -day of ----- _________october
------------ ---------------- 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. _424 __________________________of the CITY OF
_WEST_COVINA certified by__ I,e _ — Preston-------------Depu'ty;
City Clerk of said City.
I further certify that the ... 26th_____day of_________ geptember_-_---- _----------- , 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
WEST COVINA __________________________of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
• the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
"West Covina Southeasterly Annexation District No. 136.11
cretary of State
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