Ordinance - 495ORDINANCE N0.495
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ChTY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION TO, INCORPOF,ATING IN AND
MAKING A PART OF SAID CITY OF NEST COVINA, CERTAIN. UNINHABITED
TERRITORY OUTSIDE THE SAID CITY AND CONTIGUOUS THERETO, KNOWN
AS 11 WEST COVINA ANNEXATION DISTRICT NO.14611.
lffDMEAS, 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
MEREAS, 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 df 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,designating
the same as "'West Covina Annexation District No.146; and
'WHEREAS, said Resolution and notice were duly published
twice, in accordance with law, which said Resolution and notice afore-
said gave notice of the day, hour and place when and where any person
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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
NIHEREAS, 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
MIEREAS, 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'.11. , on September 11, 1956, before said
City Council at the City Hall, -Nest Covina; and
V`HERREAS, at the time set aforesaid, to wit: September 11,
1956, at 8:00 o'clock P'.K. , 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
MI-EIREAS, the property and territory hereinafter specifically
described is 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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IMEREAS, 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 ,hest Covina both outstanding 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.1461f, 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 crest Covina, Calif-
ornia, and that such property after its annexation to the City of
Nest Covina, shall be deemed to be classified as "R-111, Area
District 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 outstand-
ing 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. The
aforesaid annexation shall be subject to the annexation of said
territory to Sanitation District No.22 of the County of Los Angeles.
S. CTICN 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 Tract No.
17517 as shown on map recorded in Book 438, pages 1
and 2 of daps in the office of the Recorder of the
County of Los Angeles; thence northerly in a direct
line through the northwesterly corner of said tract to
a line that is parallel with and 50 feet southerly,
measured at right angles from the north line of Section
16, Township 1 South, Range 10 West S.B.B. & PT.; thence
westerly along said parallel line to the first inter-
section thereof ' with the boundary of the City of iffiest
Covina as same existed on May 23, 1956; thence southerly
along said boundary to the northerly line of San Bernardino
Road, 66 feet wide, as shown on map of Tract No.16567
recorded in Book 380, pages 25 and 26 of said Maps;thence
easterly along said northerly line to the point of
beginning
Said Territory shall be designated as "West Covina Annexation District
No .14 6'1 .
• 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 take effect and be in force, and shall file a certified copy
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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 re-
ceived 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:
City 1 erk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of ,Test Covina,
held on the 8th day of October, 1956, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen 'VERNON R. MOTTINGER WAYNR CRUMLFY DALE PITTENGER FAMES W. KAY
NOES: /V O /li fAY I?. 11?0VVV. MAYOR
ABSENT: /t/p AV, C
City er of the i y o �Tes ovsna
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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-_?th------- day of-------------- November ---------`-------------- 19_56---, pursuant
to the provisions of the "Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939," more
particularly Section 3 5317 of the Government Code, there was filed in my office:
A coppyy of Ordinance No._495______________________________________of the CITY OF
NEST _COVINA _--� certified by__Robert Flo tten
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City Clerk of said City.
I further certify that the --- 8th------ day of-___________Qctober 56
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
MT_COVINA - _________________of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
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"ifest Covina Annexation District No. 146."
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Great
Seal of the State of California
this 7th day
o f November 1956.
cr ary of State
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