Ordinance - 505ORDINANCE N0.505
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ,
CALIFORNIA, 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,.KNOWN
A; It WEST COVINA SOUTHERLY ANNEXATION :DISTRICT NO.14711.
'WHEREAS, under and pursuant to and in accordance with
the provisions of the ItUninhabited Territory Act of 193911, as
amended, the City Council of the City of nest Covina, in due course
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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
11HEREAS, 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 Sections 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 terri-
tory so proposed to be annexed to the City of West Covina, desig-
nating the same as HWest Covina Southerly Annexation District No.
147; 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
'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 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
VIEREAS, 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 October 22, 1956, bef ore said
City Council at -the City Hall, West Covina; and
WHEREAS, at the time set aforesaid, to wit: October 22,1956,
• 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,f or
hearing, and no written protest having.been filed against the pro-
posed annexation, and good cause appearing therefor; and
WHEREAS, 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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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 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 Southerly Annexation District
No.14711, be and the same is hereby approved, and the territory here-
inafter 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 "R-11►,
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
outstanding 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.
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 f ollows,to wit:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of
-Walnut Avenue, 60 feet wide, as shown on map of E.J.Baldwin's
Fifth Subdivision of a portion of Rancho La Puente recorded
in Book 12, Pages 134 and 135 of Maps, in the office of the
Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, with the westerly
prolongation of the southerly line of Lot 291 of said sub-
division, being also an angle point in the boundary line of
the City of West Covina, as it existed on June 22, 1956;
thence southerly along said center line to a point of inter-
section with the center line of Francisquito Avenue, 60 feet
wide, as shown on map of said Subdivision; thence westerly
along said last mentioned center line to a point of inter-
section with said city boundary line; thence northerly, east-
erly and southerly following said city boundary line in all
Of its various courses to the point of beginning
Said territory shall be designated as "West Covina Southerly Annexation
District No.14711.
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 certify 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.
-Yay7KOfdVhe 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 11th;, day of January,-;•, 195-7, by the affirmative vote of
at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen VERNON R. MOTANGER WAYNE c..; -i, Y JAMES tir. KAy
NOES: /1/ D Ale- DALE PITTENGER JAY D. BROWN, MAYOR
ABSENT: /✓O NC
City Clerk o e i y of Westovina
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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 --- 1 --8- - -----day of ------------- February--------------------------- 19 57___, 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._505_________ ________ _---of the CITY OF
_BEST COVINA _� certified by____ Robert Flotten
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City Clerk of said City.
I further certify that the ---- 14�------ day of ------ ______January ------- _ 19.57--
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 C0VINA _______________________of certain uninhabited territory, a description of
the boundaries and the designation thereof as:
"TrJest Covina Southerly Annexation District No. 147.n
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
set my hand and affix the Great
[ Seal of the State of California
this 18th day
o f February 19 57.
Se retjy of State
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