NOTICE OF HEARING
ON PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF LANDS
TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, held on the 6th day of July, 2011, the following Resolution was adopted:
CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 37-11
A RESOLUTION
REFERRING A PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE ANNEXATION OF LANDS
TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO,
SETTING A HEARING ON SUCH ANNEXATION,
AND EXERCISING LAND USE CONTROL
ASHLEY ANNEXATION
LOCATED AT 2808 C ¾ ROAD AND
INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE C ¾ ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of July, 2011, a petition was referred to the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, for annexation to said City of the following property situate in Mesa County, Colorado, and described as follows:
ASHLEY ANNEXATION
A certain parcel of land lying in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 1 East of the Ute Principal Meridian, County of Mesa, State of Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at the Southwest corner of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 and assuming the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19 bears S 89°41’26” E with all other bearings contained herein being relative thereto; thence from said Point of Commencement, S 89°41’26” E along the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 250.19 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of Beginning, N 00°25’06” W a distance of 239.00 feet to a point on the South line of the Western Slop[e Warehouse Annexation No. 4, City of Grand Junction Ordinance No. 3122, as same is recorded in Book 2575, Page 352, Public Records of Mesa County, Colorado; thence S 89°41’38” E along the South line of said Annexation, a distance of 208.52 feet; thence S 00°25’06” E a distance of 239.00 feet to a point on the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19; thence N 89°41’26” W along the South line of the NW 1/4 NW 1/4 of said Section 19, a distance of 208.52 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning.
CONTAINING 49,836.3 Square feet or 1.144 Acres, more or less, as described.
WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that the petition complies substantially with the provisions of the Municipal Annexation Act and a hearing should be held to determine whether or not the lands should be annexed to the City by Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:
1. That a hearing will be held on the 15th day of August, 2011, in the City Hall auditorium, located at 250 North 5th Street, City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at 7:00 PM to determine whether one-sixth of the perimeter of the area proposed to be annexed is contiguous with the City; whether a community of interest exists between the territory and the city; whether the territory proposed to be annexed is urban or will be urbanized in the near future; whether the territory is integrated or is capable of being integrated with said City; whether any land in single ownership has been divided by the proposed annexation without the consent of the landowner; whether any land held in identical ownership comprising more than twenty acres which, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, has an assessed valuation in excess of two hundred thousand dollars is included without the landowner’s consent; whether any of the land is now subject to other annexation proceedings; and whether an election is required under the Municipal Annexation Act of 1965.
2. Pursuant to the State’s Annexation Act, the City Council determines that the City may now, and hereby does, exercise jurisdiction over land use issues in the said territory. Requests for building permits, subdivision approvals and zoning approvals shall, as of this date, be submitted to the Public Works and Planning Department of the City.
ADOPTED the 6th day of July, 2011.
Attest:
/s/: Tom Kenyon
President of the Council
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a hearing will be held in accordance with the Resolution on the date and at the time and place set forth in the Resolution.
/s/: Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk
Publication dates: July 8, 15, 22, 29, 2011