ORDINANCE NO. 1857

AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING TERRITORY TO THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO.

WHEREAS, on the 5th day of December, 1979, the City Council of the City of Grand Junction considered a petition for the annexation of the following described territory to the City of Grand Junction; and

WHEREAS, the City Council determined that said territory was eligible for annexation and that no election was necessary to determine whether such territory should be annexed as the petition was signed by the owner of one hundred percent of the territory petitioned for annexation;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

That the property situate in Mesa County, Colorado, and described to wit:

Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 18; thence South 0° 05' W along the west line of said southwest quarter of Section 18, a distance of 290.6 feet to the northwest corner of land conveyed to the State Highway Commission of Colorado by deed, dated September 28, 1954; thence N 72° 52' E along a northwesterly line of said Highway land 272.3 feet; thence North 0° 05' E, 209.9 feet to a point in the north line of said southwest quarter of Section 18; thence North 89° 54' W along the north line of said southwest quarter of Section 18, a distance of 260.0 feet to the point of beginning.

Commencing at said northwest corner of the southwest quarter of Section 18; thence S 89° 54' E along said north line of the southwest quarter of Section 18, a distance of 260 feet to the point of beginning; thence S 89° 54' E along said north line of the southwest quarter of Section 18, a distance of 336.7 feet to the most northwesterly corner of said highway land; thence S 0° 06' W along a westerly line of said highway land, 30 feet; thence S 55° 06' W along a northwesterly line of said highway land, 236.3 feet; thence S 72° 52' W along a northwesterly line of said highway land, 149.8 feet; thence N 0° 05' E, 209.9 feet to the point of beginning.

Also Grand Avenue right of way on North,

be, and the same is hereby, annexed to the City of Grand Junction, Colorado.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 19 day of December, 1979.

Jane S. Quimby

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1857, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 5th day of December, 1979, and that the same was published in the Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 20 day of December, 1979.

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: December 7, 1979

Published: December 21, 1979

Effective: January 20, 1980