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HomeMy WebLinkAbout035 - 07/15/1965 - ANNEXING PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE WEST ELIZABETH FOOTHILLS ANNEXATION ORDINANCE NO 35 , 19650 ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE PLAT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE WEST ELIZABETH-FOOTHILLS ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE LIMITS AND JURIS- DICTION THEREOF PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 11, CHAPTER 1399 COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, 1953 WHEREAS, heretofore a written petition was presented to the Council of the City of Fort Collins in substantial compliance with the provisions of Article 11, Chapter 139, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1953, by the owners of more than fifty per cent (507) of the area and who comprise the majority of landowners residing in the area of land embraced in what is known as the West Elizabeth-Foothills Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, wherein and whereby said petitioners petitioned the City of Fort Collins for annexation of all the territory embraced in what is known as the West Elizabeth-Foothills Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, comprising the lands shown in the plat thereof attached to said petition and more particularly described as hereinafter set forth, and WHEREAS, said petition was accepted by the Council of the City of Fort Collins by resolution passed and adopted on May 13, 1965, and WHEREAS, notice for hearing on the 24th day of June, 1965, on an ordinance approving the annexation of said territory and including the same within the limits and jurisdiction of the City of Fort Collins was duly published as provided by law, and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has found that the petition and the documents thereto attached meet the requirements of Article 11, Chapter 139, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1953 and WHEREAS, no proceedings for an election to determine the question of annexation have been initiated by written counter-petition as provided by law and no objection to annexation having been made, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That after due consideration of the petition for annex- ation, the petition for the annexation of all the territory in what is known and described as the West Elizabeth-Foothills Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, as shown by the plat thereof annexed to said petition and which is more particularly described as follows, to-wit A tract of land situate in the Northeast Quarter (NE}) of Section 16, Township 7 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth P M , which, considering the East line of said Northeast Quarter (NEk) as bearing S 00*32 E and with all bearings contained herein relative thereto, is contained within the boundary lines which begin at a point on said East line which bears S 00 32 E 1584 00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 16 and run thence S 00*32 E 1056 00 feet to the East one- quarter corner of said Section 16, thence along the South line of said Northeast Quarter (NEk) N 89 43 30 W 660 00 feet thence N 00025' W 660 00 feet, thence N 00*39 W 660 00 feet, thence S 89 43 30 E 330 00 feet thence S 00 32' E 268 65 feet, thence N 89 28 E 330 00 feet to the point of beginning containing 17 962 acres, more or less, be accepted and approved and that said territory be annexed and made a part of the City of Fort Collins and be included within the limits and jurisdiction of the City of Fort Collins as an A Residential District, except the Southerly 390 feet shall be included within the limits and jurisdiction of the City of Fort Collins as a D Commercial District, and except the Northerly 490 feet of the Southerly 880 feet shall be included within the limits and jurisdiction of the City of Fort Collins as a C Residential District, and that the City Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to prepare certified copies of this ordinance, to each of which shall be attached a plat West Elizabeth-Foothills Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and shall file a copy thereof in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Larimer, and another copy thereof in the office of the Clerk of the City of Fort Collins together with a certified copy of said petition and another copy of said petition and approving ordinance with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado Section 2 That in accepting and approving the plat of the West Elizabeth-Foothills Annexation to the City of Fort Collins, the City of Fort Collins does not assume obligations respecting the construction of water mains, sewer lines, gas mains, electric light lines or other services or utilities with respect to service of said addition, except as may be required and provided -2- by the owners of the property within the limits of said addition in compliance with the terms and provisions of Chapter 15, Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended, relating to local and public improvements Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 24th day of June, A D 1965, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of July, A D 1965 1�C14 ayor ATTEST City C rk Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of July, A D 1965 Mayor O ATTEST City CI' rk -3-