Ordinance #11,937

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

 

CITY OF MONROE                                     

                                                                                                                   NO.  11,937                    

           

            The following Ordinance was offered by Mr.  Echols                       who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Ms.   Woods                                   :

 

AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING AND ENLARGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF MONROE, LOUISIANA, PROVIDING FOR THE RECORDATION OF THE ENTIRE BOUNDARY AS AMENDED: ESTABLISHING THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF, AND PROVIDING FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO:

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WHEREAS, a petition has been filed by Kenneth Haynes (Scott Equipment Sales, LLC) for the annexation of ±1.5 acres, requesting that the City Council extend and enlarge the boundaries of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, to include said property within said boundaries, and

WHEREAS, the legal description of these properties is:

That certain tract of land located in Section 32, Township 18 North - Range 04 East, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, having a Point of Beginning (P.O.B.)being a Found 1/2-inch (1/2") Iron Rod located at the intersection of the apparent Southerly Line of said Section 32 and the apparent Northerly right-of-way tine of the Kansas City Southern Railway, having coordinates of N: 728,863.01' E: 3,407,812 .45; being more particularly described as follows:

Beginningat the Point of Beginning (P.0.8 .)of the hereindescribed tract: Thence a bearing of N 09°06'31" E, a distance of 214.65' to a Calculated Point and continue along said bearing, a distance of 130.81' to a Found 1/ 2-inch (1/2") Iron Rod; Thence a bearing of S 85°05'33" E, a distance of 368.45' to a Calculated Point at the intersection of the apparent Southerly line of said Section 32; Thence along the apparent Southerly line of said Section 32, a  bearing of S 53°43'18" W, a distance of 523.21' back to the Point of Beginning {P.O.B.), containing 1.457 acres.

 

And otherwise known as 2600 Booth Street. Parcel B

APPLICANT: Kenneth Haynes/Scott Equipment Sales, LLC (ANX 101-19)

 

WHEREAS, there has been continuously on file in the office of the Clerk of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, for more than ten (10) days prior hereto, a detailed description of said property, together with a plat thereof, and

WHEREAS, Kenneth Haynes (Scott Equipment Sales, LLC) would like to have access to City of Monroe services. and

WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Monroe to incorporate the said property into the boundaries of the City of Monroe, Louisiana.

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that the boundaries of the City of Monroe be, and they are hereby extended and enlarged to include therein, the ±1.5 acre tract previously described: 

WHEREAS, the City Council has further considered the report of the Monroe Planning Commission, recommending approval, on a 4-0-1 vote.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that within ten (10) days after the adoption hereof the description of the enlarged boundary of the City of Monroe, after inclusion of the previously described property, shall be recorded by the Clerk of the City of Monroe in the Conveyance Records for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, and such description as recorded shall become the official boundary of the Municipality as of the effective date of this Ordinance, all in accordance with the provision of LA-R.S. 33:171 et seq.

SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after adoption and publication hereof on the manner prescribed by law.

            This ordinance was INTRODUCED on the 11th of June 2019

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  14th  day of  June    , 2019,

            This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published was then submitted to a final vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

AYES:            Echols, Ezernack, Woods, Wilson & Clark

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:       None.

            And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  25th  day of  June       , 2019.                                                

Gretchen H. Ezernack            

CHAIRMAN

 

Carolus S. Riley                     

CITY CLERK

 

James E. Mayo                       

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

 

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MAYOR’S VETO