HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1246 ORDINANCE NO, 1246
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,
ARKANSAS , THE QUESTION OF ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY ADJACENT
AND CONTIGUOUS TO THE PRESENT CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS , AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ,
WHEREAS , the present corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , fail
to include thickly populated areas adjacent and contiguous to the City of Fayetteville,
Arkansas ; and
WHEREAS , service is now being rendered to some parts of the territory by the
City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , gratuitously; and
WHEREAS , THE RESIDENTS of the contiguous areas are without the benefit of
police and fire protection and• are being penalized on insurance rates by reason of the lack
of adequate fire protection; and
WHEREAS , such contiguous areas are needed for the extension of streets , sewer ,
gas and water systems ; to supply places for abode and business ; and for the extension of
needed police regulations ; and
WHEREAS , such contiguous areas , if annexed , will unite with the presently
extablished city limits to make up a homogenous city which will afford to its several
parts the ordinary benefits of local government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , is of the opinion
that the question of annexing the territories hereinafter described should be submitted to
the qualified electors of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , as its next annual election
to be held on Tuesday, November 8 , 1960 .
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE , ARKANSAS :
SECTION 1 . That there be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Fayette-
ville , Arkansas , at the next annual election to be held on Tuesday, November 8 , 1960 , the
question of annexation of territory contiguous and adjacent to the present corporate limits
of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , so as to annex to the present corporate limits of
�fhe City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , the following described territories , to-wit:
All of the territories or lands included within the following described boundary except that
part which now lies within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas :
Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29 , Township 16
North, Range 30 West , of the 5th Principal Meridian; running thence South two (2) miles ,
more or less , to the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 32 , Township 16
North, Range 30 ,Vest, of the 5th Principal Meridian; thence East along the Township line
between Township 15 North and Township 16 North to a point which is Six Hundred Sixty
( 660) feet perpendicular distance west from the center line of the main track of the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad; thence in a Southeasterly direction along a line which
is Six Hundred Sixty (660 ) feet west and parallel to the center line of the main track of the
St . Louis and San Francisco Railroad to the south line of the North
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Section 4, Township 15 North , Range 30 West of the . 5th Principal Meridian; thence east
Six Hundred Sixty (660 ) Feet , more or less , to the center line of the main tracks of the
St . Louis and San Francisco Railroad; thence in a southerly direction with the center line
of the main tracks of the St . Louis and San Francisco Railroad to a point Two Hundred
Ten '( 210 ) Feet north of the south line of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 49 Township 15 North, Range 30 West of the 5th Principal Meridian; thence east
Nine Hundred (900 ) Feet , more or less , to the point of intersection of a line which runs in
a northwesterly direction and is parallel to and lying Five Hundred ( 500 ) Feet perpendicular
distance west of the center line of the now paved runway of the Fayetteville Municipal
Airport; thence in a southeasterly direction on a line parallel to and Five Hundred ( 500 )
Feet west of the center line of said paved runway of the Fayetteville Municipal Airport a
distance of Two Hundred Twenty ( 220 ) Feet, more or less , to the south line of the North
Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 49 Township 15 North , Range 30 West of the 5th
Principal Meridian; thence east: to the Southeast corner of the Northwest Quart** of the
Southeast Quarter of Section 4, Township 15 North, Range 30 West , of the 5th Principal
Meridian; thence north to the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
. Quarter of Section 4 , Township 15 North , Range 30 West of the 5th Principal Meridian;
thence east or west along the Township line between Township 15 North and. Township "16
North, the correction distance to the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter -- of the
Southeast Quarter of Section 33 , Township 16 North , Range 30 West of the 5th 'Principal
Meri3ian; thence north two miles , more or less , to the Northeast corner of the Northwest
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28 , Township 16 North , Range 30 West , of
the 5th Principal Meridian; thence west one and one- fourth ( 1 - 1 / 4) miles , more or less , .to
the point of beginning ; territory included in description comprising One Thousand Nine
Hundred Twenty- Five ( 1925 ) Acres , more or less , which is not now within the corporate
limits of .the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas .
SECTION Z . The ballot title shall appear as follows :
".The Question of Annexation of Certain Territory to the City of
Fayetteville , Arkansas , ( U . S . Highway No. 71 South Area)
For Annexation
Against Annexation"
SECTION 3 . . That in the event of the approval of said annexation by the qualified
electors of the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , as hereinabove provided for , that such
steps be taken as are necessary to comply with the will of the people as expressed in
said election.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 26th day of September , 1960 .
APPROVED:
GUY E . BROWN, MAYOR
ATTEST :
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GEORGt J. IYAVIS , CITY CLERK