Ordinance #11,872

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STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                     

NO.  11,872                           

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

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 McDonald and McDonald Investment, LLC for the annexation of ±.62 acres with the inclusion of the extension of the DeSiard Street right-of-way from the western city limit line to the eastern property line of 7129 DeSiard Street, 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:

Lots 1 and 2, Square 1, Pecan Grove Addition less lot sold Book 2520-404 R#133650 being Parcel #33-1.

And otherwise known as 7129 DeSiard Street

APPLICANT: McDonald and McDonald Investments, LLC (ANX 100-18)

WHEREAS, the annexation includes the annexation of the right-of-way of

DeSiard Street from the current city limit line of the City of Monroe east ±162’

feet to the eastern property line of above described tract. (This is an approximate 60’ x 162’ or      9, 270 square feet of right of way and a total of ±.83 acres.)

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, McDonald and McDonald Investments, 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 ±.62 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 September, 2018.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  14th  day of  September                  , 2018,

            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 & Wilson

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:       Woods & Clark

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the   25th    day of  September                  ,

2018.                    

Gretchen H. Ezernack                             

CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

James E. Mayo                                  

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

 

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MAYOR’S VETO