HomeMy WebLinkAbout1952-70 Finding and Declaring It Will Benefit City to Extend City Limits over Adjacent Territory and Calling Special Election Submitting Proposal Extension be Consented ToBILL NO.
70
ORDINANCE NO. It 7151
AN ORDINANCE FINDING AND DECLARING THAT IT WILL REDOUND TO THE
BENEFIT OF TIE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, TO EXTEND ITS
CITY LIMITS OVER TERRITORY ADJACENT THERETO: PROVIDING FOR
TIE CALLING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION AUTEORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE SUBMISSION THEREOF OF A PROPOSAL THAT SUCH EXTENSION BE
CONSENTED TO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS;
Section 1. The Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside,
Missouri, find and declare that it will redound to the city's
interest to extend its city limits to include all lands lying
within the following described boundaries situated in Platte
County, Missouri;
Beginning at the Southeast Corner of
platte County, Missouri, being on the boundary
line of the State of Missouri, as it proceeds
along the Missouri River and being also the
Southwest Corner of Section 10, North along
the East Line of said Platte County to the
Center of U. S. Highway 69 and 169; thence South-
westerly along the Center Line of the said U. S.
Highways 69 and 169 to the Intersection of the
Center Line of Line Creek with said Center Line
of said U. S. Highways 69 and 169; thence in a
Northerly direction following along the Center
Line of said Line Creek (said center line of Line
Creek being also the Westerly boundary line of
the town of North Moor, Missouri) to the North
Line of the Southwest Quarter of Section 33,
Township 51 N, Range 33 (said north line of said
quarter section being also the center line of said
Section 33) ; thence West along the Center Line of
said Section 33 to the West Line of said Section
33 and continuing thence West along the Center Line
of Section 32, Township 51 N, Range 33 to the Center
of said section 32, Township 51 N, Range 33; thence
South along the center line of said Section 32, to
the south line of said Section 32 and continuing
thence South along the Center Line of Section 5,
Township 50 N, Range 33 to a point 300 feet North
of the Intersection of said Center Line of Section
5 with the North Right -Of -Way of State Highway
Number 45; thence West along the line parallel to
and 300 feet distant from the North Right -Of -Way
Line of said State Highway Number 45 to the Inter-
section of said North Right -Of -Way Line of State
Highway Number 45 with range line 34 W and 33 W;
thence south along the said range line 34 W and
33 W to the boundary of the State of Missouri,
said boundary being in the Missouri River; thence
Easterly along the boundaryline of the State of
Missouri said line being in the Missouri River to
the point of beginning.
Section 2. Since the Constitution and Laws of the State
of Missouri do not confer power and authority upon the Board
of Aldermen of this City to extend its city limits without
the consent of a majority of the legal voters of the City
voting at an election therefor, a special election is hereby
ordered to be held at the voting places in said city, used
BILL NO. 70 page 2. ORDINANCE NO. 70
as voting places in the last general city election, on the
2nd day of December, 1952 between the hours of six o'clock
A.M. and seven o'clock P.M. or sundown of said day whichever
may occur later, at which election it is hereby ordered to
be submitted a proposal in proper form to determine the
consent of the voters voting thereat to the extension of
the City limits to the limits statedin Section 1 of this ordinance.
Section 3. The extension set forth herein, if consented
to by a majority of the legal voters of this city voting at
said election, shall become effective immediately upon the
results of said election being declared by ordinance.
Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to rive notice in three successive issues of the Platte County
Gazette, a weekly newspaper printed and published in the
County of Platte and of general circulation in the City of
Riverside, the first notice to appear in the November 13,
1952 issue of said paper. The said notice shall in substance
set forth that there will be held under the order of the Board
of Aldermen a special election on the 2nd day of December,
1952 between the hours of six o'clock A.M. and 7:00 P.W. or
sundown of that day whichever maybe later, to determine whether
a majority of the legal voters voting at the election consent
to the extension of the city limits to the boundaries set
forth in Section 1 of this ordinance.
Section 5. poll book, tally sheets and ballots to be
used by the voters in said special election are hereby ordered
printed and delivered by the proper officials in due time for
the use of the judges and clerks of the election and the voters
thereat. Said ballots shall clearly set forth the proposal
herein ordered to be submitted at said election.
Passed this 8 day of November, 1952.
/s/ F.F. Filger
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Helen Brenner
CITY CLERK
Approved this 8 day of November, 1952.
/s/ F.F. Filger
MAYOR