City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                 NO.  12,246               

CITY OF MONROE                                                                       

            The following Ordinance was introduced by Mr.  McFarland                       who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Harvey                  :

WHEREAS, a petition has been filed by Alven Square and Angelique Conner, through Martin Engineering Services, for the annexation of ±36.35-acres, requesting that the City Council extend and enlarge the boundaries of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, to include said property within said boundaries;

WHEREAS, the legal description of these properties is:

A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 3, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES, 28 MINUTES, 25 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1,283.34 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 28 MINUTESS 25 SECONDS WEST ALONG NORTH LINE OF SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 3 A DISTANCE OF 1,333.06 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 35 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1,251.43 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHTO F WAY LINE OF PARKER ROAD THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 25 SECONDS EAST ALONG NORTH RIGHT OF LINE OF PARKER ROAD A DISTANCE OF 1,211 FEET, MORE OR LESS, THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1,245.88 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING

(351-475 Parker Road)

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;

WHEREAS, Alven Square and Angelique Conner would like to have access to the City of Monroe’s water and sewer services;

WHEREAS, the Monroe Planning Commission recommended annexation of the property on September 9, 2024, by 4-0-1 vote; 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, in legal and regular session convened, that the boundaries of the City of Monroe be, and they are hereby extended and enlarged to include therein, the ±36.35-acre tract previously described; 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that within ten (10) days after the adoption of annexation, 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.

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  24th             day of September 2024.

            Notice Published on the  27th            day of September 2024.

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

AYES:            Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, McFarland & Muhammad

NAYS:            None.

ABSENT:      None.

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on  8th            day of October, 2024.

Juanita Woods                       

CHAIRPERSON

Carolus S. Riley                                 

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                             

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO