Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Annexation 535 - 15th Ave & Happy Valley Rd.pdf

ATTACHMENT A 
 
THIS IS A DRAFT COPY ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THE FINAL, 
ADOPTED ORDINANCE 
 
 
 
 
 
ORDINANCE G- 
 
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF THE CITY OF 
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, PART II, CHAPTER 41, THE ZONING 
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, BY AMENDING 
SECTION 601, THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX, BY 
CHANGING THE ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION FOR THE 
ANNEXED PARCEL DESCRIBED HEREIN (15TH AVENUE AND 
HAPPY VALLEY ROAD ANNEXATION, NO. 535) FROM COUNTY 
RU-43 TO CITY’S S-1 (RANCH OR FARM RESIDENCE). 
 
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WHEREAS, on November 20, 2024, via Ordinance S-51435, the City of 
Phoenix annexed approximately 4.95 acres located approximately 360 feet west of the 
northwest corner of 15th Avenue and Happy Valley Road, in a portion of Section 6, 
Township 4 North, Range 3 East, as described more specifically in “Exhibit A” and 
incorporated herein by this reference; and, 
WHEREAS, as required by A.R.S. § 9-471.L, the city of Phoenix is required 
to adopt zoning districts on the subject parcel to permit uses and densities no greater 
than those allowed by the prior County zoning district; and, 
WHEREAS, immediately prior to annexation the zoning applicable to this 
territory was Maricopa County’s RU-43 zoning district; and 
WHEREAS, the City’s S-1 (Ranch or Farm Residence) zoning district is 
equivalent to Maricopa County's RU-43 zoning district;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY 
OF PHOENIX, as follows: 
SECTION 1. The approximately 4.95 acres located approximately 360 feet 
west of the northwest corner of 15th Avenue and Happy Valley Road, in a portion of 
Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 2 East, which is described in “Exhibit A” and 
depicted in “Exhibit B” has been annexed to the City of Phoenix, and the present 
corporate limits of the City have been extended and increased to include such property. 
SECTION 2. Pursuant to A.R.S. §9-471(L), the property depicted in Exhibit 
B is hereby removed from Maricopa County's RU-43 zoning district and placed into the 
City’s S-1 (Ranch or Farm Residence) zoning district. This zoning designation shall take 
effect thirty days after this Ordinance is adopted, without further action by the City 
Council, and 
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall cause a copy of this Ordinance, together 
with “Exhibit A” and “Exhibit B” to be filed and recorded in the Records of the Office of 
the Maricopa County Recorder, and 
SECTION 4.  The Planning and Development Director is instructed to 
modify The Zoning Map of the City of Phoenix to reflect this use district classification 
change as shown in “Exhibit B.” 
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion 
of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of 
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the 
remaining portions hereof.  
PASSED by the Council of the City of Phoenix this 18th day of December, 
2024.

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       MAYOR  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ATTEST:  
 
 
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Denise Archibald, City Clerk 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
Julie M. Kreigh, City Attorney 
 
 
By: 
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REVIEWED BY:  
 
 
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Jeffrey Barton, City Manager 
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibits: 
A – Legal Description (1 Page) 
B – Ordinance Location Map (1 Page)

EXHIBIT A 
 
LEGAL DESCRIPTION 
15TH AVENUE AND HAPPY VALLEY ROAD 
The West half of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter 
of Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 3 East of the Gila and Salt River Base and 
Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, Except the South 40 feet, being more particularly 
described as follows; 
 
COMMENCING at the Southwest corner (City of Phoenix brass cap in handhole) of said 
Section 6, form which the South quarter corner (Maricopa County Department of 
Transportation brass cap flush) of said Section 6 bears North 89 Degrees 19 Minutes 07 
Seconds East a distance of 2647.18 feet; 
 
Thence North 89 Degrees 19 Minutes 07 Seconds East along the South line of said 
Southwest quarter of Section 6 a distance of 1948.76 feet to the Southwest corner of 
said West half; 
Thence North O 1 Degrees 16 Minutes 10 Seconds West along the West line of said 
West half a distance of 40.00 feet to a point on the North line of the South 40.00 feet of 
said West half, said point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; 
 
Thence North 01 Degrees 16 Minutes 10 Seconds West along the West line of said West 
half a distance of 620.36 feet to the Northwest corner of said West half; 
 
Thence North 89 Degrees 20 Minutes 48 Seconds East along the North line of said West 
half a distance of 346.70 feet to the Northeast corner of said West half; 
 
Thence South 01 Degrees 29 Minutes 13 Seconds East along the East line of said West 
half a distance of 620.22 feet to said North line of the South 40.00 feet; 
 
Thence South 89 Degrees 19 Minutes 07 Seconds West along said last North line a 
distance of 349.06 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.