Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Annexation 548 - 17th 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 (17TH AVENUE 
AND HAPPY VALLEY ROAD ANNEXATION, NO. 548) 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-51437, the City of Phoenix 
annexed approximately 7.28 acres located at the northeast corner of 17th 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 7.28 acres located at the northeast corner 
of 17th Avenue and Happy Valley Road, in a portion of Section 6, Township 4 North, 
Range 3 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. Kriegh, 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 
17TH AVENUE AND HAPPY VALLEY ROAD 
 
The South half of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest 
quarter AND the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of 
the Southwest quarter All 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, from 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 1250.34 feet to the Southwest corner of 
said South half; 
  
Thence North 00 Degrees 50 Minutes 04 Seconds East along the West line of said 
South half a distance of 40.00 feet to the North line of the South 40.00 feet of said 
South half, said point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; 
 
Thence North 00 Degrees 50 Minutes 04 Seconds East along said West line a distance 
of 290.33 feet to the Northwest corner of said South half; 
  
Thence North 89 Degrees 19 Minutes 57 Seconds East along the North line of said 
South half a distance of 347.96 feet to the Southwest corner of said Northeast quarter of 
the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter; 
  
Thence North 01 Degrees 03 Minutes 07 Seconds West along the West line of said 
Northeast quarter a distance of 330.25 feet to the Northwest corner of said Northeast 
quarter; 
  
Thence North 89 Degrees 20 Minutes 48 Seconds East along the North line of said 
Northeast quarter a distance of 346.78 feet to the Northeast corner of said Northeast 
quarter; 
  
Thence South 0 1 Degrees 16 Minutes 10 Seconds East along the East line of said 
Northeast quarter and said South half a distance of 620.36 feet to said North line of the 
South 40.00 feet; 
 
Thence South 89 Degrees 19 Minutes 07 Seconds West along last said South North 
line a distance of 698.12 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.