Attachment A - Draft Ordinance - Annexation 543 - 27th Ave & Baseline 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 (27TH AVENUE AND 
BASELINE ROAD ANNEXATION, NO. 543) 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-51434, the City of 
Phoenix annexed approximately 1.89-acres located approximately 570 feet west of 
the northwest corner of 27th Avenue and Baseline Road, in a portion of Section 35, 
Township 1 North, Range 2 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 1.89-acres located approximately 570 feet 
west of the northwest corner of 27th Avenue and Baseline Road, in a portion of Section 
35, Township 1 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. 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 
27TH AVENUE AND BASELINE ROAD 
 
A portion of the South half of the South half of the Southeast quarter of the Southeast 
quarter of Section 35, Township 1 North, Range 2 East of the Gila and Salt River Base 
and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona being more particularly described as follows; 
  
COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of said Section 35, monumented with a Maricopa 
County Department of Transportation brass cap in handhole which bears North 89 
degrees 48 minutes 42 seconds East 2643.84 feet from the South quarter corner of said 
Section 35, monumented with a brass cap in handhole; 
  
Thence along the South line of the Southeast quarter of Section 35, South 89 degrees 48 
minutes 42 seconds West 570.03 feet to a point on a line 570.00 feet West of, and parallel 
with, the East line of the Southeast quarter of said Section 35; 
  
Thence, along said parallel line, North 00 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds East 55. 00 feet 
to a point on a line 55. 00 feet North of, and parallel with, the South line of the Southeast 
quarter of said Section 35, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING; 
  
Thence, along said parallel line, South 89 degrees 48 minutes 42 seconds West 300.01 
feet to a point on a line 870.00 feet West of and parallel with the East line of the Southeast 
quarter of said Section 35; 
  
Thence, along said parallel line, North 00 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds East 274.48 
feet to a point on the North line of the South half of the South half of the Southeast quarter 
of the Southeast quarter of said Section 35; 
  
Thence, along said North line, North 89 degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds East 300. 01 feet 
to a point on a line 570. 00 feet West of, and parallel with, the East line of the Southeast 
quarter of said Section 35; 
  
Thence, along said parallel line, South 00 degrees 21 minutes 17 seconds West 274.52 
feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 
  
Comprising 1.890 acres or 82,350 square feet, subject to all easements of record.