2. ORD Annex: Livingston Ranch Unit Nos. 5-7
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ORDINANCE NO. O2026-011 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YUMA, ARIZONA, ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF YUMA, A PORTION OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 9 SOUTH, RANGE 24 WEST OF THE GILA AND SALT RIVER BASE & MERIDIAN, YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE YUMA CITY CODE, AS AMENDED, DESIGNATING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTy to the agriculture (ag) zoning district, AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO CONFORM THERETO, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES As amended WHEREAS, a petition in writing (“Petition”), accompanied by a map or plot of said property, having been filed and presented to the Mayor and City Council of the City of Yuma, Arizona, signed by the owners of more than one-half in value of the real and personal property and more than one-half of the persons owning real and personal property as would be subject to taxation by the City of Yuma in the event of annexation of the territory and land hereinafter described as shown by the last assessment of said property, which said territory is contiguous to the City of Yuma and not now embraced within its corporate limits, asking that the property more particularly hereinafter described be annexed to the City of Yuma, and to extend and increase the corporate limits of the City of Yuma so as to embrace the same; and, WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Yuma, Arizona, are desirous of complying with the Petition and extending and increasing the corporate limits of the City of Yuma to include said territory; and, WHEREAS, the Petition sets forth a true and correct description of all the exterior boundaries of the entire area proposed to be annexed to the City of Yuma and had attached thereto at all times an accurate map of the territory desired to be annexed; and, WHEREAS, no alterations increasing or reducing the territory sought to be annexed have been made after the Petition had been signed by any owner of real and personal property in such territory; and, WHEREAS, the provisions of A.R.S. § 9-471, as amended, have been fully observed; and, WHEREAS, proper and sufficient certification and proof of the foregoing facts are now on file in the office of City Clerk of the City of Yuma, Arizona, together with a true and correct copy of the original Petition referred to herein, which is on file in the office of the Yuma County Recorder; and, WHEREAS, upon annexation the initial designation for zoning of the property described in Section 1 shall be Agriculture (AG) District, as provided for in A.R.S. § 9-471, and amendments thereto; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the probable impact on the cost to construct housing for sale or rent that may occur as a result of this rezoning, and finds that the recommendation complies with and conforms to the goals and objectives of the Yuma General Plan, as amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Yuma, as follows: SECTION 1: That the following described territory be, and the same hereby is, annexed to the City of Yuma, and that the present corporate limits be, and the same hereby are, extended and increased to include the following described territory contiguous to the present City of Yuma corporate limits, to wit: The North half of the Southeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter (N½SE¼NE¼SW¼) of Section 12, Township 9 South, Range 24 West of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Yuma County, Arizona; EXCEPT the West 3 acres of the Northeast quarter of Southwest quarter (NE¼SW¼); and EXCEPT the Eagle 20 Lot Tie/Lot Split, including Parcel “A”, Parcel “B”, and all right-of-way’s, dated 7/8/2010, FEE 2010-16882, recorded in Book 25 of Plats, Page 82, Yuma County Records, also described as follows: EXCEPT the part of the Northeast quarter of the Southeast quarter (NE¼SE¼) described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the North line of the North half of the Southeast quarter N½SE¼) of Section 12 said point bears South 89°40'50" West, a distance of 525.0 feet from the Northeast corner of the North half of Southeast quarter of Section 12; thence South 0°15'30" East, along the West line of the East 525.0 feet of said North half of the Southeast quarter of Section 12, a distance of 738.0 feet; thence South 89°40'50" West, a distance of 180.0 feet; thence South 0°15'30" East, a distance of 363.28 feet; thence South 89°40'50" West, a distance of 140.58 feet; thence North 66°30' West, a distance of 150.0 feet; thence North 23°30' East, a distance of 630.0 feet; thence North 100°00' East, a distance of 472.0 feet to a point on the North line of said North half of the Southeast quarter of section 12; thence North 89°40'50" East, a distance of 120.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; and EXCEPT, that portion beginning at the Northeast corner of the North half of the Southeast quarter (N½SE¼) of Section 12; thence South 89°40'50" West, a distance of 525.0 feet; thence South 0°15'30" East, a distance of 738.0 feet; thence South 89°40'50" West, a distance of 180.0 feet; thence South 0°15'30" East, a distance of 363.28 feet; thence North 89°40'50" East, a distance of 705.0 feet to the East line of the North half of the Southeast quarter; thence North along said East line, a distance of 1101.28 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing a total of 97.9 acres, more or less. SECTION 2: That a copy of this ordinance, together with the attached map of the territory hereby annexed to the City of Yuma, certified by the Mayor of the City of Yuma, be forthwith filed and recorded in the office of the County Recorder of Yuma County, Arizona. Adopted this __________ day of ____________________, 2026. APPROVED: _________________________ Douglas J. Nicholls Mayor ATTESTED: _________________________ Lynda L. Bushong City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: _________________________ Richard W. Files City Attorney Applicable exhibits on file at the Office of the City Clerk, One City Plaza, Yuma, AZ.