MARICOPA COUNTY ANNEXATION ORDINANCE.PDF

ORDINANCE
C-06-19-282-7-00
WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 9-471.02 and 9-471.03 provide a method for deannexation of land from a
municipality to a county; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-471.03(C), the City of Buckeye passed and adopted Ordinance
No. 16-18 declaring the deannexation of the territory described as follows:
The West 10 feet of the East 65 feet of the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 2 North,
Range 2 West, of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Maricopa County to receive the certain deannexed territory now
within the corporate limits of the City of Buckeye; and
WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be severed and returned to Maricopa County meets the
conditions outlined in A.R.S. § 9-471.03, and
WHEREAS, Maricopa County Department of Transportation conducted an analysis of the impact of
the Deannexation as follows:
MCDOT has evaluated the request and has found that accepting the request has no detrimental
value. This de-annexation will allow the roadway to be built to County standards. The Board
action will result in adding 10 feet of right of way to County ownership and enable the County to
assume responsibility for road maintenance, and
WHEREAS, after such notice as was appropriate and legally required, the Maricopa County Board
of Supervisors scheduled a hearing on the matter on January 30, 2019; and
WHEREAS, it was determined at such hearing that requirements pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-471.03 (C,
D and E) have been satisfied; and
WHEREAS, it is the determination of the Board of Supervisors that the public interest is served by
the deannexation; and
WHEREAS, no protests were filed before the Board of Supervisors,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona,
that the territory earlier described in City of Buckeye Ordinance No. 16-18 is hereby declared to be returned
to Maricopa County contingent on the remaining requirements of A.R.S. § 9-471.03 including the final public
hearing scheduled for February 27, 2019.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona, this 30th day of
January, 2019.
Bill Gates, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Fran McCarroll, Clerk of the Board