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ORDINANCE 669-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
QUEEN CREEK EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK, MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA, PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 7, ARIZONA REVISED
STATUTES BY ANNEXING CERTAIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY CONTIGUOUS TO
THE EXISTING TOWN LIMITS IN SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 7 EAST
KNOWN AS THE RITTENHOUSE BRIDGE OVER QUEEN CREEK WASH.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maricopa County's approval of the incorporation of the
Town of Queen Creek, a legal description was prepared, submitted, and approved, in
which certain existing right-of-way and roadway corridors were not included within the
incorporated limits of the Town of Queen Creek; and
WHEREAS, Arizona state law (ARS Section 9-471(N)) provides that a county right-
of-way or roadway may be annexed to an adjacent town by mutual consent of the
governing bodies of the county and town if the property annexed is adjacent to the
annexing town for the entire length of the annexation and if the town and county each
approve the proposed annexation as a published agenda item at a regular public meeting
of their governing bodies; and
WHEREAS, the territory legally described in Exhibit "A" and depicted in Exhibit "B"
to this Ordinance is contiguous to the Town, is not now embraced within its limits, is
adjacent to the Town for the entire length of annexation, and consists of county right of
way; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Queen Creek,
Arizona, are desirous of extending and increasing the corporate limits of the Town to
include said territory; and
WHEREAS, The Town of Queen Creek and Maricopa County entered into an
Intergovernmental Agreement whereby the Town of Queen Creek agreed to annex
Rittenhouse Road Bridge over Queen Creek Wash upon execution of the agreement; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit "A" sets forth a true and correct description of all the exterior
boundaries of the entire area proposed to be annexed to the Town of Queen Creek, and
attached thereto are accurate maps of the territory desired to be annexed; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 9-471, Arizona Revised Statutes, and
amendments thereto, have been fully observed.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That a copy of this Ordinance, together with an accurate map of the
territory hereby annexed to the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, certified by the Clerk of
the Town, be forthwith filed with the Maricopa County Clerk for publication as an agenda
item at the next regular public meeting of Maricopa County governing body.
SECTION 2. That upon approval of the proposed annexation as a published
agenda item at a regular public meeting of Maricopa County governing body, the following
described territory is hereby annexed to the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, and that the
present corporate limits are hereby extended and increased to include the territory
described in Exhibit "A" and depicted in Exhibit "B" contiguous to the present Town limits,
to wit:
SEE EXHIBITS "A" AND "B" ATTACHED HERETO
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of
Queen Creek, Arizona, this 1st day of August 2018.
FOR THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK: ATTESTED TO:
Gail Barney, Mayor eljnifer F. RoNnson, Town Clerk
REVIEWED BY: APPROVED AS TO F
John Kro own Manager Dickinson Wright, PLLC
Attorneys for the Town

Exhibit A
ANNEXATION OF RITTENHOUSE ROAD BRIDGE
AT QUEEN CREECC WASH
Ordinance No. 66'948
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
That portion of Rittenhouse Road within Section Twenty-five (25), Township Two (2)
South, Range Seven (7) East of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa
County, Arizona that spans the Queen Creek Wash, and is generally described as lying
South of the South line of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of Section
25 and lying North of the South 1,150 feet of the Southeast quarter of the Northwest
quarter of said Section -Twenty-five (25), more specifically described as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
Commencing at the Center quarter corner of said Section Twenty-five (25) which bears
North 89d37'10" East, a distance of 2631.40 feet from the West quarter corner of
Section Twenty-five (25);
Thence North 00d27'20" West along the north-south midsection line of said section, a
distance of 1311.18 feet to the South line of the North one-half of the Northwest
quarter;
Thence leaving said north-south midsection line South 89d39'04" West along said South
line of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter a distance of 733.63 feet;
Thence leaving said South line of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter and
proceeding South 00d20'56" East a distance of 318.89 feet to a point, hereafter, the
POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence South 50d59'07" West a distance of 19.64 feet;
Thence Northwesterly along the Southerly right-of-way of Rittenhouse Road as
described in Document 2000-0038672, Maricopa County Records, a distance of 277.88
feet, more or less;
Thence North 50d59'07" East a distance of 4.64 feet;
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Thence Northwesterly along the Southerly right-of-way of Rittenhouse Road as
described in Document 2017-0202012, Maricopa County Records, continuing to a point
that intersects the South line of the North on-half of the Northwest one-quarter of
Section 25;
Thence easterly along said line continuing to a point that intersects the Northern right-
of-way line of Rittenhouse Road (which is also the south edge of the Southern Pacific
Railroad right-of-way line);
Thence Southeasterly along the Northern right-of-way line of Rittenhouse Road (which
is also the south edge of the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way line) a distance of
448 feet, more or less, to a point that intersects the Northernmost jurisdictional line
described as "Third Parcel" in Town of Queen Creek Annexation Ordinance No. 468-09,
recorded in Document 2010-0308937, Maricopa County Records;
Thence Westerly along said northernmost jurisdictional line which runs more or less
perpendicular to the right-of-way lines a distance of 80 feet;
Thence North 39d00'53" West a distance of 99 feet, more or less, return to the point of
beginning.
PARCEL 2
Commencing at the Center quarter corner of said Section Twenty-five (25) which bears
North 89d37'10" East, a distance of 2631.40 feet from the West quarter corner of
Section Twenty-five (25);
Thence North 00d27'20" West along the north-south midsection line of said section, a
distance of 1311.18 feet to the South line of the North one-half of the Northwest
quarter;
Thence leaving said north-south midsection line South 89d39'04" West along said South
line of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter a distance of 733.63 feet;
Thence leaving said South line of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter and
proceeding South 00d20'56" East a distance of 318.89 feet to a point, hereafter, the
POINT OF BEGINNING;
Thence South 39d00'53" East a distance of 126.70 feet;
Thence South 50d59'07" West a distance of 15.00 feet;
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Thence North 39d00'53" West a distance of 126.70 feet;
Thence North 50d59'07" East a distance of 15.00 feet, returning to the POINT OF
BEGINNING;
The above parcel described in Document 2017-0202012, Maricopa County Records.
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RIGHT OF WAY ANNEXATION
QUEEN CREEK T2S R7E
Exhibit B
A PORTION OF SECTION 25
South line of the North one-half of the
Northwest one-quarter of Section 25
Maricopa County
LN
W SEC
NO. BEARING LENGTH "
L1 S 00d20'56" E 318.89' MID
00d27'20
L2 S 50d59'07" W 19.64
13 N 50d59'07" E 4.64' N
L4 S 39d00'53" E 126.70'
S 50d59'07" W 15'
N 89d3710" E 2631.40
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