MARICOPA COUNTY ORDINANCE C-06-26-242-X-01.DOC

ORDINANCE
C-06-26-242-X-01
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 Mesa passed and adopted 
Ordinance No. 5999 declaring the deannexation of the territory described as follows:
The west 10 feet of the east 65 feet of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter of section 15, township 1 north, range 7 east of the Gila and Salt River Base 
and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; Except the north 65 feet and the south 25 feet thereof.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Maricopa County to receive the certain deannexed territory 
now within the corporate limits of City of Mesa 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 Analysis: The west 10 feet of the east 65 feet of the northeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 15, township 1 north, range 7 east of the 
Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona; Except the north 65 feet and 
the south 25 feet thereof.; and
WHEREAS, after such notice as was appropriate and legally required, the Maricopa 
County Board of Supervisors scheduled a hearing on the matter on February 25,2026; 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 Mesa Ordinance No.5999. 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 March 25, 2026
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona, this 
25 day of February 2026. 
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                                                              Kate Brophy McGee, Chair of the Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
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Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board