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ORDINANCE NO. 5999
AN ORDINANCE DECREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF MESA, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO ARIZONA
REVISED STATUTES SECTIONS 9-471.02 AND 9-471.03, BY DEANNEXING
CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY TO MARICOPA COUNTY, SUBJECT
TO APPROVAL BY THE MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WHEREAS, A.R.S. §§ 9-471.02 and 9-471.03 provide that a public right-of-way partially
located within a city and partially located within an unincorporated area of a county may be
deannexed and severed from the city and returned to the county; and
WHEREAS, Maricopa County ("County") has requested that the City of Mesa ("City")
deannex and return to the County the public right-of-way located at the intersection of East Brown
Road and North Crismon Road, legally described in Section 1 below and depicted on the map
attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Right-of-Way"); and
WHEREAS, the Right-of-Way is partially located within the City and partially located
within the unincorporated area of the County; and
WHEREAS, the Mesa City Council desires to comply with the request of the County and
to deannex and sever from the City and return to the County the Right-of-Way.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MESA MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS;
Section 1: Pursuant to A.R.S. §§ 9-471.02 and 9-471.03, the Mesa City Council desires to deannex
the right-of-way depicted on the map attached hereto as Exhibit A and legally described below
("Right-of-Way") to Maricopa County:
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.
Section 2: Upon fulfillment of all the conditions set forth in A.R.S. § 9-471.03, which includes
adoption of an ordinance by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approving the
deannexation and severing from the City of Mesa and returning to Maricopa County the Right-of
Way, the Right-of-Way is deannexed and returned to Maricopa County, and the current corporate
limits of the City of Mesa are hereby decreased to exclude the Right-of-Way.
Section 3: Pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-471.02, a copy of the order of the Maricopa County Board of
Supervisors ordering the deannexation of the Right-of-Way, certified by the Clerk of the Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors, shall be filed with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office. The
record, or a copy of the order or decree, certified by the Clerk of the Maricopa County Board of
Supervisors, shall be proof of the deannexation of the Right-of-Way.
Section 4: The recitals above and the exhibits attached hereto are fully incorporated into this
Ordinance by reference.
Section 5: The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Ordinance
and the map attached hereto as Exhibit A to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, MARICOPA_
COUNTY, ARIZONA, this 26th day of January, 2026.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
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.