O21-88

ORDINANCE NO. O21-88  
 
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, EXTENDING 
AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY 
OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA, 
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, 
SECTION 9-471, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND ITS 
AMENDMENTS, BY ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY 
LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTHERN 
AVENUE AND COTTON LANE  IN THE CITY OF GLENDALE 
CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 63 ACRES TO BE 
KNOWN AS ANNEXATION AREA NO. 230; AMENDING THE 
ZONING MAP; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND 
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD A CERTIFIED 
COPY OF THE ORDINANCE. 
 
 
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2021, the City of Glendale filed a blank petition requesting 
annexation with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office and setting forth a description with an 
accurate map of all the exterior boundaries of the territory located within the area to be annexed 
into the City; 
 
 
WHEREAS, after filing the blank petition, the City of Glendale held a public hearing on 
November 23, 2021, to discuss the annexation proposal. The public hearing was held in accordance 
with applicable state law; 
 
 
WHEREAS, signatures on petitions filed for annexation were not obtained for a waiting 
period of thirty (30) days after the filing of the blank petition; 
 
 
WHEREAS, within one year after the last day of the thirty (30) day waiting period, a 
petition in writing was circulated and signed by the owners of one-half or more in value of the real 
and personal property and more than one-half of the persons owning real and personal property 
that would be subject to taxation by the City of Glendale in the event of annexation, as shown by 
the last assessment of the property, and filed in the office of the Maricopa County Recorder on 
December 2, 2021; 
 
 
WHEREAS, no alterations increasing or reducing the territory sought to be annexed were 
made after the petition was signed by a property owner; 
 
 
WHEREAS, all information contained in the filings, the notices, the petition, tax and 
property rolls and other matters regarding a proposed or final annexation were made available by 
the Clerk of the City of Glendale for public inspection during regular business hours; 
 
 
WHEREAS, a zoning classification which permits densities and uses no greater than those 
permitted by the county immediately prior to annexation will be applied by the City of Glendale 
to the annexation area; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, Arizona desire to comply 
with the petition by extending and increasing the corporate limits of the City of Glendale to include 
such territory. 
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE as follows: 
 
 
SECTION 1.  That the following described territory, is annexed to the City of Glendale, 
and that the present corporate limits are extended and increased to include the following described 
territory contiguous to the present City limits of Glendale: 
 
(See Exhibit “A” attached 
and incorporated by this reference.) 
 
 
SECTION 2.  That the City of Glendale zoning classification of M-1 (Light Industrial) is 
applied to the territory described in Exhibit “A” in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes § 9-
471(L) and that the effective date of this classification is the same as the effective date of this 
annexation ordinance. 
 
 
SECTION 3.  That a copy of this ordinance, an accurate map of the territory annexed to 
the City of Glendale shown in Exhibit “B”, certified by the Mayor and Council of Glendale, is 
immediately filed and recorded in the office of the Maricopa County Recorder of Maricopa 
County, Arizona and that a copy of this ordinance is provided to the Clerk of the Board of 
Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona. 
 
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of 
Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, this 14th day of December, 2021.  
 
 
 
 
Mayor Jerry P. Weiers 
ATTEST: 
 
_______________________ 
Julie K. Bower, City Clerk                 (SEAL) 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
_______________________ 
Michael D. Bailey, City Attorney 
 
 
REVIEWED BY: 
 
_______________________ 
Kevin R. Phelps, City Manager

Exhibit A

Exhibit B