O23-10

ORDINANCE NO. O23-10  
 
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 NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 
BETHANY HOME ROAD AND LOOP 303 IN THE CITY OF 
GLENDALE CONSISTING OF 9.07 ACRES TO BE KNOWN AS 
ANNEXATION AREA NO. 245: AMENDING THE ZONING 
MAP; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND 
ORDERING 
THAT 
A 
CERTIFIED 
COPY 
OF 
THIS 
ORDINANCE IS RECORDED 
 
 
 
WHEREAS, the City of Glendale on January 31, 2023, filed in the Maricopa County 
Recorder’s office a blank petition requesting annexation and setting forth a description and an 
accurate map of all the exterior boundaries of the territory located within the City to be annexed; 
 
 
WHEREAS, after filing the blank petition, the City of Glendale held a public hearing on 
February 28, 2023, 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 
April 2, 2023; 
 
 
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 City of Glendale has approved plans, policies or procedures to provide 
the annexed territory with appropriate levels of infrastructure and services to serve anticipated new 
development within ten years after the date the annexation becomes final; and 
 
 
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Glendale, Arizona desire to comply 
with the petition and 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 RR-45 (Rural Residential) 
is applied to the territory described in Exhibit “A” in accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes 
Sec. 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, together with an accurate map of the territory 
annexed to the City of Glendale by this ordinance 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 25th day of April, 2023.  
 
 
 
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