Ordinance

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ORDINANCE NO. 6010 
 
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS 
OF THE CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 
TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND 
AMENDMENTS THERETO BY ANNEXING CERTAIN TERRITORY INT O 
THE EXISTING LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MESA. 
 
 
 
 
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2025, the City of Mesa filed in the office of the Maricopa County 
Recorder a blank petition setting forth a description and an accurate map of the entire area to be annexed, 
showing the exterior boundaries of territory, and showing any county rights-of-way and roadways within 
or contiguous to the exterior boundaries; and 
 
WHEREAS, a notice and copy of the filing was given to the Clerk of the Maricopa County 
Board of Supervisors and to the Maricopa County Assessor; and 
 
WHEREAS, notice of public hearing to consider the proposed annexation was given as required 
by A.R.S. Section 9-471(A) (3) and the public hearing was held on August 18, 2025; and 
 
WHEREAS, at least thirty (30) days have elapsed since the filing of the blank petition with the 
Maricopa County Recorder's Office; and 
 
WHEREAS, a written petition has been filed in the office of the Maricopa County Recorder 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 Mesa in the 
event of annexation within the territory and land hereinafter described as shown by the last assessment of 
said property; and 
 
WHEREAS, the petition was circulated and filed in the office of the County Recorder within 
one (1) year after the last day of the thirty (30) day waiting period under the statute; and 
 
WHEREAS, an affidavit was filed with the County Recorder along with said petition verifying 
that no part of the territory for which the filing is made is already subject to an earlier filing for annexation; 
and 
 
WHEREAS, said territory is surrounded by the corporate limits of the City of Mesa on four sides 
and is not currently embraced within its limits, and the petition is asking that the property more particularly 
hereinafter described be annexed to the City of Mesa, and that the corporate limits of the City of Mesa be 
extended and increased so as to embrace said territory; and  
 
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Mesa desire to comply with said petition 
and extend and increase the corporate limits of the City of Mesa to include said territory; and 
 
WHEREAS, said petition sets forth a true and correct description of all the exterior boundaries 
of the entire area proposed to be annexed to the City of Mesa, and has attached to it an accurate map 
of the territory desired to be annexed; and 
 
WHEREAS, no alterations increasing or reducing the territory sought to be annexed have been 
made after said petition was signed by a property owner; and

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WHEREAS, no state lands were encompassed in this annexation except for state land utilized as 
state rights-of-way; and 
 
WHEREAS, said annexation consists of Maricopa County Assessor parcel number 304-31-005A; 
and  
 
WHEREAS, the Assessor parcel number has pre-annexation Maricopa County zoning 
classification of IND-2; and  
 
WHEREAS, the City of Mesa zoning classification and zoning entitlements for the territory 
annexed by this ordinance permit densities and uses that are no greater than those permitted by Maricopa 
County immediately before annexation; and   
 
WHEREAS, proper and sufficient certification and proof of the foregoing facts are now on file 
with the City of Mesa together with the original petition referred to herein. 
 
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MESA, 
ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: 
 
SECTION 1:   That the following described territory is annexed into the City of Mesa and that the 
present corporate limits are extended and increased to include the following described territory surrounded 
on four sides by present City of Mesa limits, as shown on the petition and map of the boundaries, attached 
hereto as Exhibit A, and as legally described below: 
 
The Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, Township 1 South, 
Range 7 East of the Gila and Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona, and more 
particularly described as follows: 
 
COMMENCING at a 3” Maricopa County brass cap in pothole at the Southwest corner 
of said Section 16, from which a 3” MCDOT brass cap flush at the South Quarter 
Corner of said Section 16, which bears North 89 degrees 33 minutes 26 seconds 
West, a distance of 2638.44 feet therefrom; 
 
Thence along the west line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 North 0 
degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds West, 1318.51 feet to the Southwest Corner of the 
Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 and the POINT OF 
BEGINNING; 
 
Thence, continuing along the west line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 
North 0 degrees 56 minutes 18 seconds West, 1318.51 feet to the West Quarter 
Corner of said Section 16; 
 
Thence along the north line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16 South 89 
degrees 35 minutes 43 seconds East, 1322.50 feet to the Northeast Corner of the 
Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16; 
 
Thence, departing said north line along the east line of the west half of said Section 
16 South 0 degrees 52 minutes 00 seconds East, 1318.90 feet to the Southeast 
Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 16;

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Thence along said south line North 89 degrees 34 minutes 34 seconds West, 1320.86 
feet to the Southwest Corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
said Section 16 and the POINT OF BEGINNING; 
 
Said portion of land containing 1,742,447 square feet, or 40.0011 acres, more or 
less, and being subject to any easements, restrictions, and/or rights-of-ways of 
record or otherwise. 
 
SECTION 2: On the effective date of this Ordinance, the zoning of the annexed territory shall be 
zoned City of Mesa AG.  
 
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Mesa, Arizona, this 4th day of 
May 2026. 
 
 
 
____________________________ 
MAYOR 
 
 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
_____________________________ 
City Clerk 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2026