C-06-24-033-X-01 MARICOPA COUNTY ORDINANCE.DOC

ORDINANCE
C-06-24-033-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 Town of Gilbert passed and adopted 
Ordinance No. 2871 declaring the deannexation of the territory described as follows:
A portion of the East half of section 12, Township 1 South, Range 6 East of the Gila and 
Salt River Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona.
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Maricopa County to receive the certain deannexed territory 
now within the corporate limits of the Town of Gilbert; 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:
The existing roadway is owned/operated/maintained by MCDOT. The property 
adjacent to the eastern right-of-way is developing requiring roadway 
improvements. These improvements require deannexation to accommodate fully 
with an arterial roadway This action will ensure the roadway is fully within 
unincorporated Maricopa County and reduce conflict of liability. The roadway 
improvements are a necessary improvement to the traveling public.
WHEREAS, after such notice as was appropriate and legally required, the Maricopa 
County Board of Supervisors scheduled a hearing on the matter on August 9, 2023; 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 Town of Gilbert Ordinance No. 2871 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 August 23, 2023.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona, this 
9th  day of August 2023.
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Clint Hickman, Chairman of the Board of 
Supervisors
ATTEST:
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Juanita Garza, Clerk of the Board