Ordinance No.          17586                Council Bill No.           B 35-03            

extending the corporate limits of the City of Columbia, Missouri, by annexing property located generally west of Scott Boulevard and north of Millbrook Drive; placing the property annexed in District M-R; and fixing the time when this ordinance shall become effective.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

    SECTION 1.  The City Council hereby finds that a verified petition was filed with the City on December 17, 2002, requesting the annexation of land which is contiguous and compact to the existing corporate limits of the City and which is described in Section 4 of this ordinance.  This petition was signed by Raymond A. Beck, City Manager, representative of the City of Columbia, the owner of the fee interest of record in the land proposed to be annexed.  A public hearing was held concerning this matter on February 3, 2003.  Notice of this hearing was published more than seven days prior to the hearing in two newspapers of general circulation qualified to publish legal matters.  At the public hearing all interested persons, corporations and political subdivisions were permitted to present evidence regarding the proposed annexation.

    SECTION 2.  The Council determines that the annexation is reasonable and necessary to the proper development of the City and that the City has the ability to furnish normal municipal services to the area to be annexed within a reasonable time.

    SECTION 3.  The Council determines that no written objection to the proposed annexation has been filed within fourteen days after the public hearing.

    SECTION 4.  The City Council hereby extends the city limits by annexing the land described in Section 1-11.104 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, which is hereby added to Chapter 1 of the City Code and which reads as follows:

    Section 1-11.104. February 2003. Extension of Corporate Limits.

    The corporate limits of the City of Columbia shall include the following land:

A tract of land described in the Report of Commissioners in Book 374 at page 471 of the Boone County Records; situate in the south half of the southeast quarter of Section 17, Township 48 North, Range 13 West in Boone County, Missouri; said tract being further described as follows:

BEGINNING on the south line of said Section 17 at a point N.85E05'W., 765 feet from the southeast corner of said section; thence along said section line, N.85E05'W., 734.9 feet; thence leaving said section line, N.0E05'W., 595 feet; thence S.85E05'E., 734.9 feet; thence S.0E05'E., 595 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 10.00 acres.

    SECTION 5.  The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause three certified copies of this ordinance to be filed with the Clerk of Boone County, Missouri.

    SECTION 6.  The property described in Section 4 is in the Fourth Ward.

    SECTION 7.  The Zoning District Map established and adopted by Section 294 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, is hereby amended so that the property described in Section 4 will be zoned and become a part of District M-R (Research, Development and Office Park District) and that uses shall be limited to an electrical substation.

    SECTION 8.  This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

    PASSED this 17th day of February, 2003.