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ORDINANCE NO. 67

AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT, LOUISIANA. THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT:

TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST

LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA

Section 5: W 7/8 of SW ¼.

Section 6: SE ¼

SW ¼

SE ¼ of NW ¼

That certain tract of land situated within the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ and the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence South, for a distance of 712.62 feet and to a point; thence East, for a distance of 5213.76 feet and to that certain 1" rebar set, representing the Southeast corner of the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of Section 6, Township 18 North - Range 1 West common with (as described) the Claude Mitchell property - North (Conveyance Book 589, page 337 as filed within the public records of the Office of the Clerk of Court in and for Lincoln Parish, Louisiana), the Velma Eberle, et al property - Southeast (Conveyance Book 177, page 604 of said public records) and the James E. Davison property - Southwest, and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING and Southeastern corner of herein described tract of land and proposed purchase (hereinafter referred to as purchase); Thence, along the Southern boundary of said Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼, purchase, and common with aforesaid Dugdale and Davison properties, N 89°51'22" W, for a distance of 1341.64 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set in the partially standing barbed wirefence line that represents the longtime accepted boundary (North/South) between aforesaid Dugdale (East) and Davison (West) properties, and the Southwestern corner of purchase; thence, along said fence line, N 00°24'08" W, for a distance of 909.09 feet and to that railroad spike set, representing the Northwestern corner of purchase, in the apparent centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 821 (right-of-way apparent of 100' width); thence, leaving aforesaid fence line and projection, along said centerline, S 85°09'51" E, for a distance of 50.24 feet and to a railroad spike set in said centerline; thence, leaving said centerline, along a line parallel with and offset 50' Easterly of the aforesaid fence line and Western most boundary of purchase, S 00°24'08" E, for a distance of 667.83 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set on the apparent, cleared to and maintained Southern right-of-way (40' cleared width) of the Duke Energy Natural Gas Pipeline; thence, along said apparent Southern right-of-way and projection thereof, N 88°16'00" E, for a distance of 765.42 feet and to a point representing the Southern boundary of the James R. Watts property (Conveyance Book 198, page 701 of aforesaid public records), said point not to withstand the true position of the boundary should the two differ; thence, along said retraced boundary, S 79°54'42" E, for a distance of 86.53 feet and to a point representing the Southeastern corner of the Watts property; thence, along the retraced Eastern boundary of the Watts property, North, for a distance of 17.73 feet and back to the aforesaid apparent Southern right-of-way of the Duke pipeline (the afore described boundary of the Watts property not to withstand the true position of same should the two differ); thence, along said apparent Southern right-of-way, N 88°16'00" E, for a distance of 448.78 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set on the Eastern boundary of the aforesaid Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼; thence, along said Eastern boundary, S 01°08'28" W, for a distance of 279.75 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described tract, containing 8.708 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and or of record.

Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 1 West, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; thence run S02 ° -04’W along the forty line for a distance of 445.80 feet to a point in the center line of Louisiana Highway No. 821 for the STARTING POINT; from said starting point, thence run S02 ° -04’W along the forty line for a distance of 2235.60 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the northwest Quarter to a point; thence run N89 ° -38’W along the quarter section line for a distance of 465.80 feet to a point in the center line of an existing creek; thence run in a Northwesterly direction along the center line of said creek for a distance of 1200.00 feet, more or less, to a point on the West line of Section 6; thence run N02 ° -44’E along the West line of Section 6 for a distance of 1082.90 feet to a point in the center line of Louisiana Highway No. 821; thence, leaving the section line, run N80 ° -34’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N75 ° -59’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N73 ° -02’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N70 ° -53’E along said center line for a distance of 598.40 feet to a point; thence run N73 ° -09’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N77 ° -43’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N83 ° -16’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run S87 ° -02’E along said center line for a distance of 112.80 feet back to the point-of-beginning; containing 55.30 acres.

That certain tract of land situated within the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence East, for a distance of 1383.24 and to a point; thence South, for a distance of 2020.65 feet and to that certain railroad spike set in the apparent centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 820 (at the intersection with the Westward projection of the barbed wire fence line along the accepted boundary common with the D.M. Baker estate North and the James E. Davison property South); thence, leaving the centerline of La. 820 and along said fence line, S 88°12'28" E, for a distance of 967.21 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set representing the corner contiguous with the Baker and Davison land swap and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Baker to Davison land swap; thence, leaving said fence line, N 66°04'41" E, for a distance of 771.67 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set in the apparent centerline of the existing creek bed; thence, for the following courses and distances to 5/8" rebars set in said creek bed:

S 59°21'54" E, 27.77 feet;

S 03°09'46" E, 40.48 feet;

S 66°08'57" E, 39.29 feet;

S 49°30'27" E, 66.28 feet;

N 70°40'29" E, 41.11 feet;

S 29°43'57" E, 61.21 feet;

S 69°56'52" E, 30.70 feet;

S 46°16'32" E, 78.43 feet;

S 10°27'56" E, 55.63 feet;

S 13°29'55" E, 46.77 feet;

S 00°32'39" E, 14.10 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set in said creek bed under barbed wire fence line along the aforesaid boundary common with the Baker (North) and the Davison (South) properties; thence, leaving the creek bed and along said fence line, S 79°44'39" W, for a distance of 70.27 feet and to a large creosote fence corner post; thence, along said fence line, N 24°03'42" W, for a distance of 24.98 feet and to a large creosote fence corner post; thence, continuing along said fence line for the following courses and distances:

S 88°08'04" W, 283.64 feet;

N 88°21'51"W, 231.28 feet;

N 87°53'05"W, 106.24 feet;

N 89°05'32"W, 115.41 feet;

N 88°09'19"W, 178.19 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Baker to Davison land swap, containing 4.037 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and/or of record.

Section 7: NE ¼ of NE ¼

NW ¼ of NE ¼

Begin at the NW corner of NW ¼ of NW ¼ of Section 7, T.18 N., R. 1 W., and run thence East along the North line of said forty a distance of 404.4 feet to a railroad spike in the center of the right of way of Choudrant-Douglas Road, for starting point: From starting point, run thence East along the North line of said forty for a distance of 435.6 feet, thence S 41 ° 51’ W along a fence for a distance of 278.9 feet, thence S 34 ° 22’ E along a fence for 129.9 feet, thence West 52 feet to a railroad spike in the center of the right of way of said road, thence N 35 ° 21’ W along the center of said right of way for 111.8 feet, thence N 38 ° 45’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet, thence N 41 ° 21’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet, thence N 44 ° 52’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet and to starting point, and Begin

Section 8: NW ¼

NW ¼ of NE ¼

That part of the NE ¼ of NE ¼, lying and being situated West of the centerline of the Ambrose Road.

TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST

LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA

Section 1: SE ¼, LESS AND EXCEPT that certain tract of land containing 4.028 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence East, for a distance of 1383.24 and to a point; thence South, for a distance of 2020.65 feet and to that certain railroad spike set in apparent the centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 820 (at the intersection with the Westward projection of the barbed wire fence line along the accepted boundary common with the D.M. Baker estate North and the James E. Davison property South) and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Davison to Baker land swap; thence, leaving the centerline of La. 820 and along said fence line, S 88°12'28" E, for a distance of 967.21 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set representing the corner contiguous with said swap; thence, leaving said fence line, S 66°04'41" W, for a distance of 846.99 feet and to a railroad spike set representing the Southwestern corner of swap; thence, for the following courses and distances to P.K. nails set along the apparent centerline of said Louisiana Highway No. 820:

N 24°08'06" W, 70.38 feet;

N 24°53'50" W, 119.23 feet;

N 27°00'08" W, 51.96 feet;

N 28°42'05" W, 82.64 feet;

N 30°57'27" W, 78.41 feet;

N 32°47'23" W, 18.30 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of here in described Davison to Baker land swap. containing 4.028 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and/or of record.

[property in SW of NE 214 - 78 ( N Givens prop)

NE ¼ of SW ¼

SE ¼ of SW ¼

Section 12: NE ¼ of NW ¼

WHEREAS, a petition was received by the Mayor and Board requesting the annexation into the corporate limits of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, of the hereinafter described property;

WHEREAS, the Lincoln Parish Assessor and the Lincoln Parish Voters certified that said petition was signed by the requisite number of property owners and registered voters; and

WHEREAS, due notice of the receipt of the petition was given by R.S. 33:172, and no request was made by anyone for a hearing therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE VILLAGE OF CHOUDRANT, LOUISIANA, IN REGULAR SESSION CONVENED:

Section 1. The following described property is hereby annexed into the corporate limits of the Village of Choudrant, Louisiana, to-wit:

TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST

LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA

Section 5: W 7/8 of SW ¼.

Section 6: SE ¼

SW ¼

SE ¼ of NW ¼

That certain tract of land situated within the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ and the NE ¼ of the NW ¼ being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence South, for a distance of 712.62 feet and to a point; thence East, for a distance of 5213.76 feet and to that certain 1" rebar set, representing the Southeast corner of the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼ of Section 6, Township 18 North - Range 1 West common with (as described) the Claude Mitchell property - North (Conveyance Book 589, page 337 as filed within the public records of the Office of the Clerk of Court in and for Lincoln Parish, Louisiana), the Velma Eberle, et al property - Southeast (Conveyance Book 177, page 604 of said public records) and the James E. Davison property - Southwest, and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING and Southeastern corner of herein described tract of land and proposed purchase (hereinafter referred to as purchase); Thence, along the Southern boundary of said Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼, purchase, and common with aforesaid Dugdale and Davison properties, N 89°51'22" W, for a distance of 1341.64 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set in the partially standing barbed wirefence line that represents the longtime accepted boundary (North/South) between aforesaid Dugdale (East) and Davison (West) properties, and the Southwestern corner of purchase; thence, along said fence line, N 00°24'08" W, for a distance of 909.09 feet and to that railroad spike set, representing the Northwestern corner of purchase, in the apparent centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 821 (right-of-way apparent of 100' width); thence, leaving aforesaid fence line and projection, along said centerline, S 85°09'51" E, for a distance of 50.24 feet and to a railroad spike set in said centerline; thence, leaving said centerline, along a line parallel with and offset 50' Easterly of the aforesaid fence line and Western most boundary of purchase, S 00°24'08" E, for a distance of 667.83 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set on the apparent, cleared to and maintained Southern right-of-way (40' cleared width) of the Duke Energy Natural Gas Pipeline; thence, along said apparent Southern right-of-way and projection thereof, N 88°16'00" E, for a distance of 765.42 feet and to a point representing the Southern boundary of the James R. Watts property (Conveyance Book 198, page 701 of aforesaid public records), said point not to withstand the true position of the boundary should the two differ; thence, along said retraced boundary, S 79°54'42" E, for a distance of 86.53 feet and to a point representing the Southeastern corner of the Watts property; thence, along the retraced Eastern boundary of the Watts property, North, for a distance of 17.73 feet and back to the aforesaid apparent Southern right-of-way of the Duke pipeline (the afore described boundary of the Watts property not to withstand the true position of same should the two differ); thence, along said apparent Southern right-of-way, N 88°16'00" E, for a distance of 448.78 feet and to that 5/8" rebar set on the Eastern boundary of the aforesaid Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼; thence, along said Eastern boundary, S 01°08'28" W, for a distance of 279.75 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described tract, containing 8.708 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and or of record.

Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 18 North, Range 1 West, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; thence run S02 ° -04’W along the forty line for a distance of 445.80 feet to a point in the center line of Louisiana Highway No. 821 for the STARTING POINT; from said starting point, thence run S02 ° -04’W along the forty line for a distance of 2235.60 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the northwest Quarter to a point; thence run N89 ° -38’W along the quarter section line for a distance of 465.80 feet to a point in the center line of an existing creek; thence run in a Northwesterly direction along the center line of said creek for a distance of 1200.00 feet, more or less, to a point on the West line of Section 6; thence run N02 ° -44’E along the West line of Section 6 for a distance of 1082.90 feet to a point in the center line of Louisiana Highway No. 821; thence, leaving the section line, run N80 ° -34’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N75 ° -59’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N73 ° -02’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N70 ° -53’E along said center line for a distance of 598.40 feet to a point; thence run N73 ° -09’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N77 ° -43’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run N83 ° -16’E along said center line for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run S87 ° -02’E along said center line for a distance of 112.80 feet back to the point-of-beginning; containing 55.30 acres.

That certain tract of land situated within the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence East, for a distance of 1383.24 and to a point; thence South, for a distance of 2020.65 feet and to that certain railroad spike set in the apparent centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 820 (at the intersection with the Westward projection of the barbed wire fence line along the accepted boundary common with the D.M. Baker estate North and the James E. Davison property South); thence, leaving the centerline of La. 820 and along said fence line, S 88°12'28" E, for a distance of 967.21 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set representing the corner contiguous with the Baker and Davison land swap and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Baker to Davison land swap; thence, leaving said fence line, N 66°04'41" E, for a distance of 771.67 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set in the apparent centerline of the existing creek bed; thence, for the following courses and distances to 5/8" rebars set in said creek bed:

S 59°21'54" E, 27.77 feet;

S 03°09'46" E, 40.48 feet;

S 66°08'57" E, 39.29 feet;

S 49°30'27" E, 66.28 feet;

N 70°40'29" E, 41.11 feet;

S 29°43'57" E, 61.21 feet;

S 69°56'52" E, 30.70 feet;

S 46°16'32" E, 78.43 feet;

S 10°27'56" E, 55.63 feet;

S 13°29'55" E, 46.77 feet;

S 00°32'39" E, 14.10 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set in said creek bed under barbed wire fence line along the aforesaid boundary common with the Baker (North) and the Davison (South) properties; thence, leaving the creek bed and along said fence line, S 79°44'39" W, for a distance of 70.27 feet and to a large creosote fence corner post; thence, along said fence line, N 24°03'42" W, for a distance of 24.98 feet and to a large creosote fence corner post; thence, continuing along said fence line for the following courses and distances:

S 88°08'04" W, 283.64 feet;

N 88°21'51"W, 231.28 feet;

N 87°53'05"W, 106.24 feet;

N 89°05'32"W, 115.41 feet;

N 88°09'19"W, 178.19 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Baker to Davison land swap, containing 4.037 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and/or of record.

Section 7: NE ¼ of NE ¼

NW ¼ of NE ¼

Begin at the NW corner of NW ¼ of NW ¼ of Section 7, T.18 N., R. 1 W., and run thence East along the North line of said forty a distance of 404.4 feet to a railroad spike in the center of the right of way of Choudrant-Douglas Road, for starting point: From starting point, run thence East along the North line of said forty for a distance of 435.6 feet, thence S 41 ° 51’ W along a fence for a distance of 278.9 feet, thence S 34 ° 22’ E along a fence for 129.9 feet, thence West 52 feet to a railroad spike in the center of the right of way of said road, thence N 35 ° 21’ W along the center of said right of way for 111.8 feet, thence N 38 ° 45’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet, thence N 41 ° 21’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet, thence N 44 ° 52’ W along the center of said right of way for 100 feet and to starting point, and Begin

Section 8: NW ¼

NW ¼ of NE ¼

That part of the NE ¼ of NE ¼, lying and being situated West of the centerline of the Ambrose Road.

TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST

LINCOLN PARISH, LOUISIANA

Section 1: SE ¼, LESS AND EXCEPT that certain tract of land containing 4.028 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at that certain brass capped concrete bench mark 31V26 (South and East of the Louisiana Highways No. 820 & 821 intersection) and run thence East, for a distance of 1383.24 and to a point; thence South, for a distance of 2020.65 feet and to that certain railroad spike set in apparent the centerline of Louisiana Highway No. 820 (at the intersection with the Westward projection of the barbed wire fence line along the accepted boundary common with the D.M. Baker estate North and the James E. Davison property South) and the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of herein described Davison to Baker land swap; thence, leaving the centerline of La. 820 and along said fence line, S 88°12'28" E, for a distance of 967.21 feet and to a 5/8" rebar set representing the corner contiguous with said swap; thence, leaving said fence line, S 66°04'41" W, for a distance of 846.99 feet and to a railroad spike set representing the Southwestern corner of swap; thence, for the following courses and distances to P.K. nails set along the apparent centerline of said Louisiana Highway No. 820:

N 24°08'06" W, 70.38 feet;

N 24°53'50" W, 119.23 feet;

N 27°00'08" W, 51.96 feet;

N 28°42'05" W, 82.64 feet;

N 30°57'27" W, 78.41 feet;

N 32°47'23" W, 18.30 feet and back to the POINT-OF-BEGINNING of here in described Davison to Baker land swap. containing 4.028 acres, more or less, and being subject to any and all encumbrances thereon and/or of record.

[property in SW of NE 214 - 78 ( N Givens prop)

NE ¼ of SW ¼

SE ¼ of SW ¼

Section 12: NE ¼ of NW ¼

 

Section 2. The property hereby annexed shall be zoned OL, Open Land and be subject to the Village of Choudrant Zoning Regulation Ordinances accordingly.

Section 3. Said ordinance having been introduced on June 4, 2001 by Hogan, Notice of Public Hearing been published on June 5,2001, said Public Hearing having been held, the title having been read, the Ordinance was introduced on motion by Bob Hogan, seconded by Wayne Brooks, to adopt the ordinance, a roll call vote was taken and the following result was had:

YEAS: Aswell,Brooks,Hogan

NAYS:

ABSENT:

Whereupon, the presiding officer declared the above Ordinance duly adopted on July 7,2001.

ATTEST:

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WAYNE BROOKS-CLERK

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BILL SANDERSON – MAYOR

I certify, that the above Ordinance was presented to the Mayor by me, on July 7, 2001.

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WAYNE BROOKS-CLERK