ORDINANCE NO. 873-25

ORDINANCE NO. 873-25 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA, EXTENDING AND INCREASING THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK, MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 9, CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 7, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES AND AMENDMENTS HERETO, BY ANNEXING THERETO CERTAIN TERRITORY CONTIGUOUS TO THE EXISTING TOWN LIMITS. (EMPIRE GRANGER ANNEXATION, P24-0190) WHEREAS, Arizona Revised Statutes § 9-802 provides a procedure whereby a municipality may enact the provisions of a code or public record by reference, without setting forth such provisions, providing that the adopting ordinance is published in full, but exhibits to the ordinance need not be published in full so long as certain requirements are fulfilled; and WHEREAS, A.R.S. § 9-802 provides a procedure whereby a municipality may enact the provisions of a code or public record by reference, without setting forth such provisions, providing that the adopting ordinance is published in full, but exhibits to the ordinance need not be published in full so long as certain requirements are fulfilled; and WHEREAS, a petition in writing (''Petition"), accompanied by a map of certain real property contiguous to the boundaries of the Town of Queen Creek, has been filed and presented to the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, requesting that said property be annexed into the Town of Queen Creek, thereby extending and increasing the corporate limits of the Town to include such Property; and WHEREAS, the Petition was signed by the owners of more than one-half in value of the real and personal property and more than one-half of the persons owning such real and personal property as would be subject to taxation by the Town of Queen Creek in the event of annexation of such property into the Town; and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, are desirous of complying with said Petition and extending and increasing the corporate limits of the Town to include said territory; and WHEREAS, the said Petition sets forth a true and correct description of all the exterior boundaries of the entire area proposed to be annexed to the Town of Queen Creek, including all county rights of way and roadways that are within or contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the area of the proposed annexation, and had attached thereto at all times accurate maps of the territory desired to be annexed; and WHEREAS, no alterations increasing or reducing the territory sought to be annexed have been made after the said petition had been signed by any owner of real and personal property in such territory; and WHEREAS, the provisions of Section 9-471, Arizona Revised Statutes, and amendments thereto, including all requirements, notices, and waiting periods, have been fully observed and complied with; and WHEREAS, proper and sufficient certification and proof of the foregoing facts are now on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, together with a true and correct copy of the original Petition referred to herein, which Petition is on file in the Office of the Maricopa County Recorder. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That Exhibits A and B hereto and the Staff Report to the Queen Creek Town Council dated September 3, 2025 are declared to be public records and are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2: That the territory depicted in Exhibit A and described in Exhibit B and attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the "Property'') is hereby annexed to the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, and that the present corporate limits are hereby extended and increased to include the Property. Section 3: That a copy of this ordinance, together with an accurate map of the territory hereby annexed into the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, certified by the Mayor of said Town, be forthwith filed and recorded in the Office of the Maricopa County Recorder and that a copy of this ordinance be provided to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Maricopa County, Arizona. . Section 4: That the Town Council has determined that the Town zoning categories that permits densities and uses no greater than those permitted by the County immediately before annexation is as follows: Maricopa County Zoning District RU-43 Equivalent Queen Creek Zoning District Rl-43 Section 5: That the Official Zoning Map of the Town of Queen Creek is hereby amended to show that the Properties that are zoned in the County as shown in the table above are hereby zoned to the equivalent Town of Queen Creek Zoning District. Section 6: That the Town Council approves and aff111Ils that it is the policy of the Town to provide the newly annexed territory with infrastructure and services (to the extent not already provided) commensurate with other areas of the Town within 10 years after the annexation becomes final as further described in the Staff Report to the Queen Creek Town Council dated September 3, 2025 which is incorporated herein and adopted by the Town Council. Section 7: That the Town Council has determined that the effective date of this ordinance is October 6, 2025 at 8:00 A.M. Section 5: If any section, subsection, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. Section 8: At least one paper copy and one electronic copy of this Ordinance and Exhibit(s) are to be filed with and will be located at the office of the Town Clerk. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the Town of Queen Creek, Arizona, this 3rd day of September, 2025. FOR THE TOWN OF QUEEN CREEK: Leah Martineau, Vice Mayor ATTESTED TO: Maria Gonzalez, Town Clerk REVIEWED BY: Bruce Gardner, Town Manager APPROVED AS TO FORM: Dickinson Wright, PLLC Town Attorneys EXHIBITS ON FILE AND LOCATED AT THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE September 12, 19 2025 LAZS0365921