Item 2D - Approval of Res. 5094 - Wiechert Custom Homes

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Annexation Legal Descriptions A metes and bounds legal description of the entire area proposed for annexation is required as part of an annexation application. A licensed land surveyor must prepare the description and certify the description correctly represents the affected territory. The survey must show the township, range, section number and the point -of- beginning, and have bearings and distances that match the description. Keep the following in mind when preparing boundary change legal descriptions: The point -of- beginning of the legal description must be clear. The point -of- beginning is best described by bearing and distance from a section corner, a donation land claim (DLC) corner, or another well monumented corner. • Bearings and distances must be given for each course around the boundary description. • Most deed references are inadequate as point -of- beginning or point -of -call for a boundary change description. If a deed reference is used as a point -of -call, include a copy of the deed. However, a description that consists solely of the landowner's deed or deeds is seldom adequate. • Tax lot numbers cannot be used for the legal description. • If the area is large, the use of township, range and section numbers, and quarter - quarter sections is acceptable as a legal description. • If a point -of -call is to a highway or county road, the description must state to which edge or to the centerline. • If a point -of -call is to a river or stream, the description must state whether it is on the mean high water, mean low water, thread, ordinary high water, or ordinary low water line. The bearing requirement can be dismissed along rivers and streams. Example #1 Description of Affected Territory to be Annexed Beginning at a point South 82° 16' East 136.18 feet from a point on the Easterly Right of Way Line of the Southern Pacific Company Railroad which is South 20° 29' East 700.6 feet from a point on said Right of Way Line North 89 53' West 4240.5 feet from the Northeast corner of the James E. McCabe and wife Donation Land Claim (DLC) No. 46, in Township 17 South, Range 4 West of the Willamette Meridian, said point being 120.00 feet as measured at right angles to the Easterly Right of Way Line of said Southern Pacific Company Railroad; thence South 20° 29' East parallel with said Right of Way Line 558.27 feet to the Northerly margin of Old Maxwell Road; thence along said Northerly margin South 88° 13' 23" East 66.58 feet to the Westerly margin of Allea Drive; thence leaving said Northerly margin along said Westerly margin North 3° 03' West 155.25 feet; thence leaving said Westerly margin North 89° 53' West 61.94 feet; thence North 20° 29' West 67.20 feet; thence South 89 53' East 117.14 feet; thence North 3° 03' West 272.6 feet to a point on the Southerly boundary of BRAMBLEWOOD PHASE 1 AS PLATTED AND RECORDED IN File 75, Slide 65 Lane County Oregon Plat Records; thence along said Southerly boundary North 82° 16' West 263.22 feet to the point of beginning in Lane County, Oregon. Example #2 Description of Affected Territory to be Annexed