ORDINANCE NO. 13,986

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, by repealing Sections 10-4, 10-29, 10-79, 10-95.01, 10-95.03, 10-95.04, 10-97, 10-99 and 10-100 of Appendix B, thereof and enacting new Sections 10-4, 10-29, 10-79, 10-95.01, 10-95.03, 10-95.04, 10-97, 10-99, and 10-100 and adding and enacting Sections 10-95.05, 10-95.07 and 10-95.09 of Appendix B, relating to voting precinct boundaries.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

Section 1. That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 10-4, 10-29, 10-79, 10-95.01, 10-95.03, and 10-95.04 of Appendix B, thereof and enacting new Sections 10-4, 10-29, 10-79, 10-95.01, 10-95.03, and 10-95.04, and adding and enacting Sections 10-95.05, 10-95.07 and 10-95.09 of Appendix B, relating to voting precinct boundaries, as follows:

10-4. Precinct no. 4.

Beginning at the intersection of North Union Street and the north corporate limits of the City of Des Moines; thence east, north, east, and north, along said north corporate limits to the south right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-third Avenue; thence east, south, east, and north, along said north corporate limits to the south right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-third Avenue; thence east, along said north corporate limits, an irregular line, to East Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69) and Northeast Fourteenth Street; thence north, along Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69) and said north corporate limits; following said corporate limits west, and south, along said north corporate limits to the north right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-third Avenue; thence west, along Northeast Forty-third Avenue and said corporate limits, following said corporate limits north, west, and north to the south right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-fourth Avenue, (Hoffman Road); thence west, along said south line of Northeast Forty-fourth Avenue, (Hoffman Road) to Northeast Eighth Street (Wright Street); thence north, to the north right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-fourth Avenue (Hoffman Road); thence east, along the north line of Northeast Forty-fourth Avenue (Hoffman Road) and said north corporate limits following said corporate limits north, to the south right-of-way line of the Des Moines Central Interurban Railway; thence west, along said south railroad right-of-way and following said corporate limits north to the south right-of-way line of Northeast Forty-sixth Avenue (Northeast Broadway); thence west, along said south right-of-way line and following said corporate limits north to the north right-of-way of Northeast Forty-sixth Avenue (Northeast Broadway); thence east, along said north line and said north corporate limits following said corporate limits north, west, north, and west to North Union Street; thence north, along North Union Street to the south right-of-way line of Interstate 35/80; thence east, along said south right-of-way of Interstate 35/80 to the west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69); thence north, along the west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69) to the north right-of-way line of Interstate 35/80; thence southwesterly, along the north right-of-way line of Interstate 35/80 an irregular line of said north corporate limits following said corporate limits north, east, north, east, north, east, north, east, north, west, north, and east to the west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69), an irregular line of said north corporate limits; thence south, west, south, and east, south, and east along said corporate limits to the west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69); thence continuing south, west, south, west, south, and east, following said corporate limits to the west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69), an irregular line of said north corporate limits; thence south, along said west right-of-way line of Northeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69) and south, along East Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 69) to East Euclid Avenue (Highway U.S. 6); thence west, along East Euclid Avenue (Highway U.S. 6) to North Union Street; thence north, along North Union Street to its intersection with the north corporate limits of the City of Des Moines, the point of beginning.

10-29. Precinct no. 29.

Beginning at the intersection of Avenue Frederick M. Hubbell and East Douglas Avenue; thence east, along East Douglas Avenue to the its intersection with the east corporate limits of the city of Des Moines; thence east, south, east, north, east, south, east, north, east, south, west, north, west, south, along said east corporate limits to East Sheridan Avenue; thence west, along East Sheridan Avenue to East Forty-second Street; thence north, along East Forty-second Street to East Hull Avenue; thence west, along East Hull Avenue to East Thirty-fifth Street; thence north and northwesterly, along East Thirty-fifth Street to Avenue Frederick M. Hubbell; thence northeasterly, along Avenue Frederick M. Hubbell to its intersection with East Douglas Avenue, the point of beginning.

 

10-79. Precinct no. 79.

Beginning at the intersection of the Des Moines River and Southeast Fourteenth Street; thence southeasterly, along the Des Moines River to the Chicago, and Northwestern Transportation Company Railroad tracks; thence southeasterly, along said railroad tracks and its extension to its intersection with East Hartford Avenue; said intersection also being the intersection of East Hartford Avenue and the unnamed tributary of the Des Moines River located to the west of Southeast Twenty-second Street; thence southwesterly, along said unnamed tributary to its intersection with East Park Avenue; thence west, along East Park Avenue to Southeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 65/69); thence north, along Southeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 65/69) to its intersection with the Des Moines River, the point of beginning.

 

10-95.01. Precinct no. 96.

Beginning at the intersection with the center of the Des Moines River and the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company Railroad track; thence easterly, along the Des Moines River to the east corporate limits line of the City of Des Moines; thence south, along said east corporate limits line to the south corporate limits line of the City of Des Moines; thence westerly, along said south corporate limits line, to the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company Railroad tracks and said south corporate limits; thence northwesterly, along said railroad tracks to the south line of Lee Township and said south corporate limits and the easterly extension of East Watrous Avenue; thence west, along the south line of Lee Township and said south corporate limits line and the easterly extension of East Watrous Avenue and East Watrous Avenue to Southeast Twenty-fourth Street; thence north, along Southeast Twenty-fourth Street to Evergreen Avenue; thence northwesterly and west, along Evergreen Avenue to the intersection of Evergreen Avenue and Southeast Twenty-second Street; thence north, along Southeast Twenty-second Street and northeasterly to East Hartford Avenue; thence northwesterly, along East Hartford Avenue to the intersection with the southerly extension of the railroad tracks and continuing north, along said railroad tracks to the intersection of the railroad tracks and the Des Moines River, the point of beginning.

 

10-95.03. Precinct no. 98.

Beginning at the intersection of Beaver Avenue and Aurora Avenue; thence north, along Beaver Avenue, to its intersection with the north corporate limits of the City of Des Moines; thence east, north, east, north, east, south, and east, along (an irregular line) of said north corporate limits to Lower Beaver Road; thence northwesterly, along Lower Beaver Road, to the south right-of-way line of the abandoned Interurban Railway, and said north corporate limits; thence southeasterly, easterly and southerly, along said north corporate limits to Hillcrest Drive; thence west, along Hillcrest Drive to Lower Beaver Road; thence south, along Lower Beaver Road to Brinkwood Road; thence west, along Brinkwood Road to its intersection with the northerly extension of Thirty-eighth Street; thence south, along the northerly extension of Thirty-eighth Street and Thirty-eighth Street to Aurora Avenue; thence west, along Aurora Avenue to Forty-first Street and the south line of Webster Township; thence west, along the south line of Webster Township to Aurora Avenue and Beaver Avenue, the point of beginning, except for an irregularly shaped area of land located east of Beaver Avenue, north of an easterly extension of Aurora Avenue, west of a northerly extension of Forty-third Street, and south of Beaver Hills Drive, the legal description of which is Lots 4 through 12 inclusive and Lot 14, "Kemming Acres", an Official Plat, Polk County, Iowa.

 

10-95.04. Precinct no. 99.

Beginning at the intersection of Southeast Fourteenth Street (Highway U.S. 65/69) and Indianola Road; thence southeast, along Indianola Road to the intersection of Indianola Road and Southeast Bloomfield Road; thence southeasterly, along Southeast Bloomfield Road to the south corporate limits of the city of Des Moines. thence west along said south corporate limits to Highway U.S. 65/69; thence northwesterly along Highway U.S. 65/69 and continuing north, along Southeast Fourteenth Street (Highway 65/69) to its intersection with Indianola Road, the point of beginning.

10-95.05. Precinct no. 100.

Beginning at the intersection of Indianola Road and Easter Lake Drive (Southeast Fifty-second Avenue or Cole Avenue); thence east, along said Easter Lake Drive to the east right-of-way line of Southeast Thirty-sixth Street, Watts Road and said east corporate limits; thence south, along Southeast Thirty-sixth Street and said east corporate limits to east County Line Road and the south corporate limits of the city of Des Moines; thence west, along said south corporate limits to Bloomfield Road; thence northwesterly, along Bloomfield Road to Indianola Avenue; thence north and northwesterly along Indianola Road to the intersection of Indianola Road and said Easter Lake Drive; the point of beginning.

 

10-95.07. Precinct no. 101.

Beginning at the intersection of East Hartford Avenue and the unnamed tributary of the Des Moines River located to the west of Southeast Twenty-second Street; thence southeasterly, along East Hartford Avenue to Southeast Twenty-second Street; thence southwesterly and south, along Southeast Twenty-second Street to East Park Avenue; thence west, along East Park Avenue to the intersection of East Park Avenue, and said unnamed tributary; thence northeasterly, along said unnamed tributary to its intersection with East Hartford Avenue, the point of beginning.

 

10-95.09. Precinct no. 102.

Beginning at the intersection of Evergreen Avenue and Indianola Road; thence east and southeast, along Evergreen Avenue to Southeast Twenty-fourth Street; thence south, along Southeast Twenty-fourth Street to the south line of Lee Township and East Watrous Avenue; thence east, along the south line of Lee Township and East Watrous Avenue and the easterly extension of East Watrous Avenue to southeast Thirty-fourth Street and the east corporate limits of the city of Des Moines; thence south, along Southeast Thirty-fourth Street and said east corporate limits to Easter Lake Drive (Southeast Fifty-second Avenue or Cole Avenue) and said east corporate limits; thence west, along Easter Lake Drive (Southeast Fifty-second Avenue or Cole Avenue) to Indianola Avenue; thence northwesterly, along Indianola Road to the intersection of Indianola Road and Evergreen Avenue, the point of beginning.

10-97. First ward described.

The first ward shall be and include those areas of the city encompassed by and located within the boundaries of precincts numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 98.

10-99. Third ward described.

The third ward shall be and include those areas of the city encompassed by and located within the boundaries of precinct numbers 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 85, 85, 87, 88, 93, 94, 95, and 97.

 

10-100. Fourth ward described.

The fourth ward shall be and include those areas of the city encompassed by and located within the boundaries of precinct numbers 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 99, 100, 101 and 102.

Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

FORM APPROVED:

Bruce E. Bergman, City Attorney

Preston Daniels, Mayor

Attest:

I, Donna Boetel-Baker, City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 01-2605), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held August 20, 2001, signed by the Mayor on August 20, 2001, and published as provided by law in the Business Record on September 3, 2001. Authorized by Publication Order No. 1876.

Donna Boetel-Baker, MMC City Clerk