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Home My Public Portal About1517-1954 - Fixing an Defining The Boundaries and Territories of the Concilman Districts in the CityORDIANCE NO. 7�-'% 1954 AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DEF INING THE BOUNDARIES AND TERRITORIES OF TH5 COUNCILMANIC DISTRICTS'IN THE CITY'OF- RICHMOND, INDIANA, AS PROVIDED FOR IN AN ACT OF THE GtFERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA,,APPROVED MARCH 9TH,.,1933, ENTITLED, "AN ACT CONCE, .KING THE CLASSIFICATION AND GOVERN- MENT OF CIVIL CITIES, RIrDUCIPIG :CERTAIN " CIVIU ' CI TIES TO CIVIL T014NS AND PROVIDING FOR TAUS GOVEP11IMENT OF SUCH TOWNS, FIXING AND PROVIDING FOR THE'SALAIRIE► OF OFFIC^I'Lu AND" T;iiPLOYEES,# REPEALING ALL LAWS AND PARTS OF LAWS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH' PROVIDING FOR THE DATE OF TAKING EFFECT OF . CERTAIN PROVISIONS. AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY", SAID ACT BEING IN -,THE PUBLISHED LAWS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA PASSED AT THE 78TH R1± GULAR SESSIO14 OF THE C: E11 ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF .INDIANA BE- GUN. ON THE 5TH DAY OF JANUARY, • A. D•. , 1933, FROM •PAGE .lo4.2 TO PAGE 1056, INCLUSIVE THEREOF, AND AMENDMENT THFRETO.- WHEREAS,�the United States'Census of 1950 shows that the- City of Richmond Indiana, ha.s-.a popula-tion ,of over _ thirty -five::, -thousand ('35,000) and less than two hundred fifty thousand. (250t,000)9 thus being . a City of the Second. Class, and = WHEREAS, SEotion 9 of Chapter 233 of, the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved Marth 9th, 1933, Provides for the establishment -of sip (6), cou_reilmanic districts for cities of the second class, and WHEREAS, the' Board of Commissioners of the County of Wayne, State of Indiana, met in regul..r segsion pursuant.to adjournment,, at the Commissioner's Room in the- Courthouse, in Richmond,- Wayne County, Indie.na,' on .the '12th day of December., 1953,' at 10 o'clock, A.M. and adopted_ the f. ollow- ing resolution: °WHEREAS, the Board of : Commissioners .of 'the - County -of Wayne, . Indiana,,- .. finds 'that public convenience reoitires that all the election pre-. cincts in Wayne • Township, : Wayne C6ur_ty, Indiana ,be re -numbered, divided, consolidated, boundaries changed:and-ndi precincts created, WHEREFORE, BE.IT RESOLVED,,that..'a11. election precincts in Wayne Township,. Wayne County, Indiana be and are hereby re -numbered, divided, consolidated, boundaries changed, -and new precincts, created as :follows." r � � 'y WHEREAS, the .action of, the Board 'of Commissioners - made it "necessary -to rr--n,nmbe : _ d,;re-group ,the precincts within the corporate ' limits of -the . C'! ty ' of Richmond, , ra,— quiring changing the boundaries 'of. the- Councilmanic D4str1cts,' NOW THERE -FORE BE .IT RkSOLVED, by :the Common Council of the -City.-of RJ..hm.ond, Indiana as. 'follow.s: , -section 1. That hereafter the'. said' City. of Richmond. shell be divided into Six (6) Coun.cilmanic Districts, ,�hieh shall be numbered, bounded. and: defined as ' f oll.ows; FIRST DISTRICT All that territory lying within the following °.bound aries will be, known,, as FIRST DISTRICT: Beginning at,. the intersection .of -East. Main. Street with South. l4th_.Straet;' . thence south, along South 14th Street to South "E" Street, thence Crest,. along -South.. ".E" Street to South 9th- Street, . thence south along South'9th.to South !'G" Street, thence east, along South-."G" Street to South'llth'Street, thence south, along. South llth Street 'to South "L" - Street, thence west; along South . 01" Street , to South 7thStreet, thence - south, along South.'-7th Street to,: South-. "Q« Street, thence east, slang South "Q".;Street. to South:9tb. Street, thencesouth'.along South 9th,Street to the southeast. corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section Eight (8) , Town— ship Thirteen (13) North, Range • .One (1) West," thence west, .along, the south ,li.ne' of'.said" Southeast Quarter -Section to the, southwest- corner thereof,. thence north, along the west line of -said.: Southeast Quarter Section to a: point two hundred: (200) feet --south of the center,.of South ."Q" Stre,et, thence west parallel'iJith'South "Q" Street.to Saint Andrews Cemetery.. thence north to..South "Q" Street, : thence weat,,along South 'IQ" Street to a point two hundred (200) fe-et' west of Liberty Pike, thence north, parallel with Liberty'Pike:and.two hundred '(200) feet 'therefrom to South "L" Street. - thence `west,-.1n line with South "L" Street to the White — water River, thence northwa.rdly� along said River., to, -South "E" Street, thence east, - along South -"Ell Street to, South 7th Street, thence north, along South 7th Street to South "B" Street,' thence east, along :South-'"$" to.South 12th Street, thence north, along South. 12th Street to` East Main Street, thence east, along East -.Main Street to the plg'.ce of be— ginning.. ; The following precincts are included in -the FIRST'DISTRICT, Nos. 13=14-15-19-20 ana 23. , SECOND DISTRICT All that territory lying. Within the following boundaries - will_ be - known as SECOND DISTRICT: Beginning at .the intersection of South "E" Street and South-.7th Street, thence west, ;al'ong South "Ell Street ,to, the Whi-tewater River, thence northwardly, -along; said River.. 'to the. present north 'Corporation Line of Richmond,' (3) thence east, along said north corporation line to North -loth Street, thence - north; ,along North loth -Street to the north corporation .line of Richmond, thence_ east; --along said north, corporation line to North - 12 th. Street., thence southwa.rdly, along North 12'th Streetand and South' 12th Street, to So out ''•.B" Street, thence feet, along South IfW Street to South•7th Street; thence, south, along South 7th Stroet to the place of beginning. The following precincts are included in 'the SECOND. DISTRICT: Nos'. 10-1.1-12-25=26-33 and 34. THIRD' DISTRICT Al' the t -t8ri, tor'y lying within the following boundaries will. be- known -'as F1IPD -'DISTRICT: Beginning- at ,the intersection of East Main: Street and North l2 th Street, thence- north, along North. 12th' Str. ee't to the New Peris Pike, thence east, .along the -New .x ari's Pike. to- North; 24th Street..' thence south, along North 24•th ' Street and- its - extension to the south right, -of way line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, thence eastu:ardly-, along. :the- said,. r.-1gh t of way .line to the east corpora:;ti:bn line of the , City,. of -Richmond, tl=zehce -sou•thwardly, and along the easterly corporation -line of the City 'to •Eact-,Main Street, thence weetrarclly_along -East Fain .Street t.o. the place of beginning. The following- precincts are included in the THIRD DISTPI.CT -Nos.: 27—�8-29-30--31 and 32.. FOURTH DISTRICT. All that territb-ry lying :ithin the S`ollowing boundaries will .be known as , FOURTH DISTRICT: Beginning; 'atthe- intersection of: South 14th. S-treet and 'East Main Street, thence eastwardly, along, East Main Street to the east : line of Ravitia Park lst Addition,. being the east corporation line. of the City. of Richmond, thence south,. along the east.line of.'Ravinia Park lst Addition to the southeast corner thereof, thence westwardly; following 'the southerly corporation line to a -point sever_ hundred eixty eight- (; 68) feet east of South 23rd .Street, being in , the east corporation_ 'line of said City, thence southward-ly, following the easterly corporation line to South."Ell Street, thence west, along South. If at»ee-t tc S::utl7 23rd -Street, thence •couth, along South 23rd Street to a noint two hundred (200) -feet 'south of -South I'L6' Street, thence weet,- parallel with'South "L" Street.to.a point -two hundred (200) feet. east of South 16th.Street, , thence south, parallel ::ith-Sough 16th Street' extended ' to a nos ill.; two'hundred (200) i eet , south of South '!Q," Street,. thence west, rarallel wi th South- "CV1 St_raet' to, South 9th Street, thence north along South 9th Street to South AQu Street, thence wept, along Sou th 'IQ" Street to. South 7th ,,Street, - thence. north, along, South 7th Street. to South.."Lill. Street, thence eaet,' a.i,on..g South "L" Street to South llth.Street,"- therice- north,. along South 1.1 th Street .to South !'G Street, . thence west, along South I'd" Street to South 9th.Street, thence north, along South 9th Street to -South "Ell Street,, w ..� ,; _ I thence. east, along South "Elf Street to South loth Street, Ja• 1 __ t L t ti>erlce. riora,��,: .Tong South 14tn .Siof c;e 1, bo, U11 place oA s bc— o,-S The follC?.ri,1b nronynnt'v are included in' the FOURTH DISTRICT: 1 h-17-18-21-22 and 24. . FIFTH DISTRICT A1.i that te-r-rltor_,,-- lying within' the following .boundaries will be known as FIFTH DISTRICT: Beginning at the intersec-tion of National Road Vest and southwest 5th Street, thence north, alon`, Louth%est 5th and Northwest 5th Street to the Wil l iQmsburg Pike,. thence west,along the former. W111iamsburg Pike to the first road leading north, thence north, .along said last rye:: tinned 'r••oa.d to .t) c present Williamsburg l'il`eF or V. S. 35-, thence northwesti ardl;y, along .scald Williamsburg Pike to 1.b e. prp o en t: - wa e ; property ?ine of the Perfect Circle Company, thc,nc.= north, along said west property line to the Ruhlin Road, thence' east; 'along the 'Ruhlin Road to th.e Chesanea:ke and Ohio Railway, ♦ 9 .. t _ R1' . . t .L thullC�3 SOLtI;II?�I,Brd1.y along ti?e sai�a t�.ai�.t.T?..J viy ia��.i' eJilSrve.Ci k fl�Il Street,. UJeSt - Thence— eastf nlonu N1ort4/ L11 Strcc•t cxt—cindod to the .Thite— water River, West Fork,, thenrp g in9� �Fl?;r�rµl'1 , along said River to National Road West extended eastwardly., thence vrestwardly,, along National .Road ti;est to the -place of beginning. The following precincts are. included in the FIFTH DISTRICT: Nos. 37-44 115-46-47 and 48.. SINK j.1-115'Pj?TCT, All that territory lying t:,,ithin the, following boundaries will be known as SIXTH DISTRICT: Beginn.in ' at the intereectior. of Southwest 5th Str^ct and National Road West, - thence eastidardly, along National Road West to the White - water River, thence- _;-out-outalong the said; River to � intersecti.on With the southerly corpo-rstion line of the City of Richmond., thence in a rlorth�.�est� ardly direction, along 'sa.id southerly corporation line to -the. Abington Pike, thence northwa.ldly,-.along the Abington Pike to the corpora- tion line of said City near the southeast corner of the hunt Addition. to said City, thence westwardly, along the. southerly' corporation line to the east line of the Glen Elsa Addition, thence south, along the east_ line of. Glen.Elsa Addition to the southeast corner thereof, thence west, along the south line of said addition to the south-ees.t corner fuereof, thence north, along the corporation line of said Citlr to Natibnaa Fi.on-r! Thence ?^rest?•raraI,r, along the National Road West to the west line of Earlham Cemetery., thence south, along the west line of said. Cemetery to' the south line of .Sat toil Place Addition., thence west, and north along tre,boundaries of the Sut(bon Place Addi..tion to .the ,National Road l est 'at Southwest 18th Street, thence. west, along the. National Road West .. to the Vest vorperati.on line of said: City) 'JA