HomeMy WebLinkAboutAnnexation Maple Ave denied 1970sProposed annexation of Maple Ave area by the City of Ithaca,from/against the Town of
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Seems to have been unsuccessful
PETITION FOR ANNEXATION
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FOR THE ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF ITHACA,OF TERRITORY
ADJOINING SAID CITY,IN THE TOWN OF
ITHACA,TOMPKINS COUNTY,NEW YORK
FOR PRESENTATION TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ITHACA,AND THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA
PURSUANT to Article 17 of the General Municipal Law of
the State of New York,as amended,the petitioners herein,
(as consenting property owner)
CORNELL UNIVERSItV,and the NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION,petition for annexation,to the City of Ithaca,of
all the territory which is not in a city or village,which is in
the Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County,New York,which adjoins said
city,and which is described in paragraph "2"of this petition;
and the petitioners state therefor as follows:
That the City of Ithaca is and for over fifty years1.
last past has been an incorporated city in the Town of Ithaca,
County of Tompkins,State of New York.
Petitioners petition to have annexed to said city.2.
territory in the Town of Ithaca,Tompkins County,New York,which
territory adjoins said city;said territory,which petitioners
petition to have so annexed,is described as follows;ALL THAT
TRACT AND PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Ithaca,County
of Tompkins and State of New York,owned by Cornell University
and bounded on the north by the south line of Maple Avenue;
bounded on the south by the north line of Mitchell Street -Ellis
Hollow Road;bounded on the west by the east boundary of the City
of Ithaca;and bounded on the east by the following described
line,beginning at a point on the south boundary line of Maple
Avenue being the northwesterly corner of a parcel owned by the
City of Ithaca,as shown on a map dated November 12,1936,in the
City Engineer's office,said parcel being conveyed to the City of
Ithaca by deed recorded in the Tompkins County Clerk's office in
Liber 176 of Deeds at page 160 running thence S 2®23 30 E,a
distance of 285.20 feet to a pin;running thence S 79®11'40"E,
a distance of 379.26 feet.to a point on the east line of the
premises owned by the East Lawn Cemetery Association;running
thence S J29°49 W,a distance of 410 feet to an iron pin;
running thence S 1®49 E, a distance of 627.59 feet,to a point
on the north line of Mitchell Street Ellis Hollow Road.
JACThepremises described herein,c 4.792 +acres of
land to be conveyed by Cornell University to the New York State
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Urban Development Corporation*^-
TOGETHER^all that tract or parcel of land deeded to the
City of Ithaca and recorded in the Tompkins County Clerk's office
in Liber 176 of Deeds at page 160whereon is situated a water
storage tank owned by the City of Ithaca and bounded on the north
by Maple Avenue,bounded on the south by lands owned by Cornell
University,bounded on the east by lands owned by Cornell Univer
sity and bounded on the west by lands owned by Cornell University.
<Zo~The petitioner,Cornell University,herein is the3.
owner of the majority in assessed valuation of the property in
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said territory (which territory is described in paragraph ”2 of
this petition)assessed upon the last preceding Town Assessment
Roll of the Town of Ithaca.
The number of inhabitants of said territory (des-4.
cribed in paragraph 2"of this petition)adjoining the City of
Ithaca which territory the petitioners petition to have annexed
/<.oto said City of Ithaca is approximately eighty -three^(&^).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the said petitioners,in the presence
J caused -ite-of as witness,ha'o<r rr
corporate sea^to be hereunto affixed and these presence to be
5"signed by its duly authorized officer this day of
r ,Nineteen Hundred and Seventy..MS
CORNELL UNIVERSITY WITNESS
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By..UJ-i-U.
etc v\c r
NEW YORK STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
By.
As
STATE OF NEW YORK
SS.:
COUNTY OF TOMPKINS
,being duly sworn,says:6^
I reside in the /of
Ithaca,in the State of New York;I know the person whose name is
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