Subject: 20421/Reso/Pub.Hearing/Annex/LookoutCreek Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 12:29:10 -0500 RESOLUTION NO. 20421 A RESOLUTION CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO DETERMINE WHETHER CERTAIN TERRITORY ADJACENT TO LOOKOUT CREEK AND THE SOUTHWESTERN CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, MORE SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, LYING CONTIGUOUS TO THE PRESENT CORPORATE LIMITS, SHOULD BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. ______________________________ WHEREAS, it appears that the prosperity of the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and of the territory herein described may be materially retarded and the safety and welfare of the inhabitants and property thereof endangered if certain territory described herein is not annexed; and WHEREAS, the annexation of such territory may be deemed necessary for the welfare of the residents and property owners of the said affected territory and the City of Chattanooga as a whole; and WHEREAS, the annexation of certain territory described herein appears to be for the overall well-being of the communities involved; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the Clerk of the City Council be and is hereby instructed and required to have published in the Chattanooga Times and Chattanooga News-Free Press, newspapers of general circulation in the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the 26th day of December, 1994, a notice that a public hearing before this body will be held on the 2nd day of January, 1995 at 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Room of the Municipal Building of the City of Chattanooga, to determine whether the following described territory adjoining the present corporation boundaries should be annexed: BEGINNING on the east bank of Lookout Creek and the Dade County, Georgia/Hamilton County, Tennessee line; thence, in a westerly direction along the county/state lines, and the south lines of parcels 3 and 6, Hunnicutt map 166, to a point in the east right-of-line of the Southern Railway and the county/state lines; thence, along Southern Railway's east right-of-way line and the west property line of parcels 6 and 3, map 166, to the southwest property corner of parcel 3.5, map 166; thence, in a southeastern direction along the common property line between parcels 3 and 3.5, map 166, to the southeast corner of parcel 3.5, map 166; thence, in a northeastern direction along the common property line between parcels 3 and 3.5, map 166, to the existing Chattanooga, Tennessee city limit line; thence, in a southeasterly direction along the existing city limit line to the east bank of Lookout Creek; thence, meandering along the east bank of Lookout Creek, in a southwesterly direction, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. ADOPTED: December 6, 1994 PAN.tlm