Chapter 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1-1.
Code designated and cited.
Sec. 1-2. Definitions and rules of construction.
Sec. 1-3. Section catchilnes and
other headings.
Sec. 1-4. History notes.
Sec. 1-5. Editor’s notes, references, index, table of
contents.
Sec. 1-6. Effect of repeal of ordinances.
Sec. 1-7. Severability of parts of Code.
Sec. 14. Amendments to Code; effect
of new ordinances; amendatory
language.
Sec. 1-9. Supplementation of Code.
Sec. 1-10. Altering
Code.
Sec. 1-11. General penalty.
Sec. 1-12. Miscellaneous actions and ordinances not affected by Code.
Sec. 1-13. Corporate limits.
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Sec. 1-1. Code designated and cited.
The ordinances embraced in the following chapters and sections shall constitute
and be designated and cited as the “Code of Ordinances,
(Code 1969, § 1-1)
State constitution
reference—Codification of ordinances, art. VI, § 10.
State law reference—Procedure for adopting local code, R.S. 33:1361 et seq.
Sec. 1-2. Definitions and rules of construction.
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances, the following
definitions and rules of construction shall be observed, unless such
construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the mayor and
board of aldermen:
Board of aldermen, board. The term “board of
aldermen” or “board” shall mean the board of aldermen of the Town of
Chief of police. Whenever reference is
made to the chief of police, it shall be construed to mean the marshal of
Gramercy.
Code. Whenever the term “Code”
or “this Code” is referred to without further qualification, it shall mean the
Code of Ordinances,
Computation of time. Whenever a notice is
required to be given ordain act to be done a certain length of time before any
proceeding shall be had, the day on which such notice is given or such act is
done shall not be counted in computing the time, and the day on which such
proceeding is to be had shall not be counted.
Gender. Words used in one gender
shall apply also to the other genders, except as otherwise clearly indicated by
the context.
State law reference—Similar provisions, R.S. 1:8.
Joint authority. All words giving a joint
authority to three or more persons or officers shall be construed as giving
such authority to a majority of such persons or officers.
Month. The term “month” shall
mean a calendar month.
Nontechnical and
technical words. Words
and phrases shall be construed according to the common and accepted usage of
the language, but technical words and phrases and such others as may have
acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be construed and
understood according to such meaning.
Number. Words used in the singular
number include the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
State law reference—Similar
provisions, R.S. 1:7.
Oath. The term “oath” shall be
construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an
affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the terms “swear”
and “sworn” shall be equivalent to the terms “affirm” and “affirmed.”
Officers, employees, departments, boards,
commissions or agencies. Whenever reference is made to officers,
employees, departments, boards, commissions or agencies by title only, such as
“mayor,” “board of aldermen,” “clerk,” “planning commission,” etc., the
references shall be read as though followed by the phrase “of Gramercy,
Louisiana.”
Or, and. The term “or” may be read “and,” and the term “and” may be
read “or,” if the sense requires it.
Parish. The
term “the parish” or “this parish” shall mean the Parish of St. James,
Louisiana.
State law reference—Parishes
and parish boundaries, R.S. 50:221 et seq.
Person. The term “person” shall
include any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust or organization of any kind.
State law reference—Person” defined,
R.S. 1:10, 47:2.
Property. The term “property” shall
include real and personal property, public and private property, movable and
immovable property and corporeal and incorporeal property.
State law reference—Property’ defined,
R.S. 14:2.
R.S. The term “R.S.” shall mean the
official Revised Statutes of Louisiana, as now or hereafter amended.
Shall, may. The term “shall” is
mandatory, and the term “may” is permissive.
Signature or subscription. The term “signature” or
“subscription” shall include a mark when the person cannot write.
State. The term “the
state” or “this state” shall be construed to mean the State of
Street. The term “street” shall mean the entire width between the
boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and
open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including
bridges, causeways, tunnels and ferries; it is synonymous with the term
“highway.”
State law reference—”Street” defined,
R.S. 32:1.
Tense. Words used in the past or present tense include the future,
as well as the past and present.
Town. The term “the town” or
“this town” shall be construed as if the phrase “of Gramercy” followed it and
shall extend to and include any agency, board, commission, department, officer,
agent or employee of the town.
Week. The term “week” shall be
construed to mean seven days.
Year. The term “year” shall mean a calendar year.
(Code 1969, § 1-2)
Cross reference—Definitions generally,
§ 1-2.
Sec. 1-3. Section catch lines and other headings.
The catch lines of the several sections of this Code, printed in boldface type,
are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and
shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections or as any part of
the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when
any of such sections, including the catch lines, are amended or reenacted. No
provision of this Code shall be held invalid by reason of deficiency in any
such catchline or in any heading or title to any
chapter, article or division.
(Code 1969, § 1-3)
Sec. 1-4. History notes.
The history notes appearing in parentheses after sections in this Code are not
intended to have any legal effect but are merely intended to indicate the
source of matter contained in the sections.
Sec. 1-5. Editors notes,
references, index, table of contents.
The editor’s notes, cross references and state law references in this Code and
the index and table of contents are not intended to have any legal effect but
are merely intended to assist in the use of this Code.
Sec. 1-6. Effect of repeal of ordinances.
(a) The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances in force before
or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.
(b) The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty
incurred before the repeal took effect or any suit, prosecution or proceeding
pending at the time of the repeal for an offense committed under the ordinance
repealed.
(Code 1969, § 1-4)
Sec. 1-7. Severability of parts of Code.
The sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable,
and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code, or its
application to any persons or circumstances, shall be declared
unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid by the valid judgment of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality, unenforceability or
invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this Code or their application, since such would
have been enacted by the board of aldermen without the incorporation in this
Code of any unconstitutional, unenforceable or invalid phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section.
(Code 1969, § 1-5)
Sec. 1-8. Amendments to Code; effect of new ordinances; amendatory language.
(a) All ordinances passed subsequent to this Code of Ordinances which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code may be numbered
in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion
therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or subsection or
any portion thereof, such repealed portions may be excluded from this Code by
omission from reprinted pages. Any and all additions and amendments to this
Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the board of
aldermen to make them a part of this Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated
in this Code, so that a reference to the Code shall be understood and intended
to include such additions and amendments.
(b) Amendments to any of the sections of this Code may be made by amending such
provisions by specified reference to the section number of this Code in
substantially the following language:
‘That section __________ of the Code of Ordinances, Town of Gramercy,
Louisiana, is hereby amended to read as follows: - .“ The new provisions shall
then be set out in full as desired.
(c) If a new section not heretofore existing in this Code is to be added, the
following language may be used: “That the Code of Ordinances,
(d) All sections, divisions, articles, chapters or other provisions desired to
be repealed shall be specifically repealed by section, division, article or
chapter number, as the case may be.
(Code 1969, § 1-6)
Sec. 1-9. Supplementation of Code.
(a) A supplement to the Code shall include all substantive permanent and
general parts of ordinance adopted during the period covered by the supplement
and all changes made thereby in the Code. The pages of a supplement shall be so
numbered that they will fit properly into the Code and will, where necessary,
replace pages which have become obsolete or partially obsolete, and the new
pages shall be so prepared that, when they have been inserted, the Code will be
current through the date of adoption of the latest ordinance included in the
supplement.
(b) In the preparation of a supplement to this Code, all portions of the Code
which have been repealed shall be excluded from the Code by the omission
thereof from reprinted pages.
(c) When preparing a supplement to this Code, the codifier, meaning the person
authorized to prepare the supplement, may make formal, nonsubstantive
changes in ordinances and parts of ordinances included in the supplement,
insofar as it is necessary to do so to embody them into a unified code. For
example, the codifier may:
(1) Organize the ordinance material into appropriate subdivisions.
(2) Provide appropriate catch lines, headings and titles for sections and other
subdivisions of the Code printed in the supplement and make changes in catchlines, headings and titles.
(3) Assign appropriate numbers to sections and other subdivisions to be
inserted in the Code and, where necessary to accommodate new material, change
existing section or other subdivision numbers.
(4) Change the term “this ordinance” or words of the same meaning to “this
chapter,” “this article,” “this division,” or “this section,” as the case may
be, or to “sections ___________ to “ (inserting section numbers to indicate the
sections of the Code which embody the substantive sections of the ordinance
incorporated into the Code).
(5) Make other nonsubstantive changes necessary to
preserve the original meaning of ordinance sections inserted into the Code, but
in no case shall the codifier make any change in the meaning or effect of
ordinance material included in the supplement or already embodied in the Code.
Sec. 1-10. Altering Code.
It shall be
unlawful for any person to change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part
or portion of this Code or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof or to
alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the
law of the town to be misrepresented thereby. (Code 1969, § 1-7)
Sec. 1-11. General penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate or fail to comply with any
provision of this Code or commit any act declared to be unlawful or a
misdemeanor. Where no specific penalty is provided therefore, the violation of
any provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days or by both such fine and
imprisonment, within the discretion of the court. However, where the authority
of the town is prescribed by statute, the punishment shall be within the
statutory limits. Each day any violation of any provision of this Code
continues constitutes a separate offense.
(Code 1969, § 1-8)
State law references—Penalties for driving while intoxicated, R.S. 13:1894.1,
14:98; Penalties for attempt to commit crime, R.S. 14:27; remittance or
abatement of fine or imprisonment, R.S. 15:301; penalties for violations of
ordinances, R.S. 33:362(A)(2Xb); court cost, R.S. 33:441; constructive
contempt, CCr.P. art. 23.
Sec. 1-12. Miscellaneous actions and ordinances not affected
by Code.
Nothing in
this Code or the ordinance adopting this Code shall affect:
(1) Any offense or act committed or done or
any contract or right established or accrue in before the effective date of
this Code;
(2) Any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment or decree
rendered
prior to the effective date of this Code;
(3) Any ordinance promising, guaranteeing
or authorizing the payment of money for the town or authorizing the issue of
any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness;
(4) Any contract or obligation of the town;
(5) Any administrative ordinance of the town not inconsistent with this Code;
(6) Any right or franchise conferred or granted prior to the effective date of
this Code;
(7) Any ordinance establishing the compensation of town officers and employees;
(8) The annual tax levies or any budget or appropriation ordinance;
(9) Any ordinance regulating traffic or parking at specific locations;
(10) Any ordinance accepting, vacating, naming, establishing, locating,
relocating, opening or ordering the improvement of any street or public way in
the town;
(11) Any ordinance relating to special assessments;
(12) Any ordinance pertaining to zoning or subdivisions;
and all such actions and ordinances are recognized as continuing in full force
and effect to the same extent as if set out at length in this Code. (Ord. No. 114, § 6, 6-2-69)
Sec. 1-13. Corporate limits.
The
boundary of the town is as follows:
Six
certain lots or parcels of land designated as parcels A—F, situated in T-11-S,
R-5-E, Southeast District of Louisiana, east of the Mississippi River, St.
James Parish, Louisiana, and more fully shown on a plan entitled “Town of
Gramercy, Corporate Limits & Annexation Plan, Parcels A Thru F” by Riverlands Surveying Company dated October 7, 1996. More
fully described as follows:
Parcel “A” containing 109.8278 acres or 0.1716 square miles, commencing at the
southeast corner of East Main Street and South Millet Avenue, thence proceed
along the south right- of-way line of East Main Street which is also the south
right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641; thence proceed north 57 degrees 31
minutes 25 seconds east, a distance of 877.83 feet to a point, the point of
beginning; thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of Louisiana
Highway 641 south 32 degrees 43 minutes 02 seconds east, a distance of 14.71
feet to a point; thence proceed north 57 degrees 16 minutes 58 seconds east, a
distance of
105.46 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius
of 999.93 feet, a distance of 59.24 feet to a point; thence proceed north 45
degrees 04 minutes 46 seconds east, a distance of 93.55 feet to a point; thence
proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 989.93 feet, a distance of
205.54 feet to a point; thence proceed south 53 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds
east, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the
left with a radius of 1,014.93 feet, a distance of 413.36 feet to a point;
thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of
649.04 feet to a point; thence proceed north 21 degrees 48 minutes 27 seconds
east, a distance of
101.12 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds
east, a distance of 600.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 17 degrees 33
minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 200.79 feet to a point; thence proceed
along a curve to the left with a radius of 1,999.86 feet, a distance of 209.42
feet to a point; thence proceed north 07 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds east, a
distance of 178.54 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13 degrees 16 minutes
37 seconds east, a distance of 372.77 feet to a point, on the property line of
Colonial Sugars, Inc.; thence proceed along the property line of Colonial
Sugars, Inc., north 62 degrees 07 minutes 10 seconds east, a distance of
123.04 feet to a point on the east right-of-way line of the Kansas City
Southern Railroad spur; thence proceed along the west right-of- way line of the
Kansas City Railroad spur north 13 degrees 50 minutes 38 seconds west, a
distance of 4,707.91 feet to a point; thence proceed south 76 degrees 09
minutes 03 seconds west, a distance of 7.50 feet to a point; thence proceed along
a curve to the left with a radius of 749.49 feet, a distance of 872.45 feet to
a point on the south right-of-way line of the Kansas City Southern Railroad;
thence proceed along the south right-of-way line of the
Kansas
City Southern Railroad north 89 degrees 55 minutes 14 seconds west, a distance
of 401.53 feet to a point on the east property line of the Colonial Canal
Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed along the east property line of the Colonial
Canal Buffer Zone Tract south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance
of 1,082.04 feet to a point on the north right- of-way line of Louisiana
Highway 3125; thence proceed along the north right-of-way line of Louisiana
Highway 3125 south 62 degrees 32 minutes 42 seconds west, a distance of 817.52
feet to a point on the west property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer Zone
Tract; thence proceed across Louisiana Highway 3125 south 15 degrees 34 minutes
30 seconds east, a distance of 306.19 feet to the intersection of the south
right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 and the west property line of the
Colonial Canal Buffer Zone Tract; thence proceed along the south right-of-way
line of Louisiana Highway 3125 north 62 degrees 32 minutes 42 seconds east, a
distance of 817.52 feet to the east property line of the Colonial Canal Buffer
Zone Tract; thence proceed along the east property line of the Colonial Canal
Buffer Zone Tract south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of
4,276.60 feet to a point; thence proceed along the Colonial Sugars property
line north 62 degrees 07 minutes 10 seconds east, a distance of 261.85 feet to
a point on the north right-of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641; thence proceed
along the north right- of-way line of Louisiana Highway 641 along a curve to
the right with a radius of 1,819.86 feet, a distance of 565.78 feet to a point;
thence proceed south 04 degrees 44 minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of
101.12 feet to a point; thence proceed south 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds
west, a distance of 595.24 [feet] to a point; thence proceed south 08 degrees
59 minutes 16 seconds west, a distance of 200.56 feet to a point; thence
proceed south 13 degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of 649M4 feet
to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 894.93
feet, a distance of 364.48 feet; thence proceed south 53 degrees 23 minutes 16
seconds east, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence proceed along a curve
to the left with a radius of 919.93 feet, a distance of 161.42 feet; thence
proceed south 61 degrees 08 minutes 09 seconds west, a distance of 44.03 feet
to a point; thence proceed along a curve to the left with a radius of 909.93
feet, a distance of 126.44 feet; thence proceed south 57 degrees 16 minutes 58
seconds west, a distance of 41.43 feet to a point; thence proceed across
Louisiana Highway 641 south 27 degrees 58 minutes 34 seconds east, a distance
of 75.79 feet to the original south right-of-way of Louisiana Highway 641 and
East Main street; thence proceed along the original south right-of-way line of
Louisiana Highway 641 and East Main Street south 57 degrees 31 minutes 25
seconds west, a distance of 56.95 feet to a point, the point of beginning.
Parcel “B” containing 9.1583 acres or 0.0143 square miles, commencing at the
intersection of the east line of parcel F and the north right-of-way line of
Airline Highway, the point of beginning; thence proceed along the north
right-of-way of Airline Highway south 89 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds east, a
distance of 607.51 feet to a point; thence proceed south 89 degrees 53 minutes
40 seconds east, a distance of 2,292.82 feet to a point; thence proceed across
Airline Highway south 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds east, a distance of
145.49 feet to the south right-of-way line of Airline Highway; thence proceed
along the south right- of-way line of Airline Highway north 89 degrees 53
minutes 40 seconds west, a distance of 2,332.08 feet to a point; thence proceed
north
87 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds west, a distance of 577.38 feet to a point; thence
proceed across Airline Highway north 15 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds west, a
distance of
118.09 feet to a point on the north right-of-way line of Airline Highway, the
point of beginning.
Parcel “C” containing 32.9915 acres or 0.0515 square miles, commencing at the
north right- of-way line of Louisiana Highway 3125 and the west line of Ferraro
Subdivision; thence proceed north 28 degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds east, a
distance of 4,950.75 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 18
minutes 45 seconds west, a distance of 67.83 feet to a point, the point of
beginning; thence proceed north 48 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds west, a
distance
of
1,638.04 feet to a point; thence proceed south 53 degrees 48 minutes 11 seconds
west, a distance of 193.85 feet to a point; thence proceed south 24 degrees 17
minutes 08 seconds east, a distance of 251.33 feet to a point; thence proceed
south 13 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance of 465.60 feet to a
point; thence proceed south 15 degrees 55 minutes 52 seconds west, a distance
of 792.07 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 48
seconds east, a distance of 339.67 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61
degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of 439.13 feet to a point; thence
proceed north 62 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds east, a distance of
183.60 feet to a point; thence proceed north 62 degrees 03 minutes 52 seconds
east, a distance of 687.00 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 18
minutes 45 seconds east, a distance of 336.75 feet to a point, the point of
beginning.
Parcel “D,” being lot 1A, David Plantation Subdivision, containing 0.2011 acres
or 0.0003 square miles, commencing at the centerline of David Canal and the
north right-of-way of West Second Street, the point of beginning; thence
proceed north 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds west, a distance of 120.00 feet
to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds east, a
distance of 67.11 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes
17 seconds east, a distance of 120.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61
degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds west, a distance of 67.11 feet to a point, the
point of beginning.
Parcel “E” containing 5.0929 acres or 0.0080 square miles, commencing at the
west line of Ferraro Subdivision and the north right-of-way line of Louisiana
Highway 3125, the point of beginning; thence proceed south 28 degrees 30
minutes 35 seconds east, a distance of 300.06 feet to a point; thence proceed
south 60 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of
739.54 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds
west, a distance of 300.07 feet to a point; thence proceed north 60 degrees 18
minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 739.43 feet to a point, the point of
beginning. Parcel “F” containing 1,014.5457 acres or 1.5852 square miles,
commencing at the southeast corner of East Main Street and South Millet Avenue,
the point of beginning; thence proceed north 57 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds
east, a distance of 934.78 feet to a point; thence proceed north 27 degrees 58
minutes 34 seconds west, a distance of 75.79 feet to a point; thence proceed
north 57 degrees 16 minutes 58 seconds east, a distance of 41.27 feet to a
point; thence proceed north 27 degrees 48 minutes 20 seconds west, a distance
of 472.11 feet to a point; thence proceed north 57 degrees 11 minutes 39
seconds east, a distance of 795.04 feet to a point; thence proceed north 13
degrees 16 minutes 37 seconds east, a distance of 201.50 feet to a point;
thence proceed north 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds west, a distance of
747.76 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 31 minutes 41 seconds
west, a distance of 1,059.72 feet to a point; thence proceed north 27 degrees
46 minutes 44 seconds west, a distance of 565.00 feet to a point; thence
proceed north 62 degrees 07 minutes 11 seconds east, a distance of 785.46 feet
to a point; thence proceed north 15 degrees 34 minutes 30 seconds west, a
distance of 6,063.90 feet to a point; thence proceed north 89 degrees 55
minutes 14 seconds west, a distance of 1,899.71 feet to a point; thence proceed
north 28 degrees 10 mm-
- utes 40 seconds west, a distance of 752.92 feet to
a point; thence proceed north 15 degrees 00 minutes 34 seconds west, a distance
of 118.09 feet to a point; thence proceed north 28 degrees 26 minutes 00
seconds west, a distance of
585.48 feet to a point; thence proceed north 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds
west, a distance of 1,278.30 feet to a point; thence proceed north 48 degrees
52 minutes 35 seconds west, a distance of 772.80 feet to a point; thence
proceed south 41 degrees 07 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 110.00 feet
to a point; thence proceed north 48 degrees 52 minutes 35 seconds west, a
distance of 500.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 41 degrees 07 minutes
25 seconds west, a distance of 922.69 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28
degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds east, a distance of 5,581.06 feet to a point;
thence proceed south 60 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds west, a distance of
739.54
feet
to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a
distance 5,227.11 feet to a point; thence proceed north 61 degrees 30 minutes
43 seconds east, a distance of 67.11 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28
degrees 29 minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of
120.00 feet to a point; thence proceed south 61 degrees 30 minutes 43 seconds
west, a distance of 72.41 feet to a point; thence proceed south 28 degrees 29
minutes 17 seconds east, a distance of 3,004.18 feet to a point; thence proceed
north 52 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds east, a distance of 758.86 feet to a
point; thence proceed north 52 degrees 14 minutes 28 seconds east, a distance
of 2,097.80 feet to a point; thence proceed north 32 degrees 37 minutes 32
seconds west, a distance of 1,255.22 feet to a point; thence proceed south 57
degrees 22 minutes 25 seconds west, a distance of 981.51 feet to a point;
thence proceed north 28 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds west, a distance of 482.20
feet to a point, the point of beginning.
(Code 1969, § 1-10)
Editor’s note—An
annexation was done under authority of R.S. 33:171—33:179.
State law reference—Ordinance defining territory excluded or included and
description of boundary as changed required to be filed with clerk of district
court, R.S. 33:178.