Annapolis                                       2051

A Resolution to annex to the City of Annapolis, a parcel of land
containing 2.21 acres, more or less, of real property lying and being
contiguous and adjoining the present boundaries of the City of An-
napolis, and to amend Section 1 (a), Boundaries of the City, of the
Charter of the City of Annapolis, to include said property within the
Boundaries of the City; and, to amend Section 1-1 Election Wards,
Seventh Ward, of the Code of the City of Annapolis to include said
properties within the Seventh Ward of the City.

WHEREAS, THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
ANNAPOLIS, by Petition and Consent of Southern Maryland Oil, Inc. and
The American Legion, Department of Maryland, Cook-Pinkney Post No.
141, Inc., both Maryland corporations, sole owner and contract purchaser,
respectively, of 2.12 acres of land on the south side of Forest Drive, to-
gether with the State of Maryland, State Roads Commission, which controls
the adjoining .09 acres of lands within the Forest Drive right-of-way and
which has given its consent to this annexation on December 21, 1970, said
total area of 2.21 acres of land contiguous and adjoining the present bound-
aries of the corporate limits of the City of Annapolis, have been requested
to consider annexation of said property to the lands included within the
corporate limits of said City;

AND WHEREAS, said proposed annexation has been duly adver-
tised and hearings held in accordance with the provisions of Article 23A,
Section 19, of the Annotated Code of Maryland;

AND WHEREAS, THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF ANNAPOLIS have heard the recommendations of its Planning and
Zoning Director and the Planning and Zoning Commission of said City
upon said proposed annexation;

WHEREAS, THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF
ANNAPOLIS have heard the evidence presented to it in public hearing on
January 25, 1971 in connection with the said proposed annexation; and
have determined that such annexation would foster the continued growth
and prosperity of the said City and be conducive to the orderly develop-
ment of the municipality and lands contiguous and adjoining thereto in
a manner most beneficial to the community and its residents, property
owners and registered voters,

AND WHEREAS, said property is presently zoned "Agricultural"
under the laws and regulations appertaining to properties located in Anne
Arundel County outside the corporate limits of the City of Annapolis, said
zoning classification having no comparable classification under the pro-
visions of the Charter and Code of the City of Annapolis;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, this 8th day of March,
1971, by THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF AN-
NAPOLIS that the hereinafter described property be and it is hereby
annexed to the lands and properties heretofore included with the bound-
aries of the City of Annapolis, and generally subject to the provisions of
the Charter and Code of the City of Annapolis except as hereinbelow spe-
cifically excepted or modified, said property being heretofore situate, lying
and being in the Second Taxing District of Anne Arundel County, and
described as follows:

Beginning for the same at a point previously established in the
center line of Old Forest Drive, also being the City boundary line, where
said center line and boundary line is intersected by the projection of the